"Well, I want to say how proud I am to be a part of this community... community based not on birth rite or privilege, but on compassion and courage and -You know, I believe the true power of these waters is that they brought us all together. And our ability to help one another is what will make our victory over polio endure, because what... because what you have done, and what we will continue to do until this disease is defeated is to come together, like a family. Do what we do best. Lift each other up."

"[speaking at the schoolhouse graduation ceremony] Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Now, you know, at Groton where I graduated from high school, our beloved Headmaster encouraged his students to enter public life. I chose to attend Harvard for my undergraduate work and then Columbia for my law degree. Followed my Headmaster's advice and sought a career in public life, but circumstances beyond my control... [begins shaking] have made that very difficult. You know, I've given many speeches in my life. I don't know why I'm having such a hard time making this one."

"[tearfully, standing in the pool] I'm standing. I'm standing."

"[first time standing in the pool] I can't even stand! I can't even stand..."

"[on his plans to run for office] When I can walk, I'll run."

"Harry Caesar - Granville"

"George A. Jones - Big George"

"Ray Nitschke - Bogdanski"

"Robert Tessier - Connie Shokner"

"Richard Kiel - Samson"

"Joe Kapp - Walking Boss"

"Bernadette Peters - Warden's Secretary"

"Jim Nicholson - Ice Man"

"Mike Henry - Rassmeusen"

"Charles Tyner - Unger"

"John Steadman - Pop"

"James Hampton - Caretaker"

"Michael Conrad - Nate Scarboro"

"Ed Lauter - Captain Knauer"

"Eddie Albert - Warden Hazen"

"Burt Reynolds - Paul "Wrecking" Crewe"

"It's Survival of the Fiercest and Funniest"

"First Down...And Ten Years To Go."

"Alright men, now here's the play we're gonna use. I don't think the guards know this formation. It's called 'incidental punishment after the ball is blown dead.' Remember, any man you tackle gets an elbow, knee, or kick in the mouth."

"You know what my problem has been all my life? I've always had my shit together. Always. My problem's been I couldn't lift it."

"The most important thing to remember is: to protect your quarterback - ME!"

"What did happen on the Cahulawassee River?"

"This is the weekend they didn't play golf."

"He was the tightest and damndest pig I ever did screw."

"I sleep at night. I have no worries. I am becoming myself, as inconsequential as that may be. I am not something that somebody shoved off on me. I am what I chose to be, and I am it."

"Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything...A couple more months, she'll all be gone...from Aintry on up. One big dead lake."

"Macon McCalman - Deputy Queen"

"Billy Redden - Lonnie, the banjo boy"

"James Dickey - Sheriff Bullard"

"Herbert "Cowboy" Coward - Toothless Man"

"Bill McKinney - Mountain Man"

"Ronny Cox - Drew Ballinger"

"Ned Beatty - Bobby Trippe"

"Burt Reynolds - Lewis Medlock"

"Jon Voight - Ed Gentry"

"Four men ride a wild river. A weekend turns into a nightmare."

"David Koechner as Cooter Davenport"

"An apple a day will keep the doctor away, darling."

"Willie Nelson as Uncle Jesse Duke"

"Burt Reynolds as Boss Hogg"

"Jesse Duke has been to two places in his life: Hazzard County and Korea. As far as he's concerned, that's one place too many."

"Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke"

"Seann William Scott as Bo Duke"

"Johnny Knoxville as Luke Duke"

"(To Daisy about his car) "She's faster than a cheetah on cocaine.""