"[The students are standing at the top of a stairwell full of cobwebs] Hurry up, I wouldn't want any of those spiders to get in those weaves some of you are wearing, I can tell."

"God help us."

"Robert Pastorelli – Joey Bustamente"

"[Singing] We are family / I got all my sisters with me / We are family / Get up everybody and sing!"

"[After Maria has said she doesn't know the words of a song and her classmates snicker] Hey, hey - excuse me! It is NOT Maria's fault, that she does not know that Mary had a lamb. It is not - and I say this to you - it is *not* Maria's fault. Because maybe, MAYBE where Maria came from, Mary had a dog! Or a lil kitty cat! Or a little bald headed brother named Bart! It is NOT her fault and we're not going to tell her it is, are we? No, we are not!"

"Do you know what I hate most about this place? There is nothing to pick up and throw."

"You lied to me and you're gonna go to hell."

"And the first thing you're gonna do, gentlemen, is take off those hats. This is a brand... new... day. [Class laughs at boys' hair] I guess that means you're gonna be combing your hair before you come to my class. [To girl behind Rita] And, I know you're laughing over there 'cause you think this is very funny, Miss Thing, but there is no sun in this room, you will not get a tan. Take off those sunglasses. [Turns to "hat" boys] That goes for you, too. If they're not prescription, I don't wanna see 'em. I want to see YOU, I want to be able to look into YOUR eyes, I want you to be able to look into mine."

"If you wake up in the morning, and you can't think anything but singing, then you should be a singer, girl."

"So because you think they sang it better you all are ready to leave 'cause you got scared? Aw yea, nah, that's your MO. See that's how you operate: Ooo, something new, better run away! Forget about all the people who busted their butt to get you here 'cause they believed in you. Let me remind you of something, ok: if you wanna go somewhere and you wanna be somebody, you better wake up and pay attention. Because if every time something scary comes up you decide to run, y'all gonna be running for the rest of your lives."

"If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention."

"[To Rita Louise Watson during roll call] We'll just call you Rita, Diva with a 'Tude."

"[To Maria] You, chewing that gum, you look like Mr. Ed."

"Thomas Gottschalk – Father Wolfgang"

"Now listen, I know you've got to think about your image, cause image is important to you, because of course your friends are gonna dictate your actions through the rest of your lives, and I wouldn't want you to step away from them and become an individual, that would almost be too much!"

"Powerful. Provacative. Controversial."

"[after being shot] Oh, God... God help me... what did you do to me?"

"Detective Robert Gold. Whatever he chooses to do is going to be wrong. He still has to make a choice."

"[dying] Hey Bobby? Remember that girl?"

"Bob Gold is a cop. A good cop. But tonight, he will betray his friends."

"Bob Gold is a cop. A good cop. But tonight, he will betray his friends, disgrace the force, and commit an act of violence because he believes it is the only right thing to do."

"William H. Macy - Tim Sullivan"

"Joe Mantegna - Bobby Gold"

"[picks up the phone in the study] Detective Gold. Tim! She- the old lady. She gonna give him up? She gonna give him up? You got her? You worked her around. Fantastic! Oh, fuck me! Why do I always miss it? She said what? Oh, yeah, I'm the linchpin. Big deal. Oh, man. Was it sweet? I would have been there. I'm stuck here with my- my Jews. You should see this fuckin' room. No, fuckin' bullshit. Bunch of high-strung fuckin' bullshit. They pay so much taxes- Fuck 'em. Yo! She did? Fan-fuckin'-tastic! What? Oh, some bullshit. Somebody's taking shots at 'em- hey, fuck 'em. Don't tell me. Don't send the old lady work down there and tell me how you're so surprised. Fuck 'em and the taxes they pay. You tell me. Ten more bucks a week they're makin', lettin' her work down there? [laughs] Hey, not my people, baby. Fuck 'em. There's so much anti-Semitism the last 4,000 years we must be doin' somethin' to bring it about. I'll see you at the house half an hour. Yo, Tim. See you then. [Hangs up and notices that the dead woman's granddaughter is in the room - and has heard everything]"

"Bob, I'm gonna tell you what the old whore said, and this is the truest thing I know: "When you start cumming with the customers, it's time to quit.""

"Ving Rhames - Robert Randolph"

"Hey, you got some... you got some heavy troubles on your mind? Huh, babe? We'll work it out. We'll play some cops and robbers. We'll bust this big criminal. We'll swagger around."

"Natalia Nogulich - Chava"

"A good cop caught between loyalty and betrayal."

"Jilly Curran: Hey, FBI don't put you on their Ten-Most-Wanted list till they know where you are and how long you're gonna be there."

"Oh, you know, huh? You're one smart kike, ain't you, Mr. Gold? All you forgot is that if you want to kill me, you best come armed."

"Rebecca Pidgeon - Miss Klein"

"Ricky Jay - Aaron"

"Roberta Custer - Cathy Bates"

"Lionel Mark Smith - Charlie Olcott"

"Charles Stransky - Doug Brown"

"Bernard Gray - James"

"J. J. Johnston - Jilly Curran"

"Vincent Guastaferro - Lt. Senna"

"Paul Butler - Commissioner Walker"

"Don't die with a lie on your lips, man."

"Beau Billingslea - Sergeant Daniels"

"Glenn Morshower - Recruiting Sergeant Richard Day"

"Peter Spellos - Mr. Quinn"

"Art LaFleur - First Sergeant Brandon T. Williams"

"Lynn Whitfield - Drill Sergeant Ladd"

"Fabiana Udenio - Gabriella"

"Sleep tight, America! The safety of the free world rests in his hands!"