"Cynthia Dunn: I call it the "every other decade" theory. The 50's were boring. The 60's rocked. The 70's, my god, they obviously suck. So maybe the 80s will be like, radical. I figure we'll be in our 20's and hey, it can't get any worse."

"Darla Marks: What are you looking at? Wipe that face off your head, bitch."

"Clint Bruno: I only came here to do two things, kick some ass and drink some beer. [glances over his shoulder] Looks like we're almost outta beer."

"Carl Burnett: We're not in Junior High any more. We're freshmen. We're in the big time now... where the girls will be puttin' out all the time."

"Ms. Ginny Stroud: Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes."

"You just wasted another fucking beer!"

"[on speaker from his truck, to junior high students] Okay, all you freshman fucks, listen up!, Today's your lucky day, Normally you'd be spending your freshman summer getting your asses busted, and running for your worthless little lives. But today, since we feel so sorry for you, we're gonna make it easy on ya; gonna save us all a lotta time. If you meet us here, right here, after school today, y'all only get one "lick" from each of us. But if you run like cowards, well, it's open season, all summer long, boys. Oh, and Mitch Kramer. Mitchy-Mitchy-Mitchy-Mitchy...We're lookin' for you, pal. Your ass'll be purple before the day's over. Have a nice afternoon. [kisses CB mic]"

"I’d like to dedicate this first lick to your mother... fuck her."

"You are an embarrassment to the sport of pool, and you should be honored that I even let you play at my table."

"[repeated line] Alright, alright, alright!"

"Man, it's the same bullshit they tried to pull in my day. If it ain't that piece of paper, there's some other choice they're gonna try and make for you. You gotta do what Randall "Pink" Floyd wants to do, man. Let me tell you this, the older you do get the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep on livin' man, L-I-V-I-N."

"Nicky Katt - Clint Bruno"

"Parker Posey - Darla Marks"

"Deena Martin - Shavonne Wright"

"Jason O. Smith - Melvin Spivey"

"Ben Affleck - Fred O'Bannion"

"Christin Hinojosa - Sabrina Davis"

"Joey Lauren Adams - Simone Kerr"

"Milla Jovovich - Michelle Burroughs"

"Cole Hauser - Benny O'Donnell"

"But all I ever settled for is that we're born to live and then to die, and... we got to do it alone, each in his own way. And I guess that's why we got to love those people who deserve it like there's no tomorrow. 'Cause when you get right down to it - there isn't."

"Madonna - Club singer"

"James Gammon - Mr. Kuchera"

"Roberts Blossom - Harry Swain"

"Forest Whitaker - Jean-Pierre "Balldozer" Baldosier"

"Raphael Sbarge - Kenny Schmoozler"

"R.H. Thomson - Kevin"

"Frank Jasper - Brian Shute"

"Daphne Zuniga - Margie Epstein"

"J.C. Quinn - Elmo"

"Charles Hallahan - Coach Ratta"

"Harold Sylvester - Gene Tanneran"

"Ronny Cox - Larry Swain"

"Michael Schoeffling - Kenny "Kuch" Kuchera"

"Linda Fiorentino - Carla"

"Matthew Modine - Louden Swain"

"Coach: [to Louden] Now, I remember the first time you walked in here and asked me to let you wrestle. You still had hay in your hair. What a surprise you turned out to be, darn near going the distance your first year."

"What a blast to the First Amendment! The first thing they do is shut down the press and imprison the intellectuals. I LOVED YOUR PIECE ON THE CLITORIS! I SHOWED IT TO MY MOTHER!"

"[Just before Louden is set to wrestle Shute] Hey, Louden? [Louden glances up] Kick his ass."

"[to Louden] First time I've ever went to a wrestling match. It wasn't what I expected. I guess I expected some macho violence trip, but it was all right, you know? Guess I just didn't understand."

"[to Louden] Don't you ever try that again! I choose who I'm going to be with and what I'm going to do. I'll never be with any foulmouthed kid jock who thinks a stiff cock is the height of romance. Part of being a man, asshole, is knowing what a woman wants and respecting that."

"[about Carla] She's got all the best things I like in girls and all the best things I like in guys."

"My name's Louden, Louden Swain. Last week I turned 18. I wasn't ready for it. I haven't done anything yet. So I made this deal with myself. This is the year I make my mark."