“I say we think he's a rat, and we think we should fuckin' clip him. He says if you think he's a rat, then you should clip him. But if you do, you better be sure he's a rat. Because the people that like him, they're good people.”

Tony DiBenedetto - Officer Carl Alagretti

“- Doyle Hargraves: What'cha doin' with that lawn mower blade Karl?
- Karl Childers: I aim to kill you with it.”
Dwight Yoakam - Doyle Hargraves
Billy Bob Thornton - Karl Childers

“He said the only way I'd get away from him would be to kill him.”

Rachel Ward - Jessie Wyler

“Leave and you kill me. Leave and I'm dead.”

Theresa Russell - Milena Flaherty

“No one wants to die but unfortunately we do. You will die someday, sometime. Heart failure at the bank. Choke on a mint. Some long, drawn-out disease you contracted on vacation. Even if you avoid this death, another will find you and I guarantee that it won't be poetic or meaningful.”

Dustin Hoffman - Professor Jules Hilbert