"Being a tax lawyer's got nothing to do with the law. It's a game. We teach the rich how to play it so they can stay rich. The IRS keeps changing the rules so we can keep getting rich teaching them. It's a game..."

"Hey Ray, wouldn't it be funny if I went to Harvard, you went to jail and we both ended up surrounded by crooks."

"You want to know something funny? I discovered the law again. You actually made me think about it. I managed to go through three years of law school without doing that."

"Doyle is bad news - but a good cop."

"A $32,000,000 chase turns into the American thriller of the year!"

"The time is just right for an out and out thriller like this."

"There are no rules and no holds barred when Popeye cuts loose!"

"All right! You put a shiv in my partner. You know what that means? Goddammit! All winter long I got to listen to him gripe about his bowling scores. Now I'm gonna bust your ass for those three bags and I'm gonna nail you for picking your feet in Poughkeepsie."

"All right, Popeye's here! Get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!"

"Karina Lombard - a girl who seduces McDeere"

"Dean Norris - the Squat Man, Morolto hitman"

"Tobin Bell - the Nordic Man, Morolto hitman"

"Jerry Weintraub as businessman Sonny Capps"

"Joe Viterelli as mob boss Joey Morolto"

"Paul Sorvino - mob boss Tommy Morolto (uncredited)"

"Margo Martindale - Nina Huff"

"Steven Hill - F. Denton Voyles"

"Gary Busey as Eddie Lomax"

"How many cops you know, huh? Got nothing. Divorced, alcoholic, kids won't talk to them anymore, can't get it up. Sitting there in their little apartments, alone in the dark, playing lollipop with a service revolver?"

"Hamlet Arman - Carlos"

"John Kapelos - Steven Arrocas"

"Faye Grant - Penny Stretch"

"Katherine Borowitz - Tova Arrocas"

"Michael Beach - Dorian Fletcher"

"Annabella Sciorra - Heather Peck"

"William Baldwin - Officer Van Stretch"

"Richard Bradford - Grieb"

"Laurie Metcalf - Sergeant Amy Wallace"

"Nancy Travis - Kathleen "Kathy" Avila"

"Richard Gere - Officer Dennis Peck"

"Andy García - Sergeant Raymond Avilla"

"Trust him... he's a cop."

"[to Raymond] You know all your friends from the force? You don't have them anymore."

"What Oats said about your fellow officers respecting and honoring you is, as you probably know, complete crap. Most of the cops hate our guts. To the extent that they credit us with having any. They think we're climbers who went into I.A.D. for the promotions, which is true, not that we necessarily get them. So, they're polite because they're afraid of us. That's all."

"[after decking Raymond in an elevator] Hi, Raymond! [about Raymond's wife] You know what she really wanted? You know? Yeah, I should have guessed. She liked it in the ass, Raymond. That's right. Right in the fucking ass! Drove her crazy. She came so much, for a second I thought she was going to pass out on me. [decks Raymond again] You know what they say about Latin fighters, Raymond? You know what they say? Too fucking MACHO! That's right. TOO FUCKING MACHO! They don't backpedal when they have to. So they're used up. Young. [dangles a pair of panties in front of Raymond, then gives them to him] Yeah, why don't you clean yourself up with that. That's right. Clean yourself up."

"You're not gonna get hung up on me, are you?"

"Nathan George - Det. Lt. Trask"

"Rita Gam - Trina"