"Waitress: Nudism is such a worthy cause. We must bring the message to the people. We must teach them to unmask their poor suffocating bodies and let them breathe again. Clothes are the enemy. Without clothes, there'd be no sickness, there'd be no war. I ask you, sir, can you imagine two great armies on the battlefield, no uniforms, completely nude? No way of telling friend from foe. All brothers, together."

"Until you are able to commit a simple act of terror, I strongly advise you to avoid anything as complex as murder."

"My 3:00 patient jumped out of the window in the middle of his session. I have been running fifteen minutes ahead of schedule ever since."

"Miss Morris, I'm perfectly capable of fixing my own breakfast. As a matter of fact, I had a peanut butter sandwich and two whiskey sours."

"This thing about women and me. I walk into a room. They sense it instantly. I arouse something in them. I bother them. It's a kind of animal thing I've got. Really quite extraordinary."

"Your imagination! You think every girl's a dope. You think a girl goes to a party and there's some guy in a fancy striped vest strutting around giving you that I'm-so-handsome-you-can't-resist-me look. From this she's supposed to fall flat on her face. Well, she doesn't fall on her face. But there's another guy in the room, over in the corner. Maybe he's nervous and shy and perspiring a little. First, you look past him. But then you sense that he's gentle and kind and worried. That he'll be tender with you, nice and sweet. That's what's really exciting."

"Oh, do you feel the breeze from the subway. Isn't it delicious?"

"So he lured me down to his apartment. He made me sit on his piano bench. Then he made me play Chopsticks. Then suddenly he turned at me. His eyes bulging. He was frothing at the mouth. Just like The Creature from the Black Lagoon."

"Oooooooohhhh! This feels just elegant!"

"Look man, I don't know about all that "Change the World" shit, but what I do know, is that they be going crazy over this, man! I'm tellin' you! And the bitches? Oh, Lord! The bitches! Yo! They do anything for this, man! Yo, I had my jimmy waxed every day last week, ya understand?! Several times a day!"

"Flavor Flav - D.J."

"Fab Five Freddy - Master of Ceremonies"

"John Aprea - Don Armeteo"

"Anthony DeSando - Frankie Needles"

"Tracy Camilla Johns - Uniqua"

"Vanessa Williams - Keisha"

"Christopher Williams - Kareem Akbar"

"Bill Cobbs - Old man"

"Russell Wong - Park"

"Bill Nunn - Duh Duh Man"

"Michael Michele - Selina"

"Mario Van Peebles - Stone"

"Judd Nelson - Nick Peretti"

"Chris Rock - Pookie"

"Allen Payne - Gee Money"

"Ice T - Scotty Appleton"

"Wesley Snipes - Nino Brown"

"Where survival depends on friends, trust and power... An organized crime family out to run this city is up against cops who knows its streets."

"They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime."

"(last lines) Idolator! Your soul is required in Hell! [shoots and kills Nino]"

"[as Pooky peers into camera in despair] Scottie, help me - I'm gonna die!"

"(Pooky describing a room used for freebasing) They call it the "Enterprise Room", man, because it's for people who wanna be beamed up to Scotty."

"(sobbing) I tried to kick... but that shit just be callin' me man, it be callin' me, man... I just got to go to it!"

"They got that shit hooked up like Mission Impossible, man!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah- a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Now, back to the titties— what's goin' on in this drug store?"

"I don't know about you, man, but I'm ready to kill Nino Brown."

"Man, a drug dealer is the worst kind of brother. I mean, he won't sell it to his sister, he won't sell it to his mother- but he'll sell it to one of his boys on the street."

"Oh shit, that's the kid I shot!"

"I should have killed you myself, bitch!"

"I wanna shoot you so bad, my dick's hard!"

"This ain't business, bitch- this is personal!"

"(talking to Duh Duh Man)...UNADULTERATED! Would you please shut the fuck up before you have a seizure!!"

"(talking to Uniqua) I knew I should've treated you like a hooker, you ain't nothing but a high-priced ho! Put Nino on the phone, bitch!"

"This whole drug shit: it's not a black thing, it's not a white thing. It's a death thing. Death don't give a shit about color."

"I never liked you anyway, pretty motherfucka!"

"Yeah, we takin' over the Carter. We gon' bum rush the whole damn thing. Now if the tenants cooperate, oh, it'll be lovely; they'll be loyal customers. If they don't, fuck it, it's like Beirut- they'll become live-in hostages."

"Cancel dat bitch! I'll buy another one!"

"[testifying in court] I'm not guilty. You're the one that's guilty. The lawmakers, the politicians, the Colombian drug lords, all you who lobby against making drugs legal. Just like you did with alcohol during Prohibition. You're the one who's guilty. I mean, c'mon, let's kick the ballistics here: ain't no Uzi's made in Harlem. Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business. This is the American way."