“- Pappas: Let me tell you something, Harp. I was in this bureau while you were still popping zits on your funny face and jacking off to the lingerie section of the Sears catalog. But there's something I've learned in all my years...
- Ben Harp: Why don't you astonish me, shitbrains.
- Pappas: Respect for my elders!”

Gary Busey - Pappas
John C. McGinley - Ben Harp

“You're worse than my dad. He's old, at least he's got an excuse for being a prick!”

Caroline Guthrie - Carol

“- Sergeant Webster: Major Powers and I are building an e-lite company of fighting men.
- Highway: The only thing you could build, Webster... is a good case of hemorrhoids.”
Moses Gunn - Sgt. Webster
Clint Eastwood - Highway

“- Highway: You men do not impress me!
- Profile: Recon platoon kicks butt.
- Highway: [grabs Profile by the nose] If you ladies think that you can slip and slide just because your last sergeant was a pussy, well queer bait, you're going to start acting like Marines right now!”
Clint Eastwood - Highway
Tom Villard - Profile

“- Sergeant Webster: [as the platoon is marching back] Major Powers' gonna teach you how to discipline your men.
- Highway: Webster, if Powers ever comes to a sudden stop your face is gonna go half way up his ass.”
Moses Gunn - Sgt. Webster
Clint Eastwood - Highway