“- Vernon Pinkley: [impersonating a General] Where are you from, son?
- Soldier: Madison City, Missouri, sir!
- Vernon Pinkley: Never heard of it.”
Donald Sutherland - Vernon Pinkley

- Sgt. Heppelfinger: A Marine never hides. That's what Semper Fidelis means: it means "Face the music".
- Woodrow Truesmith: It does not. It happens to mean "Always faithful".
William Demarest - Sgt. Heffelfinger
Eddie Bracken - Woodrow Truesmith

“Only two things come outta Oklahoma, steers and queers. Which one are you boy? I don't see no horns!”
Louis Gossett Jr. - Sgt. Emil Foley

“I expect to lose half of you before I'm finished. I will use every means necessary, fair and unfair, to trip you up, to expose your weaknesses as a potential aviator.”

Louis Gossett Jr. - Sgt. Emil Foley

“Chemical firms don't give a shit… that napalm sticks to kids!”
Louis Gossett Jr. - Sgt. Emil Foley