- Art Donovan: [about the uprising in Kular] How come they didn't throw out the French along with the Americans?
- Charlie Hume: They get more attention by throwing out Americans.
- Charlie Hume: Phil, what's the feeling on the foreign desk about Kular?
- Foreign Editor: Eh, don't drink the water. Or the Oil.
- Mr. Bouf: [having just shown Animal his bomb shelter in the garden] You show the interior of the shelter, just fine. But I don't want my neighbors to know I'm protected. There's only room for one couple down there.
- Animal: Just you and your wife.
- Mr. Bouf: If she watches her step...
- Art Donovan: Well, if there is a nuclear holocaust, will you save me a copy of the final edition? It could be a collectors item.
- Claire: Charlie, there are 50.000 nuclear warheads in the world today. We've got 30.000, the Russians have 20.000. Every city in the United States, with a population as small as 25.000 could be targeted. Los Angeles alone may have a, a dozen bombs aimed at it, right now. Each one, 70 times the explosive power of Hiroshima. At any given moment, we're a half hour away from annihalation.
- Charlie Hume: I wanna thank you in advance for the wonderful night sleep I'm gonna have.