"Willie Grogan: If you behold me lost in the embrace of alcohol, greet me as you pass but make no reference to my condition. I'm rather a sensitive man and I prefer not to be the object of public solicitude."

"If my brother is killed in this war, I'll spit at the world. I'll hate it forever. I won't be good. I'll be bad. I'll be the worst there is. I'll be the worst that ever lived."

"You must remember always to give, of everything you have. You must give foolishly even. You must be extravagant. You must give to all who come into your life. Then nothing and no one shall have power to cheat you of anything, for if you give to a thief, he cannot steal from you, and he himself is then no longer a thief. And the more you give, the more you will have to give."

"Ann Ayars - Mrs. Sandoval"

"I am Matthew Macauley. I have been dead for two years. So much of me is still living that I know now the end is only the beginning. As I look down on my homeland of Ithaca, California, with its cactus, vineyards and orchards, I see that so much of me is still living there - in the places I've been, in the fields and streets and church and most of all in my home, where my hopes, my dreams, my ambitions still live in the daily life of my loved ones."

"Ray Collins - Mr. Macauley"

"Fay Bainter - Mrs. Macauley"

"Henry O'Neill - Charles Steed"

"Jackie Jenkins - Ulysses Macauley"

"[to his fellow soldier Tobey, while they're on KP duty] Oh, we're poor. Always have been. My father was a great man. Not a success. Didn't make any more money than what we needed, ever... He worked in the vineyards, in the packing houses and wineries. If you saw him in the street you'd think he was nobody. But he was a great man. The only thing he cared about was his family. Ma and his kids. He saved up and made a down payment on a harp. Ha! Yeah, nobody plays a harp anymore, but that's what ma wanted, so he got her one. Took him five years to pay for it. We used to think every house had a harp just because we had one. And I thought everybody was great like him, until I got out and met some of them. Oh, they're all right, but they're not great."

"James Craig - Tom Spangler"

"Mickey Rooney - Homer Macauley"

"Van Johnson - Marcus Macauley"

"Frank Morgan - Willie Grogan"

"Mrs. Steed: Diana only seems a fool - she isn't really."

"Marsha Hunt - Diana Steed"

"[to Homer Macauley and Hubert Ackley, whom she detained after class] You'll both learn that every man in the world is better than somebody else. And not as good as somebody else. In a democratic state every man is equal to every other man up to the point of exertion. And then every man is free to exert himself to do good or not. To grow nobly, or foolishly. I'm eager for my boys and girls to exert themselves to do good and grow nobly. I want you to understand that each of you will begin to be real men and truly human when in spite of your differences with one another you still respect one another. That's what it means to be civilized."

"[last line] Ya see Marcus, the ending is only the beginning."

"Dorothy Morris - Mary Arena"

"Mary Nash - Miss Hicks"

"Michael Jeter as Norman Snively"

"Would it be okay if I get a couple of references? Come on, get up here! I warned you! You had your chance, you flea-bitten mongrel! You're going to the pound! Do you hear me?! You're going to the pound! I hate birthday parties! I hate kids! I hate being a clown! I can't stand birthday cakes!"

"Frank Welker as Animals' vocal effects (uncredited)"

"[just after Josh did a light quick kiss, on her forehead, as he was about to go to his room] What's with Josh?"

"Wendy Makkena as Mrs. Jackie Framm"

"Jasebel and Kati Mather as Andrea Framm"

"Kevin Zegers as Josh Framm"

"Snazin Smith as Nurse (uncredited)"

"Air Buddy as Buddy"

"Deborah Rush - Michele Dempsey (Adam's lawyer)"

"Bill McCutcheon - Danny Doheny (bar owner)"

"B.D. Wong - Jimmy Chui (Adam's former professor)"

"Janet Carroll - Margie (Jessie's girl)"

"Rosanna DeSoto - Elaine McMullen (as Rosana DeSoto)"

"Victoria Jackson - Christine (Adam's girl)"

"Sean Connery - Jessie McMullen"

"Come on. Let's pay our respects to the grieving widow before she falls flat on her face, drunk."

"Dustin Hoffman - Vito McMullen"

"Hey, you bald-headed prick! Don't you ever get caught on the take. Because if you wind up in any joint I'm in, you'll leave feet first."

"Matthew Broderick - Adam McMullen"

"Ji-Tu Cumbuka - Daryl"

"Vic Polizos - Richie Vento"

"Jasmine Guy - Dominique La Rue"

"Reynaldo Rey - Gambler"

"Danny Aiello - Phil Cantone"

"Redd Foxx - Bennie Wilson"

"Don Familton - Referee"

"Michael Lerner - Bugsy Calhoune"