- Helen Owen: Close the window, you know... don't think about it.
- David Owen: I can't.
- Helen Owen: You can't close the window?
- David Owen: What if I want it open?
- [first lines]
- David Owen: See this guy? I know this guy. He's a car thief. He knows that most car alarms operate by a simple electric sensor. Jiggle the door, you complete a circuit, and trigger the siren.
- Car Thief: I've been stealing cars since I was 14, and the truth is, alarms make my job easier not harder. Say somebody is walking by and sees me fiddling with the ignition.
- Car Thief: [in car with alarm going off] So sorry ma'am. These stupid alarms, ya know?
- David Owen: Who the fuck is Evan?
- Helen Owen: David...
- David Owen: Is it a boy or a girl?
- Helen Owen: He's Katelyn's father.
- David Owen: Katelyn... The fat one?
- Helen Owen: No that's Minerva, Katelyn's the redhead.
- David Owen: Oh I like her, she's sexy.
- Helen Owen: David, she's seven.
- Car Thief: Ya know it's funny, the alarm right in your ear can drive you crazy. But from further away it can sound kinda nice... sort of plaintive.
- Ekaterina Filippovna: You know the secret of power is to make it unresponsive. The more arbitrary it is, the more cruel and irrational, the more we respect it. The more we love it.
- Forceful Juror: [about defendant] Don't tell me that one's a judge, too.
- Tiny Juror: No, he's an idiot.
- [last lines]
- Officer Moretti: What did he do?
- Arresting Officer: Busted into a car who's alarm was going off. Who's gonna take him down to central booking?
- Officer Moretti: He busted into a car cuz the alarm was going off? Jesus Christ, what if everybody did that?
- Arresting Officer: If everyone did it, people would turn off their damned alarms, now wouldn't they?