Army quotes

“Why don't you go home huh? Look at me, look at Neely, we're all a bunch of trouble junkies, we've been mainlining danger and adrenaline for so long nothing else gets us off, it's kind a sick... Before you pick up the habit - and you will pick up the habit - go back to L.A. and be the weirdest guy in the room again. Whada you think?”

Mel Gibson - Gene

“- Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting: Is this it Priest, the Pope's new army, a few crusty bitches and a hand full of rag tags?
- 'Priest' Vallon: Now, now, Bill, you swore this was a battle between warriors, not a bunch of miss nancies, so warriors is what I brought.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting
Liam Neeson - 'Priest' Vallon

“It's all set. Noleen and her bayou queens. Just a little something for morale. And let me add, Sergeant, that these women are expecting some, uh, small unit military penetration.”

Keith Carradine - Spencer

“- Prime Minister Winston Churchill: You know how to take charge.
- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower: It's not about power. It is simply the judicious use of the responsibility you entrusted me with.”
Ian Mune - Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Tom Selleck - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

“He's turning this park into a boot camp, with me getting the boot.”
Daws Butler - Yogi Bear

“- Lefty: There's the boss. And, under him, there's the skipper. You know how this works?
- Donnie Brasco: Yeah, it's like in the army.
- Lefty: Bullshit. The army is some guy you don't know telling you to go whack some other guy you don't know.”
Al Pacino - Lefty
Johnny Depp - Donnie Brasco

- Scott: "One riot, one Ranger". You ever heard that?
- Laura Newton: Leonidas, King of Sparta... when a neighboring state would plead for military aid, would send one man.
Val Kilmer - Scott
Kristen Bell - Laura Newton

“I'm your worst nightmare: a song-and-dance man raised on a military base.”
Walter Matthau - Charlie Gordon

“- Sgt. Hulka: Men, welcome to the United States Army. I'm Sergeant Hulka. I'm your drill sergeant. Before we proceed any further, we gotta get something straight. Your mamas are not here to take care of you now. It's just you, me, and Uncle Sam. And before I leave you, you're gonna find out that me and Uncle Sam are one in the same.
- John:...” (continue)(continue reading)

Warren Oates - Sgt. Hulka
Bill Murray - John

“- Col. Nathan R. Jessup: Ever put your life in another man's hands, ask him to put his life in yours?
- Lt. Daniel Kaffee: No, sir.
- Col. Nathan R. Jessup: We follow orders, son. We follow orders or people die. It's that simple.”
Jack Nicholson - Col. Nathan R. Jessup
Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee

“Scientists have always been pawns of the military.”
Merritt Butrick - David

“It's not the size of the army, it's the fury of its onslaught.”
Jed Rees - Eddie Strombeck

“- Maj. Gen. Henry Kinnard: The White House anticipates a buildup and wants a victory over cavemen in black pajamas.
- General in Hallway: We wouldn't be there if they hadn't already beaten the French Army.
- Maj. Gen. Henry Kinnard: French Army? What's that?”
Jim Grimshaw - Maj. Gen. Henry Kinnard
Patrick St. Esprit - General in Hallway

- Patrick Harper: We don't want to go south, sir.
- Richard Sharpe: And what the hell do I care what you and the lads want, eh? You think the British Army's a bloody dem... Dem...
- Harris: Democracy, sir. Comes from the Greek word "demos" and means "rule by"...
- Richard Sharpe: Shut up, Harris!
Daragh O'Malley - Harper
Sean Bean - Sharpe
Jason Salkey - Harris

“I joined the army to do my patriotic duty... and... to meet guys.”
Sara Rue - Nurse Martha

“Remember, you're the first colored officer most of these men ever seen. The Army expects you to set an example for the colored troops... and be a credit to your race.”

Trey Wilson - Colonel Nivens

“- Sarah: What did your family think about you joining the RAF?
- David: My mother died long before that. My brother and sister didn't have opinion. My father was disappointed. He's a pacifist. I was bound to disappoint my father. Joining up just got it over with nice and quick.”
Cristina Marsillach - Sarah
Tom Hanks - David

“- Admiral Bates: Now, since your ass is on the line, sailor, I authorize you right now, to do whatever you can to aid in the arrival of the SEAL Team. Because if I goddamn can't control you, I might as well support you. Correct?
- Casey Ryback: That's affirmative, sir!”
Andy Romano - Admiral Bates
Steven Seagal - Casey Ryback

“- Fire Captain Ashe: If this was the army, I'd have you shot at sunrise!
- Curly: But you couldn't do that, cap, we don't get up that early!”
Stanley Blystone - Fire Captain Ashe
Curly Howard - Curly

“We move swift. We move silent. We move deadly. Only one shake of those wangs ladies. Anymore than that constutes pleasure and we're not in that business. Sleep well, Mr. Jones?”

Clint Eastwood - Highway

“We Marines have no qualms about killing Martians!”
James Karen - Gen. Climet Wilson

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

“You all take a good look at this lump of shit. Remember what it looks like. You fuck up in a firefight and I goddamn guarantee you a trip out of the bush, in a body bag!”

Tom Berenger - Sgt. Barnes

“Soviet power is a myth. Great show. There are no spare parts. Nothing is working, nothing, it's nothing but painted rust. But you, you need to keep the Russian myth alive to maintain your military industrial complex. Your system depends on Russian being perceived as a mortal threat. It's not a threat. It was never a threat. It will never be a...” (continue)(continue reading)
Mark Ivanir - Valentin Mironov #2

“Since the beginning of written history a nation's power has been measured by the size of its standing army.”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless