"You know, the only reason I gave you my key was because I have an incredible fear of… you know… not giving my key to the one person I should give my key to, because they might be the perfect one — that's all."

"Why don't we grab a bite to eat and I'll tell you my life story."

"I've forgotten what its like to be sad after sex."

"Kids have no economic base. We're practically hostages."

"Well, there seems to be some question of authority on your island."

"So that was truly, uniquely, disgusting."

"What have you got to be nervous about? Aside from the fact that you're nuts?"

"Show me the magic. Come on, show me the magic."

"Well, isn't this just so perfect. Man in his element, balance, harmony. You know what Lao-Tze said, don't you dog? Nature — and it speaks true — why not man?"

"It's all here, dog — beauty, magic, inspiration … and serenity. Not to mention silence, amazement, intimacy… enchantment."

"Son-of-a-bitch! What I wouldn't give for a different nightmare."

"You show me a businessman believes in fate, I'll show you the first businessman who ever went broke. I started with a wagon, selling somebody's junk. And I got here in a silk suit, talking to a college know-it-all like you. If I lose it, I'll meet you right back here in this room, in a new silk suit."

"Celeste Yarnall as Mrs. Hedges"

"Fred Thompson as Sen. Hedges"

"Sally Quinn as Beatrice Duffee"

"Benjamin C. Bradlee as Alex Duffee"

"Michael Ensign as Phillipe"

"Max Perlich as JJ"

"Edward Herrmann as Ed Devery"

"Don Johnson as Paul Verrall"

"John Goodman as Harry Brock"

"Melanie Griffith as Billie Dawn"

"Don't Harvard talk me. I didn't make my money by being an idiot."

"You don't save money, bud, you make it!"

"Listen. Anybody that works in this room, tell them to do it good, do it fast, nobody gets hurt. I don't like a lot of people around all the time, and I don't like waiting for nothin'."

"The whole damn history of the world is the story of the fight between the selfish and the unselfish."

"People always pretend to be smarter than they are."

"Being smart isn't just about books. It's about asking questions. It's about finding out why things are the way they are."

"Men are unbelievable. I give and give and give and it's like wallpaper to you. You just walk right past it. Then you make one effort and you think we're equal. It only looks like a big effort because you never made one before."

"You got money, Harry, but you got a cheap life."

"How come I feel like I don't fit in any more? Tell me why am I so unhappy with everything that I used to want."

"You know what your problem is, Harry? You're not just rude, you're...[pulls out a pocket dictionary and looks up a word]..."flagrant" about it!"

"Did you teach me to cheat 'cause you think I can't learn?"

"Oh, don't worry about him. He's too busy being a big man."

"You know how when somebody dies, it's OK to feel sad, but then at other times, when you're supposed to be happy and you feel sad, it's worse than the times when you're allowed to be sad?"

"George Carlin - the Narrator"

"Cybill Shepherd - Gold Girl"

"Howard Hesseman - Margolis"

"Jay Leno - Larry Miller"

"Tommy Lasorda - Dunphy"

"Elvis Costello - Earl of Manchester"

"I'm not really Leo Farnsworth."

"Meat Loaf - "Oklahoma Roy" Budnitz"