- David: Would you marry me?
- Gillian: Well, it wouldn't be very practical, David.
- David: Practical? No, of course not. Of course not. But then neither am I, Gillian. Neither am I. I'm not very practical at all.
- Sylvia: You'll miss the plane!
- Gillian: It's sweet of you, David. I don't know what to say.
- David: The stars, Gillian darling! Ask the stars!
- David: You can't lose 'em all.
- Cecil Parkes: Rachmaninov? Are you sure?
- David: Kind of. I'm not really sure about anything.
- Cecil Parkes: The Rach 3. It's monumental.
- David: It's a mountain. The hardest piece you could everest play.
- Cecil Parkes: No one's ever been mad enough to attempt the Rach Three.
- David: Am I mad enough, professor? Am I?
- Cecil Parkes: The page! For God's sake, the notes!
- Peter Helfgott: I'm sorry sir, I keep forgetting the notes.
- Cecil Parkes: Will it be asking too much to learn them first?