Quotes tagged ‘Best Military Movies’

“You certainly chose a lovely spot for our meeting. I've had three chances to be picked up in the last five minutes.”

— Daniel Taradash, James Jones, Karen Holmes, Deborah Kerr, imdb.com

“Gentlemen of the court, there are times that I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion.”

— Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson, Col. Dax, Kirk Douglas, imdb.com

“You've seen a general inspecting troops before haven't you? Just walk slow, act dumb and look stupid!”

— Nunnally Johnson, Lukas Heller, Maj. John Reisman, Lee Marvin, imdb.com

“Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Our Father in Heaven, before we go into battle, every soldier among us will approach you each in his own way. Our enemies too, according to their own understanding, will ask for protection and for victory. And so, we bow before your infinite wisdom. We offer our prayers as bes…”

— Randall Wallace, Lt. Col. Hal Moore, Mel Gibson, imdb.com

“You still think it's beautiful to die for your country. The first bombardment taught us better. When it comes to dying for country, it's better not to die at all.”

— George Abbott, Del Andrews, Maxwell Anderson, Paul Bäumer, Lew Ayres, imdb.com

“If our children can live safely for one more day it would be worth the one more day that we defend this island.”

— Paul Haggis, Iris Yamashita, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Ken Watanabe, imdb.com

“We have in effect put all our rotten eggs in one basket. And we intend to watch this basket carefully.”

— James Clavell, W.R. Burnett, Von Luger, Hannes Messemer, imdb.com

“They won't catch us this time! Not this time! They haven't spotted us! No, they're all snoring in their bunks! Or, you know what? They're drinking at the bar, celebrating our sinking! Not yet, my friends. Not yet!”

— Wolfgang Petersen, Dean Riesner, Captain of the 'Weser', Günter Lamprecht, imdb.com

“Excuses are like assholes, Taylor, everybody got one.”

— Oliver Stone, Sgt. O'Neill, John C. McGinley, imdb.com

“Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”

— Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North, Gen. George S. Patton Jr., George C. Scott, imdb.com

“No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees. There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.”

— Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson, T.E. Lawrence, Prince Feisal, Alec Guinness, imdb.com

“I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be 'Sir.' Do you maggots understand that?”

— Michael Herr, Stanley Kubrick, Gustav Hasford, Gny. Sgt. Hartman, R. Lee Ermey, imdb.com

“Private Ryan: Hell, these guys deserve to go home as much as I do. They've fought just as hard. Captain Miller: Is that what I'm supposed to tell your mother when she gets another folded American flag?”

— Robert Rodat, imdb.com

“You make me sick with your heroics! There's a stench of death about you. You carry it in your pack like the plague. Explosives and L-pills—they go well together, don't they? And with you it's just one thing or the other: destroy a bridge or destroy yourself. This is just a game, this war! You and Co…”

— Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson, Cmdr. Shears, William Holden, imdb.com