"Senator John Waltzer: I want to know who these people are and how they're spending our taxpayers' money. We were living in a democracy the last time I checked."

"Jack Harmon: [referring to a stick of exploding gum] Stick of gum, right? No. Red light, green light. Come up against a lock you can't pick, you mash them together...[imitates an explosion] Hasta lasagna, don't get any on ya. You'll have about five seconds. Just don't chew it."

"Tape Recorder: This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim."

"Good morning, Mr. Phelps..."

"Let's not waste time chasing after him; let's make him come to us. Everyone has pressure points, Barnes. You find something that's personally important to someone and... you squeeze."

"What can we do, Barnes? Put a guy at the airport? How many identities do you think Hunt has? How many times has he slipped past customs, in how many countries? These guys are trained to be ghosts. We taught them to do it for Christ's sake."

"If you're dealing with someone who's crushed, shot, stabbed, and detonated five members of his own IMF team, how devastated do you really think you're gonna make him by hauling Ma and Uncle Donald down to the county courthouse?"

"I want him manning a radar tower in Alaska by the end of the day. Just mail him his clothes."

"[Holding the wad of explosive chewing gum before jumping off a chopper in the Channel Tunnel] RED LIGHT! GREEN LIGHT!"

"Vanessa Redgrave - Max"

"Kristin Scott Thomas - Sarah Davies"

"Ving Rhames - Luther Stickell"

"Jean Reno - Franz Krieger"

"Henry Czerny - Eugene Kittridge"

"Emmanuelle Béart - Claire Phelps"

"[to Claire] WAKE UP, CLAIRE! JIM'S DEAD! MY TEAM'S DEAD! THEY'RE ALL DEAD!"

"Jon Voight - Jim Phelps"

"Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt"

"Jim Phelps: When you think about it, Ethan, it was inevitable. No more Cold War. No more secrets you keep from everyone but yourself. Operations, you answer to no one but yourself. And then one day, you wake up, the President of the United States is running the country without your permission. That son-of-a-bitch,Kittridge !? how-dare-he? And you realize, it's over. You're an obsolete piece of hardware not worth upgrading, you got a lousy marriage and sixty-two grand a year."

"Franz Krieger: Try any sleight of hand with my money and I'll cut your throat."

"Samuel L. Jackson - Lieutenant Commander Robby Jackson"

"Richard Portnow - Willy"

"Robert Miranda - Joey"

"Bill Nunn - Lt. Eddie Souther"

"Harvey Keitel - Vince LaRocca"

"Mary Wickes - Sister Mary Lazarus"

"Wendy Makkena - Sister Mary Robert"

"Kathy Najimy - Sister Mary Patrick"

"Maggie Smith - Reverend Mother"

"Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence"

"No Sex. No Booze. No Men. No Way."

"[in a casino, to a group of nuns all dressed in full habit] Brace yourself, sisters. Spread out and look for Mary Clarence. Try to blend in."

"[about Deloris] That is not a person you can hide, that is a conspicuous person designed to stick out."

"From what I hear, your singing career is almost non-existent and your married lover wants you dead. If you're fooling anybody, it is only yourself. God has brought you here - take the hint."

"[last words to Vince, who is arrested] Bless you!"

"[says grace] Bless us, O Lord, for these, thy gifts, which we are about to receive...and...yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of no food...I will fear no hunger. We want you to...give us this day our daily bread, and to the republic for which it stands. By the power invested in me I now pronounce us ready to eat. Amen."

"David Threlfall - Inspector Robert Highland"

"Alun Armstrong - Sgt. Owens"

"Hugh Fraser - Geoffrey Watkins"

"Alex Norton - Dennis Cooley"

"Richard Harris - Paddy O'Neil"

"James Earl Jones - Vice Admiral Jim Greer"

"J. E. Freeman - Marty Cantor"

"Polly Walker - Annette"