"[about Tony] He's a polack, that's what he is - a big, dumb polack!"

"[to Maria] Get your shoes on. I want to dance!"

"[to the band leader] Oye, Javi! Ponle fuego, ¡vamos!"

"In Gimbels, there are lots of dresses that fit me."

"[singing] I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright, And I pity, any girl who isn't me tonight.…"

"It's like I'm always just about to fall off the edge of the world's tallest building. I stopped falling the second I …"

"[singing] Maria... I just met a girl named Maria, and suddenly that name Will never be the same to me. Maria - I just…"

"[to Tony after he and Maria are caught together] Do you want to start World War III?"

"[after being assaulted by the Jets] You think I want to stay here? In this city full of ugly little animals like you?…"

"Tonight is about family."