"You, people. Don't you know how bad we treat you, people? Serving your country? This ain't your country. Your country is full of apes and gorillas, malaria, missionaries..."

"The four elements: earth, air, water, and fire. Of these, I call your attention to two: air and fire. Though it is your privilege to live in the air, you will die by fire."

"[Cadet Johns has just died in a crash] Cadet Lewis Johns just taught you the most important lesson you'll learn here at Tuskegee. If you don't believe in God, you'd better find a damn good substitute."

"Every colored pilot in the 99th went through his private hell to wear those wings. Each of those men carries not only the dream of becoming American Military Aviators but the hopes of an entire people as well. Am I the only one here that understands what that means? I was brought up to believe that beneath it all Americans are a decent people with an abiding sense of integrity and fair play. The cheers I heard across this country when Joe Louis and Jesse Owens humiliated Hitler's "Master Race" didn't just come from proud colored folks. They came from everyone. How are we to interpret that? As a United States Army Officer who gladly puts his life on the line every day there's no greater conflict within me. How do I feel about my country? And how does my country feel about me? Are we only to be Americans when the mood suits you?"

"Zeljko Ivanek - Bill Crowley"

"Kathy Bates - Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)"

"Howie Carr - Radio Talk Show Host"

"Stephen Fry -Pinder"

"James Gandolfini - Al Love"

"Mary Mara - Kathy Boyer"

"Peter Jacobson - Neil Jacobs"

"Kathleen Quinlan - Anne Anderson"

"John Lithgow - Judge Walter J. Skinner"

"Bruce Norris - William Cheeseman"

"William H. Macy - James Gordon"

"Tony Shalhoub - Kevin Conway"

"Robert Duvall - Jerome Facher"

"John Travolta - Jan Schlichtmann"

"[to secretary] Every credit card application we send in, we get two more in the mail. Here's one from some bank I've never heard of, in North Dakota. Fill it out. Fill them all in. It's the last great pyramid scheme in America."

"[to law students] Now, the single greatest liability a lawyer can have is pride. Pride... Pride has lost more cases than lousy evidence, idiot witnesses and a hanging judge all put together. There is absolutely no place in a courtroom for pride."

"I can appreciate the theatrical value of several dead kids. I mean, like that. Obviously, that's good. That is all this case has going for it. That's not enough. Get rid of it."

"The odd's of a plaintiff's lawyer winning in civil court are two to one against. Think about that for a second. Your odds of surviving a game of Russian roulette are better than winning a case at trial. 12 times better. So, why does anyone do that? They don't. They settle. Out of the 780,000, only 12,000 or 11/2% ever reach a verdict. The whole idea of lawsuits is to settle, to compel the other side to settle. And you do that by spending more money than you should, which forces them to spend more money than they should, and whoever comes to their senses first loses. Trials are a corruption of the entire process and only fools who have something to prove end up ensnared in them. Now when I say prove, I don't mean about the case, I mean about themselves."

"It's like this. A dead plaintiff is rarely worth more than a living severely-maimed plaintiff. However, if it's a long, slow, agonizing death as opposed to a quick drowning or car wreck, the value can rize considerably. A dead adult in his 20s is generally worth less than one who is middle aged. A dead woman less than a dead man. A single adult less than one who's married. Black less than white. Poor less than rich. The perfect victim is a white male professional, 40 years old, at the height of his earning power, struck down at his prime. And the most imperfect: well, in the calculus of personal injury law, a dead child is worth the least of all."

"Maury Chaykin - Tony Accardo"

"Elias Koteas - Butch Blasi"

"Mary-Louise Parker - Phyllis McGuire"

"John Turturro - Sam Giancana"

"Mr Sam Giancana. Mr Mafia. Mr Fear. Mr Death. No one is untouchable."

"Based on a true story."

"Their Affair Shook The Mob... And Shocked The World."

"[to two FBI agents] We do you a favor. We want our Casino's in Havana back, okay? That's number one. Number two, no interference in the shrimp business. But first of all, I want you wire tapping geniuses to bug this fucking Dan Rowan."

"[to Phyllis] You know, you tell me you wanted Venice. I built Venice. You know that I fucked around with the river out here to make it more like Venice. Look at me when I'm talking at you. I'm talking a major investment in romantic shit here!"

"Larissa Laskin - Dorothy McGuire"

"Deborah Duchene - Christine McGuire"

"Louise Del Grande - Chuckie English"

"Doug E. Doug - Specialist 4 Harvey Ashford"

"Denis Leary - Chief Warrant Officer 3 David Poole"

"Ray Liotta - Captain T.C. Doyle"

"Danny Glover - Captain Sam Cahill"

"Landing this summer"

"A story about big dreams and small miracles."

"A Top-Secret Mission Of Gigantic Proportions!"

"(after watching Cahill and Doyle's argument, in which Farley nearly goes over the bridge) Yep. I'm real happy about my decision to stick with you guys."

"Five tons of Disney fun!"

"When you weigh four tons, it's hard to be a secret weapon."

"Harvey Ashford: (seeing a black crow) Bird if I were you, I'd get the hell out of here!"

"Lihn: (angry) You nice American? You think you're Number One? You Number Ten!"

"Colonel Nguyen: (after a request to shoot) I did not join this army to shoot elephants, especially ones that fly."