- Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron: There's a small army on the move and they are still debating!
- Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron: It's crazy!
- Lt. Col. Yonatan 'Yoni' Netanyahu: It's democracy.
- Mrs. Berg: Sammy? Where are you going?
- Capt. Sammy Berg: Uh, I'm going out.
- Mrs. Berg: What do you mean, "out?" On the Sabbath?
- Capt. Sammy Berg: I'm just going to see some friends.
- Mrs. Berg: Who?
- Capt. Sammy Berg: Friends, you know, from work. You don't know them, actually. Uh, I'm going fishing in the morning.
- Mrs. Berg: Have fun.
- [kisses him]
- Capt. Sammy Berg: Okay.
- Mr. Berg: Samuel - be careful.
- Capt. Sammy Berg: Dad, what are you talking, "be careful?" I'm going fishing here!
- Mr. Berg: Don't fall in.
- Daniel Cooper: Where are you going?
- Alice: California.
- Mrs. Loeb: [half asleep] That's a beautiful city.
- Capt. Sammy Berg: [discussing a military attack] It'll be the biggest noise to hit Africa since the elephants stampeded.
- Capt. Sammy Berg: Well, if this thing works, I'll kiss Amin's foot.
- Capt. Michel Becaud: It went well.
- Capt. Sammy Berg: If you meant it didn't take too much time, yea.
- Capt. Michel Becaud: Speed is important...
- Capt. Sammy Berg: Speed, right, but when all those men run into the terminal, it will be the biggest noise to hit africa since the elephants stampeded!
- Capt. Michel Becaud: Now listen, Sammy...
- Lt. Col. Yonatan 'Yoni' Netanyahu: Sam's right...
- Capt. Sammy Berg: Goodbye surprise!
- Lt. Col. Yonatan 'Yoni' Netanyahu: Surprise will be gone...
- Lt. Col. Yonatan 'Yoni' Netanyahu: We need to hit the terminal with less men.
- Shimon Peres: Intelligence informs us they will begin killing hostages on Sunday.
- Yitzhak Rabin: The string has run out, Hmm?
- Shimon Peres: Then why are we debating the military plan? Let them go!
- Yitzhak Rabin: Because it is not perfect.
- Shimon Peres: Yitzhak, that's a joke! Here you are concerned with perfection, and... And we don't have a choice!
- Yitzhak Rabin: There will be two hundred of our best people on those planes... I damned well do have a choice!
- Wilfred Boese: I don't want to kill you Mr. Cooper. I want to be civilized. So please get off the plane with the other passengers?
- Yitzhak Rabin: How many Israelis are on that plane?
- Gad Yaakobi: About 100.
- Yitzhak Rabin: That's a problem.
- Yitzhak Rabin: [realising an Air France flight is late] Have we heard anything from the French?
- Gad Yaakobi: Not a word.
- Air France Stewardess: Pardon, Monsieur.
- Gabrielle Krieger: What is the weather like in Paris?
- Air France Stewardess: Oh, it's very hot... an unusual summer.
- Gabrielle Krieger: Ja, isn't it?