- "I've never missed a plane yet."
- In the movie but not in the book (it's from a different Thompson work) one of the great So Once Again, the Day Is Saved moments on seeing Dr. Gonzo leaving on his flight: "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
- There's something charming about Sven the hotel guy screwing over the angry cop, with Duke gleefully joining in.
