"[After shooting a zombie that almost bit him] You bastards, you bastards! [Turns to Peter] We got 'em, didn't we? We got this, man! We got this by the ass!"

"Dummies. Dummies."

"We are down to the line, people. DOWN TO THE LINE!"

"They MUST be destroyed ON SIGHT!"

"The normal question, the first question is always, "Are these cannibals?" No, they are not cannibals. Cannibalism in the true sense of the word implies an intraspecies activity. These creatures cannot be considered human. They prey on humans. They do not prey on each other; that's the difference. They attack and they feed only on warm human flesh. Intelligence? Seemingly little or no reasoning ability, but basic skills remain a more... remembered behaviours of ah, normal life. There are reports of these creatures using tools. But even these actions are the most primitive; the use of tools as bludgeons and so forth. I might point out that even animals will adopt the use of tools in this manner. These creatures are nothing but pure, motorized instinct. We must not be lulled by the concept that these are our family members or our friends. They are not. They will not respond to such emotions."

"You're not running a talk show here, Mr. Berman! You can forget pitching an audience the moral bullshit they want to hear!"

"Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!"

"David Crawford - Dr. Foster"

"David Early - Mr. Berman"

"Richard France - Dr. Milliard Rausch"

"Dawn of the Dead is one of the most prophetic and disturbing films you’ll see, and I challenge you to find anyone who can find another film from that era which provides the same level of social commentary."

"A film critic at the New York Times walked out of "Dawn of the Dead" (1979) after the first 15 minutes, complaining of a pet peeve" against zombies. A film critic at the Dallas Times Herald described the film as "without any doubt the most horrific, brutal, nightmarish descent into Hell ever put on the screen." A film critic at the Village Voice thinks it's one of the most important films of the year. They all have a point. "Dawn of the Dead," which opens here Friday, is an ultimate horror film, one that takes traditional images of zombies and ghouls, makes them uncomfortably real, and treats them with a certain poignant humor."

"Many have died, last week, on these streets. In the basement of this building, you will find them. I have given them the last rites, now, you do what you will. You are stronger than us... But soon, I think they be stronger than you. When the dead walk, señores, we must stop the killing... or lose the war."

"Gaylen Ross - Francine"

"Scott H. Reiniger - Roger"

"Ken Foree - Peter"

"David Emge - Stephen"

"Say goodbye, creep!"

"[To Peter] I see you, chocolate man!"

"[to Holden] I was looking at you in the store and I liked how you kept to yourself. I saw in your eyes that you hate the world. I hate it too."

"Attention, shoppers. There's a Retail Rodeo special on aisle 3. Liquid Drain Cleaner, 2 12-ounce cans for $5.00. Liquid Drain Cleaner has churning power and it will churn right through your pipes. Ladies, you need female plumbing. Shove something clean and new up your filthy pipes. That's Liquid Drain Cleaner on aisle 3. Have a good day and thank you for shopping at Retail Rodeo."

"[in a letter] Dear Justine, because of you I'll be quitting the Retail Rodeo. The last two days have been the most godawful of my life. I have not been able to get rid of you in my head. I'll never want anything so bad, and I've wanted many things. I'd given up long ago on being 'gotten' by someone else, and then you came along. The idea that I could be gotten because of circumstance, or never get got, is the worst feeling I've ever felt, and I have felt many bad feelings. I'm sorry I can never see you again Justine, forgive me for being so weak, but that's who I am. Goodbye, Holden. If for some reason, you could change your mind and wanna be with me, body and soul, meet me after work. I will be waiting for you at 5pm outside Chuckie Cheese. If you are not there at five, you will never see me again in your lifetime."

"I thought if I died today what would happen to me? A hateful girl... A selfish girl... An adulteress... A liar."

"How it all came down to this, only the Devil knows. Retail Rodeo is at the corner on my left. The motel is down the road to my right. I close my eyes and try to peer into the future. On my left, I saw days upon days of lipstick and ticking clocks, dirty looks and quiet whisperings. And burning secrets that just won't ever die away. And on my right, what could I picture? The blue sky, the desert earth, stretching out into the eerie infinity. A beautiful never-ending nothing."

"As a girl you see the world as a giant candy store filled with sweet candy and such. But one day you look around and you see a prison and you're on death row. You wanna run or scream or cry but something's locking you up. Are the other folks cows chewing cud until the hour comes when their heads roll? Or are they just keeping quiet like you, planning their escape."

"You're a writer so you have yourself a goal, I guess. I used to, you know, lay in bed and imagine other cities, other jobs I could have; other husbands. Now I don't even know what to imagine anymore."

"After living in the dark for so long, a glimpse of the light can make you giddy. Strange thoughts come into your head and you'd better think 'em. Has a special fate been calling you and you're not listening? Is there a secret message right in front of you and you're not reading it? Is this your last best chance? Are you going to take it? Or are you going to the grave with unlived lives in your veins?"

"Aimee Garcia - Nurse"

"Deborah Rush - Gwen Jackson"

"Mike White - Corny"

"Zooey Deschanel - Cheryl"

"Tim Blake Nelson - Bubba"

"John Carroll Lynch - Jack Field"

"John C. Reilly - Phil Last"

"Jake Gyllenhaal - Thomas "Holden" Worther"

"Jennifer Aniston - Justine Last"

"Jack Field: Holden was a thief and a disturbed young man and what happened was a sad thing. Perhaps we can learn a lesson from this tragedy like don't steal and don't be disturbed."

"Corny: It's a church. You can't make water without bumping your nut on a bible."

"Sarah Polley — Ana"

"I don't believe in God. I don't see how anyone could."

"I feel like I'm here for another reason. I feel like I'm here to bring that baby on this earth, and give it everything that I never had. I just want the opportunity... to change things."

"[Zombie has slammed itself against a glass door at the mall from the outside] Shatterproof, asshole"

"The bites killed her, the bites brought her back."

"[To phone getting "busy" signals after her husband got bitten on his throat] Don't do this to me! Please, don't DO this to me!"

"Tom Savini — Sheriff Cahill"