Latika: I thought we'd be together only in death.
Middle Jamal: The guide book was written by a bunch of lazy good-for-nothing Indian beggars!
[Salim and Jamal are sitting on the edge of an apartment floor, under construction] Older Salim: That... used to be our slum. Can you believe that, huh? [pointing at something] Older Salim: We used to live right there, man. Now, it's all business. In...
Javed: My enemy's enemy is a friend.
Police Inspector: Well, well. The Slumdog Barks.
[after being beaten by a cop for vandalizing a car] Jamal Malik: [to an American tourist couple] You wanted to see a bit of the real India? Jamal Malik: [angrily to the cop] Here it is!
Middle Salim: Shut up! The man with the Colt 45 says shut up!
Shruti Seth: Baali, keep up! The chaiwalah knows more than you.
Prem Kumar: The chaiwalah has done it again!
Youngest Jamal: I just need Maman to like my singing, and were in the money, big money Latika. Youngest Latika: And then what? Can we stop begging? Youngest Jamal: Begging? Are you kidding? We'll live in a big house on Harbour Road. You, me and Salim...
Youngest Jamal: Since when is there a time limit on a crap?
[after he admitted to his show's director that he tried to cheat out Jamal with a wrong answer on a question, after getting Jamal arrested] Prem Kumar: What does it matter? It's my show. It's... MY FUCKING SHOW!