Tom Hanks credited as playing...
Sherman McCoy
- Sherman McCoy: I want you to meet Aubrey Buffing.
- Judy McCoy: Who?
- Sherman McCoy: Aubrey Buffing. The poet. He's on the short list for the Nobel Prize, he has AIDS, you'll love him!
- Judy McCoy: Sherman, we are standing alone in the middle of the room, a married couple talking to each other. You simply don't do it. Go on and mingle! Please.
- Sherman McCoy: I suppose we could still go to the police. We could get a very talented lawyer...
- Maria Ruskin: And put our heads right into the tiger's mouth? I'm the one who was driving the car. Don't you think I'm the one who should make the decision? And I say, no. No, Sherman. Trust me. Nothing is going to come of this little newspaper article. Absolutely nothing.
- Sherman McCoy: I understand you went to Yale.
- Tom Killian: Yeah. You, too. Huh?
- Sherman McCoy: What did you think of it?
- Tom Killian: It was okay. As law schools go. They give you the scholarly view. You know. It's terrific for anything you want to do - as long as it doesn't involve real people.
- Maria Ruskin: [introducing Russian ballet dancer] He's defective.
- Sherman McCoy: You mean, he "defected".
- Maria Ruskin: No, I mean he doesn't speak any English.
- Pollard Browning: Hello, Sherman.
- Sherman McCoy: Good evening, Pollard.
- Pollard Browning: It's raining, you know.
- Sherman McCoy: I did notice, yes.
- Pollard Browning: [on Sherman's dog] Ah, Sherman, a true friend to man's best friend.
- Sherman McCoy: Pollard, you old phrase-maker.
- Pollard Browning: I beg your pardon?
- Sherman McCoy: Is that the best you can do? Is that as witty as we get?
- Pollard Browning: I don't know what you're talking about. Furthermore, if you're wet when you return, take the service elevator.
- Sherman McCoy: There's one thing I can do. I want to see the truth come out, and burn every one of them, and there's only one way to do that.
- Mr. McCoy: And what is that?
- Sherman McCoy: Lie.
- Mr. McCoy: Oh... you know I have always been a great believer in the truth. I have lived my life as honestly as I can. I, I believe in the truth as an essential companion to a man of conscience. A beacon in this vast and dark wasteland, that is our modern world. And yet...
- Sherman McCoy: Yes.
- Mr. McCoy: ...in this case, if the truth won't set you free, then lie.