- [first lines]
- Jake Bridges: [narrating] I always wanted to be close to dangerous guys. Even wanted to be a dangerous guy. Truth is, didn't know what I wanted.
- Jake Bridges: You know, some people have been known to find me attractive. People of both sexes, actually.
- Jake Bridges: [singing] What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? You put him in a long boat and wait until morning.
- Melissa: What can I tell you about men? They want you to be their daughter, their mother, their addiction. They want you to want them, and then they don't want you anymore.
- Frankie: A man once told me that the only thing you really own is a piece of ground the size of your shoes.
- Jake Bridges: [observing a guy putting a woman down] Hey, buddy, it's getting a little hot, why don't you go outside and get some air?
- Guy at bar: Why don't YOU go outside and get some air?
- [taken away forcefully by Frankie]
- Frankie: What do you do?
- Jake Bridges: I'm unemployed.
- Frankie: I know, I mean what'd you do before then?
- Jake Bridges: I sold a lot of magazines for you, Jerry.
- Jerry: And you still can, I guess. Get yourself a job at a newsstand.