"Thank you, Karen. Thank you, Lauren. This award means a lot to us. We've been proud of our town for a long time. It's beautiful. It's safe. It's a wonderful place in which to raise a family. And now with the prospect of a major investment in our economic future…by Mr. Elliot Blair of Blair Industries…Will you stand up, Elliot? Next year we're gonna be number one."

"I'd like to thank Karen from Money magazine for this wonderful award. It's…oh, what is it, Lauren, is it Karen or Kathy?"

"When we get out of here… and we will get out of here…what do you say we go down to Florida, we get ourselves a boat, and we stock it with all the nicest, yummiest things…we can possibly get our hands on, and we go out there and we catch ourselves a big, old, fat fish?"

"[While attempting to outrun the pyroclastic cloud] Oh, my God! Don't look back, kids! Don't look back!"

"This rig can take it. The engine's got a snorkel."

"I've always been better at figuring out volcanoes than people & politics."

"Paul, I think we should monitor the entire area. Get the whole shooting match in here. I don't know, but the acidity in the lake is high enough to bother me. There's enough carbon dioxide coming out of the soil to start killing trees and wildlife…Paul. Paul, you sent me up here to check. I'm doing that. I think attention should be paid."

"Jeremy Foley - Graham Wando"

"Grant Heslov - Gregory "Greg""

"Arabella Field - Nancy"

"Bill Bolender - Sheriff Turner"

"Peter Jason - Norman Gates"

"[pointing out the blazing department store and melting bus to Roark] All right, the bus is just deflecting this, OK? It's coming back around, it's obviously got in the store, and we are dealing with very determined stuff here!"

"Moses couldn't reroute this shit, it's everywhere!"

"The Coast Is Toast."

"There are at least 1,500 active volcanoes in the world that we know about...and at least one that we don't."

"Welcome to Los Angeles. It's hotter than hell."

"Tommy Lee Jones - Mike Roark"

"Anne Heche - Dr. Amy Barnes"

"Gaby Hoffman - Kelly Roark"

"Don Cheadle - Emmit Reese"

"Jamie Renée Smith - Lauren Wando"

"Elizabeth Hoffman - Grandma Ruthleen "Ruth""

"Charles Hallahan - Dr. Pauljoseph "Paul" Dreyfus"

"Linda Hamilton - Mayor Rachel Wando"

"Pierce Brosnan - Dr. Harry Dalton"

"Without warning, day becomes night, air turns to fire, and solid ground gives way to white-hot, molten terror."

"Whatever you do, don't look back!"

"The pressure is building."

"Nancy: Why look at computers when you can look at the real thing?"

"Sheriff Turner: Attention all citizens. There will be a meeting held…in the high school gymnasium at 6 PM to discuss the evacuation of Dante's Peak. To repeat: All citizens are urged to attend the meeting…that will be held in the high school gymnasium…"

"Paul: That's Terry's answer to everything. Kick it if it doesn't work."

"Terry: You guys see this? Do you see this? I expect apologies and six-packs from each one of ya."

"Harry: This little puppy's called Spider Legs. She goes in when it's too dangerous for us. Boldly goes, I might add."

"Greg: [seeing Rachel get out of her car with the coffees] Yes! It's coffee time! Coffee! Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee! Cappuccino! Java! Yes!"