"I don't think anything bad ought to happen to children. I think the bad stuff should be saved up for the people who's grown up. That's the way I see it."

"Jim Jarmusch - Deke, the Frostee Cream employee"

"Robert Duvall - Frank Childers, Karl's father"

"James Hampton - Jerry Woolridge"

"Natalie Canerday - Linda Wheatley"

"Lucas Black - Frank Wheatley"

"John Ritter - Vaughan Cunningham"

"J. T. Walsh - Charles Bushman"

"Dwight Yoakam - Doyle Hargraves"

"Billy Bob Thornton - Karl Childers"

"Sometimes a hero comes from the most unlikely place."

"A simple man. A difficult choice."

"If you all don't shut up I'm about to go out of my mind. Ol' Karl over here is about to bust a spring. He's already off balance."

"You believe in the bible do ya Karl?… Well I can't understand none of it. This one begat this one. This one begat that one, begat, begat. Lo and behold someone says some shit or another. Just how retarded are you?"

"Not that you two afflicted sumbitches know anything about this, but you're sitting in a crew cab dualie pickup. In some circles, this is considered a piece of automotive art."

"[to Charles Bushman, final words of the film] Don't you say another word to me. I ain't listenin' to you no more."

"[on the phone] Yes, ma'am. I I need the police over at the Wheatley house, mmm. I've killed Doyle Hargraves with a lawnmower blade. Yes, ma'am, I'm right sure of it. I hit him two good whacks in the head with it. That second one just plum near cut his head in two... It's a lil' ol' white house on the corner of Vine Street and some other street. There's a pick-up truck out front that says "Doyle Hargraves Construction" on it. Doyle said besides sending the police, you might wanna send an ambulance or a "hearst". I'll be sitting here, waiting on ye."

"There were these two fellars standin' on a bridge, a-goin' to the bathroom. One fellar said, "The water's cold" and the other fellar said, "The water's deep". I believe one fella come from Arkansas. Get it?"

"I like them French fried potaters."

"[to Vaughn] I don't reckon you have to go with women to be a good daddy to a boy. You been real square-dealin' with me. The Bible says two men ought not lay together. But I don't reckon the Good Lord would send anybody like you to Hades. That Frank, he lives inside of his own heart. That's an awful big place to live in. You take good care of that boy."

"I guess I am going to have to get used to lookin at perty people, and perty people going to have to get used to lookin at me."

"Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade. It's kindly a long wood handle, kinda like an axe handle, with a long blade on it shaped kindly like a bananer. Mmm hmm. Sharp on one edge, and dull on the other 'un. Mmm hmm. It's what the highway boys use to cut down weeds and what not, y'know."

"[to Lily, after finding the poems and the strange phone call] You know there's seems to be a whole hell of a lot of... I don't know... What are you doing?... I wanna know, Lily!... I don't know who you are anymore. I don't know who I'm making love to anymore. If this is some kind of contest, Lily, I don't wanna compete."

"Howard Brown - Rocco"

"Kate Rodger - Isabel"

"Joey Krees - Peter"

"Mychal Wilson - Spin"

"Tara Ellison - Catherine"

"Victoria Haas - Bridgette"

"Walter Kim - Robert"

"Kathryne Dora Brown - Tanya"

"Camilla Belle - Daphna Falk"

"Belinda Bauer - Angela Falk"

"Xander Berkeley - Donald Falk"

"Johnathon Schaech - Gredin"

"[to Lily as she watches a performance artist] That's Peter the Performance artist as he likes to refer to it, self as show. Someday, with any luck somebody will put him out of his misery."

"Alyssa Milano - Lily Leonetti"

"Passion. Seduction. Betrayal. Lily wanted to be just like Ivy."

"Change.... Seduction.... Passion.... Jealousy.... and Murder!"

"[to Gredin] I'm really sorry about the way I've been acting lately. It's just that this is a really hard transition for me and I've... been confused. But I'm not confused anymore... Please don't give up on me."

"Harold Hunter — Harold"

"George A. Romero - Chief of Police"

"Chris Violette - Gordo Thorsen"

"Alan van Sprang - Colonel"

"Martin Roach - Stranger"

"Megan Park - Francine Shane"

"Tino Monte - Newscaster"

"R. D. Reid - Amish Farmer"

"Tatiana Maslany - Mary Dexter"

"Amy Lalonde - Tracy Thurman"