"Jane Withers - Vashti Hake Snyth, the Benedicts' neighbor"

"Rock Hudson - Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr."

"The legendary epic that's as big as Texas."

"Sometimes any man can be a giant..."

"Uncle Bawley: Bick, you shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."

"Everybody thought I had a duster. Y'all thought ol' Spindletop Burke and Burnett was all the oil there was, didn't ya…"

"You all think that the glory happened here in the East, don't you, with Valley Forge and Bunker Hill? Do you know abo…"

"You want to know something, Leslie? If I live to be ninety, I will never figure you out."

"You sure do look pretty, Miss Leslie. Pert nigh good enough to eat!"

"James Dean - Jett Rink"