Army quotes

“- Maj. Warden: I belong to a rather rum group called Force 316. Our headquarters is up in the botanical gardens.
- Commander Shears: Protecting rare plants from the enemy?”
Jack Hawkins - Major Warden
William M. Holden - Shears

“- Sgt. Schulz: How do you expect to win the war with an army of clowns?
- Lt. James Skylar Dunbar: We sort of hope you'd laugh yourselves to death.”
Sig Ruman - Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz
Don Taylor - Lt. James Dunbar

“Wars aren't fought by nations or by armies. Wars are fought by men. There are two types of general in the American military. There are those who believe they can win in the face of all evidence to the contrary. And there are those who know they can't. Unfortunately for the world, it's the believers who climb to the top of the ladder. It's guys...” (continue)(continue reading)
Scoot McNairy - Sean Cullen

“We are the fucking US military. We practically invented everything!”
Anthony Michael Hall - Greg Pulver

“In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.”
Adam Driver

“You've been shot 5 times for your country and you can't even afford to send your kids to college.”
Oscar Isaac - Santiago 'Pope' Garcia

“Three months ago, I was cutting grass on my front yard. The mailman shows up with a letter from the army. Now I'm here, and no idea where I'm going to end up.”
Jovan Adepo - Boyce

“The army cuts my disability pension because they said that the plate in my head wasn't big enough.”
Randy Quaid - Cousin Eddie

My father left me when I was a child. The British Army became my home. They took me as a cleaner, in the kitchens, cleaning pots. They used to beat me. "Beat this wall, Amin". "Dig the latreen, Amin". And now, here I am. The President of Uganda. And who put me here, huh? It was the British.
Forest Whitaker - Idi Amin

“- Turner: Some folks still wonder why you left.
- Jack Reacher: Let's just say I woke up one morning and the uniform didn't fit.”
Cobie Smulders - Turner
Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher

“Those of you I find lacking will quit. And those of you who refuse to quit will have a training accident. This base suffers three training accidents a year. Unfortunate accidents that I will not hesitate to repeat if you cross me!”

Samuel L. Jackson - West

- Dave York: Oh. Alright. Well, guess what. There is no sin. No virtue. It’s just shit people do. They trained us to kill people and risk our lives doing it. And then one day, you get a call saying they’re done with you. “Thank you for your service. Here’s a plaque”. You need a job? Good luck. You need medical insurance? See the VA. One day,... (continue)(continue reading)
Pedro Pascal - Dave York
Denzel Washington - Robert McCall

For a, quote, "elite unit", unquote, they seem to be letting in anything with wings, including those flies circling your bottom.

Pip Torrens - Lofty

“Captain Sobel, we salute the rank, not the man.”
Richard D. Winters - Himself

“- Dr. Claw: An android of this quality could have a myriad of uses: shock troops, kamikaze pilots, hit men...
- Kramer: International rescue workers, teachers.
- Dr. Claw: Oh, yes, I was getting to them.”
Rupert Everett - Sanford Scolex
Andy Dick - Kramer

“These guys are about as much fun as a tax audit.”

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Lindsey Brigman

“- Rufus T. Firefly: Do you realize our army is facing disastrous defeat? What do you intend to do about it?
- Chicolini: I've done it already.
- Rufus T. Firefly: You've done what?
- Chicolini: I've changed to the other side.”
Groucho Marx - Rufus T. Firefly
Chico Marx - Chicolini

- Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis: Their names and ranks?
- Benjamin Martin: They refuse to give me their names, but the ranks are nine lieutenants, five captains, three majors, and one very fat colonel who called me a... "cheeky fellow".
Tom Wilkinson - Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis
Mel Gibson - Benjamin Martin

“The army may not care about art, but they sure as shit care about gold.”
John Goodman - Walter Garfield

“In '53 I tried to volunteer for the Army, but got rejected on account of my knees. The papers called me a draft dodger. Don't matter to them what the truth is, and I still get booed for that shit.”
Thomas Jane - Mickey Mantle

“The Marine Corps builds body, mind and spirit. Thank you.”
Gary Lee Davis - Marine Recruiter

“- Guard at Liberty Gate: What the fuck are you doing?
- Staff Sergeant William James: I was in a whorehouse.
- Guard at Liberty Gate: All right. If I let you in, will you tell me where it is exactly?”

Ryan Tramont - Guard at Liberty Gate
Jeremy Renner - Staff Sergeant William James

“- Meyer Lansky: We gotta get tough with Masseria and Faranzano. Only, we can't afford a war. They got armies; we don't.
- Arnold Rothstein: We got balls and brains; you got those, you don't need an army...”
Patrick Dempsey - Meyer Lansky
F. Murray Abraham - Arnold Rothstein

“Technically, they're retreating. But strategically, they're advancing.”
Robin Williams - Jakob

“- Baby Houseman: It... it's just wrong this way. It should be with someone... it should be with someone that you sort of love.
- Lisa Houseman: Oh, come on. You don't care about me. You wouldn't care if I humped the entire army... as long as they were on the right side of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.”
Jennifer Grey - Baby Houseman
Jane Brucker - Lisa Houseman