- Ford Cole: You know what I'm smellin'? Smell it, Chet? As a D.A. you become a connoisseur of it because you smell it every waking hour of the day. Not just bullshit. Every kind you can imagine. Cow shit, pig shit, chicken shit. And I'm smelling a sampler platter.
- Luther Pinks: What's the matter? Can'r imagine someone leavin' the race pf Regis Philbin for that of Michael Jordan?
- Ford Cole: You reach a point in your life where you realize that greatness isn't gonna happen. So you settle for survival.
- Isaac Duperde: If you think 5 am's gonna stay a secret, you've got it wrong. If she knows what's going down, then so will you. You think you can hide behind her? Well, you can't.
- Chet Price: Why would a white woman want to be black?
- Luther Pinks: Why would a Jerry want to be a Geraldine?