"[as Harry confronts her at her poolside, after Delly's death] So I'm not grief-stricken. What does that make me? [drunkenly] You know, Delly isn't the only kid who ever had it rough. [sighs] When I was her age... I was down on my knees to half the men in this town. I'm sorry the poor little bitch is dead. And when the time comes, I'll cry for her... but you won't be around to see it, Mr. Smart-Ass-Moseby. So... Out... OUT! [drunkenly waves him away]"

"You told me fairy tales... About Malone... Billy Danreuther... The President getting shot... Your erect nipples!"

"Look. I run the park, I sell the tickets, and I make the decisions. Move the fish!"

"A deadly new attraction."

"The third dimension is terror."

"Reaching new depths of terror."

"P. H. Moriarty – Jack Tate"

"Harry Grant – Shelby Overman"

"Lea Thompson – Kelly Ann Bukowski"

"John Putch – Sean Brody"

"Louis Gossett Jr. – Calvin Bouchard"

"Simon MacCorkindale – Philip FitzRoyce"

"Bess Armstrong – Kathryn Morgan"

"Dennis Quaid – Michael "Mike" Brody"

"He don't sleep in, he don't live in! You tell Shelby Overman for me he can take a flying leap in a rolling doughnut on a gravel driveway!"

"[trying to start the boat] Damn boat. I flooded... Damn boat!"

"White sharks are dangerous. I know 'em. My father, my brother, myself. They're murderers."

"William Hurt - Ned Racine"

"Kim Zimmer - Mary Ann Simpson"

"Mickey Rourke - Teddy Lewis"

"J.A. Preston - Oscar Grace"

"Ted Danson - Peter Lowenstein"

"Richard Crenna - Edmund Walker"

"Kathleen Turner - Matty Walker"

"She taught him everything she knew - about passion and murder."

"It's a hot summer. Ned Racine is waiting for something special to happen. And when it does... He won't be ready for the consequences."

"As the temperature rises, the suspense begins."

"Teddy Lewis: I got a serious question for you: What the fuck are you doing? This is not shit for you to be messin' with. Are you ready to hear something? I want you to see if this sounds familiar: any time you try a decent crime, you got fifty ways you're gonna fuck up. If you think of twenty-five of them, then you're a genius... and you ain't no genius. You remember who told me that?"

"Peter: I'm really disappointed in you, Racine. I've been living vicariously off of you for years. You shut up on me now, all I have is my wife."

"Judge: Mr. Racine, the next time you come into my courtroom I hope you've got either a better defense, or a better class of client."

"Well, some men, once they get a whiff of it, they trail you like a hound."

"Sometimes the shit comes down so heavy I feel like I should wear a hat."

"You better take me up on this quick. In about 45 minutes, I'm going to give up and go away."

"That's my darlin' Luke. He grin like a baby, but he bites like a 'gator."

"Joe Don Baker - Fixer"

"Buck Kartalian - Dynamite"

"Anthony Zerbe - Dog Boy"