- Anthony: Irish kids develop later, okay. They don't think about sex until they're like 25.
- Mary Ellen: Wow, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life.
- Anthony: It's a biology fact, Mary Ellen, okay. Read a fuckin' book.
- Mary Ellen: "Biology fact."
- Anthony: Okay look, first it's Hispanic guys, obviously, then the Black guys, then the Italians, then the French, and then the Irish, all right? And then, probably, like the Asians eventually.
- Mary Ellen: Oh my God, when you join the Navy their collective IQ is gonna drop like 25 points. You're gonna sink our ships.
- Anthony: Hey, if you're love with me, just say you're love with me.
- Danny Campbell: I feel like you're the kind of girl that wants to marry me, but not kiss me.
- Krystal Manicucci: Well, I feel like you're the kind of guy that wants to kiss me, but doesn't want to marry me.
- Danny Campbell: What if we try to be different kinds of people for one night.
- [they begin to kiss]
- Krystal Manicucci: You know we're not having sex, right?
- Danny Campbell: Oh, I couldn't. I'd be thinking about your dad the whole time.
- Griffith: I promised your mom I'd try to scare the crap out of you, 'cause she cuts me a deal on my Valtrex. But honestly, if I had to do it all over again, I'd fuckin' ride, man. I would ride the fuckin' bike every fuckin' day of my life. Okay? Okay? You feel me.
- [fist bump]
- Griffith: No regrets. No regrets. Except the herpes. That I would not do all over again. So put a hat on your bat. Okay?
- Danny Campbell: Hey, if you guys are going to have sex in the pool, can you at least do it over by the filters...
- Frank Gomes: Sinners!
- [first lines]
- Danny Campbell: [narrating] I grew up in Staten Island New York. It might not sound like it, but I did. For those of you who don't know, Staten Island is like Brooklyn and New Jersey had a baby. A baby that would up to be either a cop, or a fireman. And you know, some how it gets a bad rap, but really it's just like any other suburb. I mean, sure it looks like this
- [tightly packed houses]
- Danny Campbell: , and this
- [store fronts]
- Danny Campbell: . But what most people don't realize is that Staten Island also looks like this
- [ocean front properties]
- Danny Campbell: , and this
- [moored yachts]
- Danny Campbell: .
- Danny Campbell: And for me, every single summer since I was old enough to remember looked like this, the Great Kill Swim Club. This is where I spent every waking hour of my summers. From 8 AM swim practice, 'til they threw us out at night, this is where I found friendship. This is where I tasted victory and defeat. Where I fell in love. And it's where I had the best job in the history of the world. I was a lifeguard.
- [last lines]
- Danny Campbell, Danny's Mom, Danny's Dad: [singing in unison] To Harvard we will go. Hi ho the merry-o, to Harvard we will go. Hey!