- Lou Solverson: You didn't fight, did you, Ed - in the war?
- Ed Blumquist: No, sir. 4-F on account I got the one kidney.
- Lou Solverson: So... There's a look a boy gets when he's been shot or a - or a land mine takes off his legs, and he's laying there in the mud, trying to get up, 'cause he doesn't feel it yet.
- Ed Blumquist: I, uh, don't...
- Lou Solverson: His - his brain hasn't caught up with the reality, which is... he's already dead.
- Peggy Blumquist: Ed. He's scaring me.
- Lou Solverson: But we see it, the rest of us. And we lie. We say, "Lay still. You're gonna be fine." If you'd been to war, you'd know the look. See, you and Peggy, you got the look.
- Floyd Gerhardt: I don't know. Maybe, when you look at me, you see an old woman, and I am 61. I've borne six children, had three miscarriages. Two of my sons are here today. Two were stillborn. My firstborn, Elron, killed in Korea - gook sniper took off half his head. The point is... don't assume, just because I'm an old woman, that my back is weak and my stomach's not strong. I make this counter because a deal is always better than war. But no mistake - we'll fight to keep what's ours to the last man.
- Joe Bulo: Ah, s-s-see, that - that - that's the problem with a family business. Now, if one of my men defies me, puts a deal in jeopardy, I take his arm. If he talks out of turn, I take his tongue. But you - your children, your grandchildren - what are you willing to do to show us you're committed?
- Kellerman: Cheech says we're going to the Moon.
- Otto Gerhardt: You and Cheech?
- Kellerman: No, you moron... America.
- Kellerman: ...Or maybe you've come to get your revenge.
- Otto Gerhardt: Me? Nah... I just want a seat at the table.
- Kellerman: Ain't no table. There's me. Everybody else sits on the floor.
- Joe Bulo: You're a good woman. I wish I'd known your husband.
- Floyd Gerhardt: No. My husband would've killed you where you stood the first time you met. So be glad you're talking to his wife.
- Floyd Gerhardt: [Dodd has been thrown out of the meeting after an outburst] I apologize.
- Joe Bulo: He's a proud man. His father built an empire, and he just wants what's his.
- Floyd Gerhardt: He'll fall into line.
- Joe Bulo: [shakes his head] No. I don't think he will.