"What I'm saying is, back when we first met, you were all like "Oh phooey, I burned the darn' muffins." Now, you go into a bar, ten minutes later, sailors come runnin' out. What up with that?"

"I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill."

"You couldn't hit a lake if you were standing on the bottom of it."

"Chefs do that."

"[later, watching Timothy plummet to his death] Die screaming, motherfucker!"

"[to Timothy] It ain't over. You're going to die screaming... and I'm going to watch. Am I telling the truth?"

"[to her 7-year-old daughter] Stop being a little baby and get up. Life is pain. Get used to it!"

"Rachel Ticotin as Officer Sally Bishop"

"Jose Zuniga -DEA Agent Willie Sims"

"Angela Featherstone -Ginny."

"Nick Chinlund -William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford"

"Jesse Borrego -Francisco Cindino"

"Danny Trejo -John "Johnny 23" Baca"

"Renoly Santiago -Ramon "Sally-Can't Dance" Martinez"

"John Roselius -Deputy Marshal Skip Devers."

"M. C. Gainey -Earl "Swamp Thing" Williams"

"Monica Potter -Tricia Poe"

"Colm Meaney - Duncan Malloy"

"Dave Chappelle - Joe "Pinball" Parker"

"Mykelti Williamson - Mike "Baby O" O'Dell"

"Ving Rhames - Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones"

"Steve Buscemi - Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene"

"John Malkovich - Cyrus "Cyrus the Virus" Grissom"

"John Cusack - Vince Larkin"

"Nicolas Cage - Cameron Poe"

"Welcome to Con Air."

"They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings."

"Buckle Up!"

"Get Ready to Fly."

"One wrong flight can ruin your whole day."

"[as the convicts dance to "Sweet Home Alabama"] Define irony: a bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash."

"[His first spoken words in the movie; regarding Billy Bedlam] He's a font of misplaced rage. Name your cliche: Mother held him too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky uncle, whatever. Now, he gets so angry, moments of levity actually cause him pain, gives him headaches. Happiness, for that gentleman, hurts."

"[on Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom] This one's done it all. Kidnapping, robbery, murder, extortion. His name is Cyrus Grissom, AKA "Cyrus the Virus." Thirty-nine years old, 25 of them spent in our institutions. But he's bettered himself inside. Earned two degrees, including his juris doctorate. He's also killed 11 fellow inmates, incited three riots, and escaped twice. Likes to brag that he's killed more men than cancer. Cyrus is a poster child for the criminally insane. He's a true product of the system."

"Put the bunny back in the box."

"They somehow managed to get every freak and creep in the universe on this one plane, and then somehow managed to let them take it over, and then they somehow managed to stick us right smack in the middle."

"Why have you put barbed wire on a fence? Is this how you rich people amuse yourselves? You put barbed wire on the fence so innocent people like me can hurt our hands looking in, huh?"

"Dedee Pfeiffer - Sheila Folsom"

"Brent Hinkley - Rick"

"[Before destroying merchandise in a Korean drug store] I'm rolling prices back to 1965! What do you think of that?"