"Old Man Recording Thoughts: When young, we mourn for one woman... as we grow old, for women in general. The tragedy of life is that man is never free yet strives for what he can never be. The thing most feared in secret always happens. My life, my loves, where are they now? But the more the pain grows, the more this instinct for life somehow asserts itself. The necessary beauty in life is in giving yourself to it completely. Only later will it clarify itself and become coherent."

"Dostoyevsky Wannabe: Who's ever written a great work about the immense effort required in order not to create?"

"Bob Boyd - Officer Bozzio"

"Scott Rhodes - Disgruntled grad student"

"Terrence Kirk - Officer Love"

"Mark Harris - t-shirt terrorist"

"Lee Daniel - GTO"

"Charles Gunning - Hitchhiker"

"Rudy Basquez - Taxicab driver"

"Teresa Taylor - Pap smear pusher"

"Louis Black - Paranoid paper reader"

"Abra Moore - Has Change"

"Louis Mackey - Old anarchist"

"John Slate - Conspiracy-A-Go-Go author"

"Frank Orrall - Happy Go-Lucky Guy"

"Rachael Reinhardt - Cousin from Greece"

"Old Anarchist: And remember: the passion for destruction is also a creative passion."

"Disgruntled Grad Student: Every action is a positive action, even if it has a negative result."

"Anti-Artist: Uh, I don't do much really, I just read, and work here, and, uh, sleep and eat, and, uh, watch movies."

"T-Shirt Terrorist: Remember, terrorism is the surgical strike capability of the oppressed. Keep on keepin' on!"

"Kim Krizan - Questions Happiness"

"Richard Linklater - Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station"

"Mark James - Hit-and-Run Son"

"Stella Weir - Stephanie from Dallas"

"James Handy — Neal Carlo"

"Dale Dye — Charles Ivy"

"Susan Blommaert — Kimberly Cannon"

"Harry J. Lennix — Kenny Young"

"James Lally — Joe Spector"

"David Graf — Lee Danielson"

"Richard Griffiths — Frederick"

"John Roselius — Tom Bahlor"

"Shirley MacLaine — Tess Carlisle"

"Since you've insisted on me staying, you should know I intend to do my job by the book which means we don't run errands, we don't make snacks and we don't check our guns at the door. Now if you don't like any of this, I suggest you call Washington and get yourself a new man."

"The President is coming to Somersville. Will you have the cars and the machine guns ready in about an hour?"

"You should get a date, you should have a martini, you should drive with the top down, you should better yet give a tired old widow a break."

"I'm a secret service agent, Mrs. Carlisle, not a caddy. You want that ball? I suggest you go get it yourself."

"Do I still have any influence in that evil little town or have they forgotten all about me?"

"Nicolas Cage — Doug Chesnic"

"Austin Pendleton — Earl Fowler"

"Edward Albert — Barry Carlisle"

"James Rebhorn — Howard Schaeffer"

"The worms have turned."

"You know Grady, some people think I'm overprepared, paranoid, maybe even a little crazy. But they never met any Pre-Cambrian lifeforms did they?"

"Doing what I can with what I got."

"I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information."

"[referring to his weapons] When you need it, and don't have it, [pause] you sing a different tune."

"[referring to the shriekers] You mean they've been acting so smart because they're so stupid?"

"[to Grady] Doesn't anything get you down?"

"[as Burt arrives] That ain't no Graboid. It's something even more dangerous!"