Army quotes

“Most of you will go to Vietnam. Some of you will not come back. But always remember this: Marines die. That's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means you live forever.”

R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman

“Our job is to make this the finest regiment that the United States ever saw. I needn't tell most of you that a regiment is something more than just six hundred disciplined fighting men. Men die. But a regiment lives on; because a regiment has an immortal soul of its own.”

Errol Flynn - George Armstrong Custer

“You've seen a general inspecting troops before, haven't you? Just walk slow, act dumb, and look stupid!”
Lee Marvin - Maj. John Reisman

“Last time I had a hot meal was 5 days ago. Since then my entire platoon has been wiped out. That's why you're here. Just a bunch of guys in line to get shot so they can bring in a bunch of other guys. See how that works? Now once you get that through your fucking head, maybe you'll realize how important a hot meal could be.”
Ron Eldard - Manning

“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

“Yesterday we were an army with no country, tomorrow, we have to decide which country we want to buy!”

Jeremy Irons - Simon Gruber

“It is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape.”
James Donald - Ramsey 'The SBO'

“We're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army.”

Bill Murray - John

“- Dinger: Why did you join the Army?
- Andy McNab: To keep out of trouble.
- Dinger: So your thought if you joined up they'd be no more trouble?
- Andy McNab: Best thing I ever did. Never been in trouble since.”
Steve Nicolson - Dinger
Sean Bean - Andy McNab

“- Ty: I want to join the army you're gathering. I'm not one of these farmers, I'm just travelling with them until I found you.
- Job: Then help me gather up these pumpkin-heads without killing them.”
Vincent Klyn - Ty
Lance Henriksen - Job

“Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead marines and then you will be in a world of shit because marines are not allowed to die without permission.”
R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman

“The Army is a broadsword, not a scalpel. Trust me, senator, you do not want the Army in an American city.”
Bruce Willis - General William Devereaux

“- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Do any of you people know where these individuals learned how to shoot? Private Joker?
- Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis: Sir, in the Marines, sir!
- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: In the Marines! Outstanding! Those individuals showed what one motivated Marine and his rifle can do! And before you ladies leave my island, you will all be able to...” (continue)(continue reading)

R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Matthew Modine - Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis

“God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see! He plays His games, we play ours! To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls!”
R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman

“I've never been able to relieve me-self in the presence of another. Otherwise, I'd have joined the army.”
Donal Donnelly - Freddy Malins

“An army without leaders is like a foot without a big toe.”
Bill Murray - John

- 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

“My name's Gunnery Sergeant Highway and I've drunk more beer and banged more quiff and pissed more blood and stomped more ass that all of you numbnuts put together. Now Major Powers has put me in charge of this reconisence platoon.”
Clint Eastwood - Highway

“- Sergeant Neff: Mathematics, good. Science, very good. Military history, fair, room for improvement.
- Damien Thorn: Yes, Sergeant.
- Sergeant Neff: Physical training is excellent. I hear you're quite a football player. Be proud of your accomplishments. Pride is all right when there's reason to be proud.
- Damien Thorn: Yes, Sergeant.”
Lance Henriksen - Sergeant Neff
Jonathan Scott-Taylor - Damien Thorn

“It seems that the initial reports that one of our submarines was missing were not completely accurate. The submarine in question... is commanded by Captain Marko Ramius. Apparently he's suffered a kind of mental or nervous break down. Just before he sailed, he posted a letter to Admiral Yuri Padorin, in which he announced his intention to, to...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joss Ackland - Andrei Lysenko

“- Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension: Where is your precious army?
- King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension: I will have a whole army of zombies! A zombie Marine Corps, a zombie Navy Corps, zombie Space Cadets...”
Susan Tyrrell - Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Hervé Villechaize - King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension

“- Scott Dantley: If the army had the guns, we just might be able to stop the killing.
- Pete Helmes: It's a bitch of a problem, isn't it, Jack?
- Jack Issel: Actually, I've been reading that it's the army that's doing most of the killing.”

Michael O'Donoghue - Scott Dantley
Eddie Albert - Pete Helmes
Judge Reinhold - Jack Issel

“The Israelis tried it. Women in combat. Seems men couldn't get used to the sight of women blown open. They'd linger over the wounded females, often trying to save those who obviously couldn't be saved. Often to the detriment of the mission.”
Viggo Mortensen - Master Chief John James Urgayle

“- Forrest Gump: A bullet?
- Fat Man at Bench: That jumped up and bit you.
- Forrest Gump: Oh, yes sir. Bit me right in the buttocks. They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that money 'cause I still haven't seen a nickel of that million dollars.”
Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
Bill Roberson - Fat Man at Bench

“Tonight, you pukes will sleep with your rifles. You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. Your days of finger-banging ol' Mary-Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over! You're married to this piece. This weapon of iron and wood. And you will be faithful.”

R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman