"(to God) A second flood, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair. But no, you sent us Congress! Good God, Sir, was that fair?!"

"I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress! And by God, I have had this Congress! For ten years, King George and his Parliament have gulled, cullied, and diddled these colonies with their illegal taxes! Stamp Acts, Townshend Acts, Sugar Acts, Tea Acts! And when we dared stand up like men, they have stopped our trade, seized our ships, blockaded our ports, burned our towns, and spilled our BLOOD! And still, this Congress refuses to grant ANY of my proposals on independence, even so much as the courtesy of open debate! Good God, what in hell are you waiting for?"

"[About the killer bees] We have been invaded, by an enemy far more lethal than any human force."

"Don "Red" Barry — Pete Harris"

"Alejandro Rey — Dr. Martinez"

"Morgan Paull — Dr. Newman"

"Christian Juttner — Paul Durant"

"Cameron Mitchell — General Thompson"

"Henry Fonda — Dr. Walter Krim"

"Fred MacMurray — Clarence Tuttle"

"Bradford Dillman — Major Baker"

"Slim Pickens — Jud Hawkins"

"Patty Duke Astin — Rita Bard"

"Jose Ferrer — Dr. Andrews"

"Lee Grant — Anne MacGregor"

"Ben Johnson — Felix Austin"

"Olivia de Havilland — Maureen Schuster"

"Richard Chamberlain — Dr. Hubbard"

"Richard Widmark — General Thaddeus Slater"

"Katharine Ross — Capt. Helena Anderson"

"Michael Caine — Dr. Bradford Crane"

"The most terrifying thing about THE SWARM is that it is based on Fact: It exists. Fact: It has awesome destructive power. Fact: We don't know how to stop it."

"This is more than a movie. It's a prediction!"

"Monsters by the millions - and they're all for real!"

"... is here!"

"It's more than a speculation - it's a prediction!"

"Attention! Attention! This is Miss Schuster. Please listen very carefully. A swarm of killer bees is coming this way."

"By tomorrow there will be no more Africans... at least not in the Houston sector."

"Houston on fire. Will history blame me, or the bees?"

"Bees, bees, what a lot of bees."

"We've been fighting a losing battle against the insects for fifteen years, but I never thought I'd see the final face-off in my lifetime. And I never dreamed, that it would turn out to be the bees. They've always been our friend."

"Look, what I do for a living isn't important. What is important, critical, is that there are probably other invading swarms and what these bees did here, they can do again, all over the Southwest and, ultimately, all over the country."

"Jane Fonda - Sally Hyde"

"Willie Tyler - Virgil"

"Beeson Carroll - Capt. Earl Delise"

"Kathleen Miller - Kathy Delise"

"Mary Gregory - Martha Vickery"

"Robert Ginty - Sgt. Dink Mobley"

"Robert Carradine - Bill Munson"

"Penelope Milford - Vi Munson"

"Bruce Dern - Capt. Bob Hyde"

"Jon Voight - Luke Martin"

"[being interviewed by a television news crew after chaining himself to a Marines Recruitment Facility] The reason why I'm here is because a buddy of mine who'd been in 'Nam took his own life today. This is kind of a funeral service. And I'm here because I'm trying to tell people, man, if we want to commit suicide, we have plenty of reasons to do it right here at home. We don't have to go to Vietnam to find reasons to kill ourselves. I just don't think we should be over there."

"[to Sally] You know, I spend 95% of the time at the hospital thinking of making love with you."

"I have killed for my country, or whatever, and I don't feel good about it. 'Cause there's not enough reason, man, to feel a person die in your hands, or to see your best buddy get blown away."

"Jack O' Halloran — Joe Perko"

"Julius Harris — Boan"

"Ed Lauter — Carnahan"

"Rene Auberjonois — Roy Bagley"