“You see, there can only be three reasons for fighting in a war. Firstly, career opportunity. It's widespread, but does not produce good soldiers. You have a fear of dying and only think of peace. Secondly, ideology. Love of the mother country. That is much more intriguing, but the dreamer breaks dow…”
— Lars Andersen, Gilbert, Hanns Zischler, Flammen & Citronen
“Oh, please don't worry. I'm not going into that cavity. That nerve's already dying. A live, freshly cut nerve is infinitely more sensitive. So I'll just drill into a healthy tooth until I reach the pulp. Unless, of course, you can tell me that it's safe.”
— William Goldman, Christian Szell, Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man
“A wink from a pretty girl at a party results rarely in climax, Karl. But a man is a fool not to push a suggestion as far as it will go.”
— Tom Mankiewicz, Col. Max Radl, Robert Duvall, The Eagle Has Landed
“And the Germans claim to be intelligent! You know what I think, I think they are totally stupid. I have a family to feed. I spend half my time here, waiting for them to let us through. Why do they think I come here, to listen to the music?”
— Ronald Harwood, Man Waiting to Cross, Anthony Milner, The Pianist
“Maj. Hugh Tarkington: You know Rommel? Capt. Heinz Schroeder: Yes. He loves the Sahara. We all do. By 'we,' I mean the professional military. Maj. Hugh Tarkington: I'm not a military man, captain. War holds no romance for me. The side effects are repulsive. Capt. Heinz Schroeder: Here there are no s…”
— Richard M. Bluel, Maj. Hugh Tarkington, Clinton Greyn, Raid on Rommel
“My work is very important to our country and to you. We're working very hard to make the world better for you.”
— Mark Herman, Father, David Thewlis, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
“Mary Ellison: You must be mad. Major John Smith: If I wasn't, what would I be doing in this job?”
— Alistair MacLean, Mary Elison, Mary Ure, Where Eagles Dare
“[It's] too late for me. I'm seventy now—too old to fight, too old to challenge authority, however evil... but not too old, however, to wish you and your friends the best of luck in their extremely interesting enterprise.”
— Nunnally Johnson, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, Leo G. Carroll, The Desert Fox
“Outside it is windy, but inside it is so hot, every night we have ze battle to keep the girls from taking off all their clothing. So don't go away, who knows? Tonight we may lose the battle!”
— Jay Presson Allen, Master of Ceremonies, Joel Grey, Cabaret
“Trucks came to pick up the children at the mental hospital. The other children asked where they were going. ‘They're going to heaven,’ said the nurses. So the children got on the truck singing. You think I wasn't raised right, because I felt pity for them?”
— Fred Breinersdorfer, Sophie Magdalena Scholl, Julia Jentsch, Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage