"I went to a party once and there was a palm reader there. And when she looked at my hand, she just froze. And I said to her "I know. My lifeline is broken. I know I won't live past thirty.""

"I think I'll quit my painting and just make Edie a big star."

"[to Edie] You're the boss, applesauce!"

"Bud Cort - Antique shop owner"

"Phil Collins - Eddie Papasano"

"David Clennon - Mr. Johnstone"

"Christian Clemenson - Dr. Dale Lawrence"

"Peter McRobbie - Dr. Max Essex"

"Jeffrey Nordling - Gaëtan Dugas"

"Nathalie Baye - Dr. Françoise Barre"

"Patrick Bauchau - Dr. Luc Montagnier"

"Lily Tomlin - Dr. Selma Dritz"

"Charles Martin Smith - Dr. Harold Jaffe"

"Richard Masur - Dr. William Darrow"

"Glenne Headly - Dr. Mary Guinan"

"Ian McKellen - Bill Kraus"

"Alan Alda - Dr. Robert Gallo"

"Matthew Modine - Dr. Don Francis"

"Dr. Luc Montagnier: [In French] It's amazing to me that Americans can think a disease has a sexual preference. But that's all Americans think of... Sex. Sex. Sex."

"Congressman Phil Burton: I'll introduce a bill. But if all the angels came dancing down to earth like the Rockettes, even they couldn't get a dime out of this administration for anything with the name "gay" on it."

"Roger Gail Lyon: This is not a political issue. This is a health issue. This is not a gay issue. This is a human issue. And I do not intend to be defeated by it. I came here today in the hope that my epitaph would not read that I died of red tape."

"Dr. Dennis Donohue: When the doctors start acting like businessmen, who do the people turn to for doctors?"

"The Choreographer: The party's over."

"Dr. Jim Curran: All right, what do we think? What do we know? What can we prove?"

"This may be the first epidemic in history of which no one officially died."

"Michael Post - Taxi Driver"

"- John Cale"

"- Lou Reed"

"- Silver George"

"- Mort Silvers"

"- Ingrid Superstar"

"- Molly Spence"

"- James Townsend"