"Sorry about the disruption, folks, but I always do the last dance of the season. This year somebody told me not to. So I'm gonna do my kind of dancin' with a great partner, who's not only a terrific dancer. Somebody who's taught me that there are people willing to stand up for other people no matter what it costs them. Somebody who's taught me about the kind of person I wanna be. Miss Frances Houseman."

"[voiceover] That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me "Baby", and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellermans."

"[when she sneaks into the employees-only party] I carried a watermelon. [realizes what she just said] I carried a watermelon?"

"Oh, yes, as a matter of fact it is. We're supposed to do the show in two days, you won't show me the lifts, I'm not sure of the turns, I'm doing all this to save your ass, what I really want to do is drop you on it!"

"[to her father] I told you I was telling the truth, Daddy. I'm sorry I lied to you, but you lied too. You told me everyone was alike and deserved a fair break. But you meant everyone who was like you. You told me you wanted me to change the world, to make it better. But you meant by becoming a lawyer or a Doctor and marrying someone from Harvard. I'm not proud of myself, but I'm in this family too. You can't keep giving me the silent treatment. There are a lot of things about me that aren't what you thought. But if you love me, you have to love all the things about me, and I love you. I'm sorry I let you down; I'm so sorry, Daddy. But you let me down too."

"Have The Time Of Your Life"

"First dance. First love. The time of your life."

"Dancing to the beat of their hearts."

"Look, spaghetti arms. This is my dance space. This is your dance space. I don't go into yours, you don't go into mine. You gotta hold the frame."

"Jennifer Grey - Frances "Baby" Houseman"

"Jerry Orbach - Dr. Jake Houseman"

"Kelly Bishop - Marjorie "Marge" Houseman"

"Jane Brucker - Lisa Houseman"

"Cynthia Rhodes - Penny Johnson"

"Jack Weston - Max Kellerman"

"Max Cantor - Robbie Gould"

"Patrick Swayze - Johnny Castle"

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."