City quotes

“- Sheriff Bud Boomer: There it is, men. Toronto.
- Roy Boy: It's beautiful. Like no other city I've ever seen. It's like Albany. Only cleaner.”
John Candy - Sheriff Bud Boomer
Kevin J. O'Connor - Roy Boy

“- President Thomas J. Whitmore: Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, destroyed.
- General William Grey: We have also learned that NORAD and our top commandos were the first to be taken out. At this rate, we could be looking at the worldwide destruction of every major city in the next 36 hours.
- President Thomas J. Whitmore: Then we're being...” (continue)(continue reading)
Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore
Robert Loggia - General William Grey

“In our town, we like to know the facts about everybody.”
Frank Craven - Mr. Morgan

“- Serge: You know, I think coffee is better in St. Petersburg.
- Igor: No, it is better in Kiev.
- Serge: No; is better in St. Petersburg.
- Igor: Nothing is better in St. Petersburg!”
Abraham Benrubi - Serge
Phil Proctor - Igor

“- Sloane Peterson: The city looks so peaceful from up here.
- Ferris Bueller: Anything is peaceful from one thousand, three hundred and fifty-three feet.
- Cameron Frye: I think I see my dad.”
Mia Sara - Sloane Peterson
Alan Ruck - Ferris Bueller
Matthew Broderick - Cameron Frye

“- Roger Murtaugh: That's downtown L.A. How would you like to have a house up here?
- Martin Riggs: Well, it would be okay on the three days of the year when you can actually see it!”
Danny Glover - Roger Murtaugh
Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs

“You don't know how lucky you are, you know. Everybody wants to go to Des Moines. People come from all over the world just to get one look at Des Moines before they die.”

Debra Winger - Emma Horton

“I rode home through the city streets. There wasn't a street, there wasn't a building, that wasn't connected to some memory in my mind. There, I was buying a suit with my father. There, I was having an ice cream soda after school.”
Wallace Shawn - Wallace Shawn

“There are no small towns, just small people.”
Dermot Mulroney - Kit McDermott

“I wouldn't ride on that stage again if it means staying in this town for the rest of my life - Heaven forbid.”
Hobart Cavanaugh - J. Horatio Boggs

“- Max: You'll be carrying the stink of the streets with you for the rest of your life!
- Noodles: I like the stink of the streets. It makes me feel good. And I like the smell of it, it opens up my lungs. And it gives me a hard-on.”
James Woods - Max
Robert De Niro - Noodles

“I'm going to clean out every rotten spot I can find in this city, and, Blackie, I don't want to find you in any of them!”
William Powell - Jim Wade

“- Sheriff Bud Boomer: The capital Toronto.
- RCMP Officer at Headquarters: No, the capital of Canada is Ottawa.
- Sheriff Bud Boomer: Yeah, right. Do we look that stupid? Ottawa!
- Roy Boy: Nice try, Dudley.”
John Candy - Sheriff Bud Boomer
Steven Alexander Wright - RCMP Officer at Headquarters
Kevin J. O'Connor - Roy Boy