"You know, I used to think I was a really great quarterback in high school. Still think so, too. Can't even bring myself to light a cigarette 'cause I keep thinkin' I gotta stay in shape. You know what really gets me, though? I mean, here I am, I gotta live in this stinkin' town, and I gotta read in the newspapers about some hot-shot kid, new star of the college team. Every year, it's gonna be a new one. Every year it's never gonna be me. I'm just gonna be Mike. Twenty year-old Mike. Thirty year-old Mike. Old, mean old man Mike. These college kids out here - they're never gonna get old or out of shape 'cause new ones come along every year. And they're gonna keep calling us 'Cutters'. To them, it's just a dirty word. To me, it's just somethin' else I never got a chance to be."

"I was sure I was going to get that scholarship. My dad of course was sure I wasn't. When I didn't, he was real understanding, you know. He loves to do that. He loves to be understanding when I fail."

"I was proud of my work. And the buildings went up. When they were finished the damnedest thing happened. It was like the buildings were too good for us. Nobody told us that. It just felt uncomfortable, that's all."

"[to Dave] What's the matter? What are you cryin' for? I think you lost your wallet or something. I didn't want you to be this miserable. A little bit's all I asked for."

"No, I don't feel lucky to be alive! I feel lucky I'm not dead. There's a difference."

"This is science's chance to be daring."

"Roy Billing - Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre"

"Patrick Warburton - Al Burnett"

"Tom Long - Glenn Latham"

"Kevin Harrington - Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell"

"Bille Brown - Prime Minister"

"Grant Thompson - Mr. Callen"

"Billy Mitchell - Cameron"

"Sam Neill - Cliff Buxton"

"Houston's other problem."

"Based on the true story of what we didn't see."

"As Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, our only link was a satellite dish in rural Australia with a few bugs (And a few hundred sheep)."

"Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth."

"Rudi Kellerman [to the U.S. ambassador's driver] Where d'ya get them glasses?"

"Mayor Bob McIntyre: [after band plays 'God Save the Queen' badly] Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, please remain upstanding for the national anthem of the United States of America. [There is a pause, then the band plays the Hawaii Five-0 theme]"

"Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell: Cliff...That's bullshit. You just bullshitted NASA!"

"[last lines]... and it's still in the middle of a sheep paddock."

"We sit here on our arses for five bloody days. Not a breath of bloody wind. Then, on cue, out of nowhere, just when it's our turn, a bloody cyclone decides to park its arse on us! Um... I'm sorry, lads. I just... ..might just go check some bloody thing"

"You remember that time that you broke into the animal lab and, like, stole that monkey and put it in Andy Rosenberg's dorm room?"

"Rick Morrow - Ricky"

"Susan Lowe - Cavalcade pervert"

"Edith Massey - Edith / Virgin Mary"

"Cookie Mueller - Cookie Divine / Cavalcade Patron"

"Mink Stole - Mink / Cavalcade Patron"

"Mary Vivian Pearce - Bonnie / Cavalcade Patron"

"David Lochary - Mr. David"

"Divine - Lady Divine"