Riggs: I can't shoot a dog. People? Okay, but not dogs.
Roger Murtaugh: I knew you couldn't stop smoking.
Martin Riggs: I'm only smoking to take my mind off my dog biscuit problem.
Roger Murtaugh: What dog biscuit problem?
Martin Riggs: Well I've been chasing more cars lately and y'know, when I try and lick my balls I keep falling off the couch.
Martin Riggs: He's done this twice, oh, damn! I'm gonna suck his eyes out through his nose!
Riggs: We're in the middle of a case...of scotch.
Delores: You tell Sergeant Murtaugh that he's the jam in my jelly roll.
Lorna Cole: Cover me!
Roger Murtaugh: Cover you? Who's going to cover me? Cover me! Cover him! Cover everybody! When is someone gonna cover me for a change?
Jack Travis: Go to hell, Riggs.
Martin Riggs: You first.
Lorna Cole: Are you trying to bait me, Riggs?
Martin Riggs: I'm a master of it.
Lorna Cole: Now, that I can believe.
Lorna Cole: Police, freeze!
Hatchett: Oh Christ, another one? We need a new fucking dog.
Martin Riggs: You have the right to remain unconscious. Anything you say ain't gonna be much.
Roger Murtaugh: I hope that when I do retire your new partner is just like you.
Martin Riggs: That won't happen to me because there are winners and there are losers, and God wouldn't do that to me.
Riggs: We can't shoot a dog. People? Okay, but not dogs.
Roger Murtaugh: I got 8 days to my retirement, and I will NOT make a stupid mistake!
Martin Riggs: Look, there is no bomb in that building! I will bet vital parts of my anatomy to the fact! Trust me, okay? Trust me!
Roger Murtaugh: That's usually my first mistake!
Answer: So what does it mean? "Nothing, " says screenwriter Jeffrey Boam. "It's a complete non sequitur. The (original) line was something like 'Close doesn't count, ' or 'Close only counts with horseshoes.' Dick (director Richard Donner) is a fun-loving guy," says Boam, "and this thought just popped into his head. He said, 'Let's have her say something completely off the wall.'" Boam, who wasn't on the set at the time, quickly faxed Donner a dozen meaningless lines that began with the words, "Close is..." Then the whole cast and crew started coming up with them. But the one they used came from Russo herself. "This is like some line from a Beatles song," says Boam. "I guess people are trying to figure it out."