"I felt like both of those movies had a disadvantage in their fundamental architecture, and that is that the first movie had a place that you could go to that was wondrous and magical and would bring you great joy - but surprise, you’re going to die. In those other movies, you’re going to a place that’s dangerous and you’re going to die, and sure enough, you do. So, you know, the equation was different in those two."

"Even 'Jurassic Park III' tried to jump on the avian-dino bandwagon by making a brave attempt to adorn Velociraptor with a feathery hair-piece. (The result looked like a roadrunner's toupee- don't blame the effects-artists; it's notoriously difficult to render feathers in computer graphics animation, so we'll have to wait for 'JP IV' for a more thoroughly rendered avian pelage.)"

"Frank Welker — Spinosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex"

"Laura Dern — Dr. Ellie Sattler"

"Michael Jeter — Mr. Udesky"

"Trevor Morgan — Eric Kirby"

"Alessandro Nivola — Billy Brennan"

"Téa Leoni — Amanda Kirby"

"William H. Macy — Paul Kirby"

"Sam Neill — Dr. Alan Grant"

"[to Dr. Grant about the satellite phone] Turn off the power. You've got juice for maybe one call. Whatever you do, don't call the U.S. Embassy. They won't do a damn thing."

"[to Amanda] We're gonna find him. You listening to me? We're gonna find him. The kid's got resources. Remember what it was like to try to ground him?"

"This is good. This is great. We're stuck on the worst place in the world, and we're not even getting paid!"

"[finding a dinosaur carcass] It's okay, it's dead. [ T. rex raises its head from behind the dead dinosaur] Nobody move a muscle! [T. rex roars and everyone besides Grant runs away]"

"[after Billy said he stole raptor eggs "with the best intentions"] Some of the worst things imaginable have been done "with the best intentions". Billy, as far as I'm concerned, you're no better than the people who built this place."

"[as the raptor is cawing] My God. He's calling for help."

"Will you tell your wife to stop making noise? That is a very, very bad idea."

"You cannot land on this island!"

"[upon reaching Isla Sorna and seeing the dinosaurs] My God, I'd forgotten."

"[after Billy explains why his bag strap is lucky] Reverse Darwinism: survival of the most idiotic."

"You do not understand. On this island, there is no such thing as safe!"

"Kenneth John McGregor - Sculptor"

"Paul Benedict - Finance Teacher"

"Gerry Bamman - Tourist"

"Ellen Foley - Eleanor"

"Ron Dean - Uncle Pat"

"Gina Gershon - Coral"

"Kelly Lynch - Kerry Coughlin"

"Laurence Luckinbill - Richard Mooney"

"Lisa Banes - Bonnie"

"Elisabeth Shue - Jordan Mooney"

"Bryan Brown - Doug Coughlin"

"Tom Cruise - Brian Flanagan"

"They thought he was good, they were wrong... he was the best."

"When he pours, he reigns."

"[in his suicide note to Brian] My dearest Brian, A guy like me looks in the mirror, he either grins, or he starts to fade away. And I haven't seen anything to grin about in a long time. This may not be the most graceful exit, but I know when the bottle's empty. The only thing I'm really going to miss is the conversations we had. At least I get the last word, even if I had to mail it in. Coughlin's Law: Bury the dead. They stink up the joint. As for the rest of Coughlin's Laws, ignore them. The guy was always full of shit. [chuckles bitterly] But I guess you knew that already."

"The luck is gone, the brain is shot, but the liquor we still got."

"Never tell tales about a woman, she'll hear you no matter how far away she is."

"Coughlin's Diet: Cocktails and dreams."

"I don't care how liberated this world becomes - a man will always be judged by the amount of alcohol he can consume - and a woman will be impressed, whether she likes it or not."

"A bartender is the aristocrat of the working class."

"Anything else is always something better."

"You see, there are two kinds of people in this world, the workers and the hustlers. The hustlers never work and the workers never hustle and you my friend, are a worker."

"Coughlin's Law: Never show surprise, never lose your cool."

"Your sexy smile isn't gonna work this time."