- Highsmith: You see, fear, worry, and anger are essential to the human being, as long as we can control them, and use them to our advantage.
- Highsmith: My mentor always told me, "Stop carrying the horse on your shoulders; put him between your legs and ride him!"
- Duncan: What are you... What are you talking about?
- Highsmith: It's a metaphor.
- Duncan: I had a monster up my ass -- this is the furthest thing from a metaphor!
- Phil: If you want to survive, you've got to take a dump on your enemies, or else you're the one eating the shit sandwich.