Emma Horton: Some people say Des Moines is the best city in Iowa.
Dane O'Neill: Mom, is this you? Oh, you were beautiful.
Meggie Cleary: Were? Oh the cruelty of youth.
Fiona 'Fee' Cleary: It was a lovely dress. Blue wasn't it?
Meggie Cleary: No, Mum, yours was blue.
Ralph de Bricassart: Meggie's dress was rose. "Ashes of Roses", it was called. And in it, she was the most beautiful thing any of us had ever seen.
Randy: That techno-rock you guys listen to is gutless.
Nick: When you give up your dream, you die.
Man in Bar: Come on, damnit, we wanna hear a cluck.
Stroker Ace: Who gives a cluck?
Zura: The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient.
Steff: You're not God, Nickerson. You're just a typing teacher.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: I can't.
Fran: Can't what?
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: I can't inject you with window cleaner.
Fran: I don't mind. Hey, what does it do anyway?
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: It causes your brain to die last.
Fran: I don't mind.
Detective: "Don't F-U-C-K with the L.A.P.D."
Rabbi Zalman: It's by their questions that we choose our students, not only by their answers.