War quotes

“Colonel Ludlow told me ''Ride with them to Calgary. Bring back the horses''. ''Damn fools'' he called them. ''Damn fools''. The Colonel would not have his sons ride off to war on old nags, damn fools or not.”
Gordon Tootoosis - One Stab

“How can you fight a war in this shit? I don't know where they are, I don't even know where I am. I can't see dick. Like hunting with Ray Charles.”
Robin Williams - Adrian Cronauer

“For a sailor's wife, war is just another storm.”
Ruth Gordon - Mrs. Sarah Jarvis

- McKittrick: "Defcon". That indicates our current defense condition. It should read "Defcon 5", which means peace. It's still on 4 because of that little stunt you pulled. Actually, if we hadn't caught it in time, it might have gone to Defcon 1. You know what that means, David?
- David Lightman: No. What does that mean?
- McKittrick: World War... (continue)(continue reading)
Dabney Coleman - McKittrick
Matthew Broderick - David

“- Chillie: Looks like some kind of fuckin' war council or some shit.
- Esteban: It's gonna be the shortest fuckin' war anyone ever fought.”
Yul Vazquez - Chillie
Giancarlo Esposito - Esteban

“How can the Bolshevik cause gain respect among the Muslims if your three representatives get so drunk that they throw a carpet out of their hotel window and complain to the management that it didn't fly?”

Béla Lugosi - Comissar Razinin

“I don't know if I can do this. I got a family. If I'm gonna shit in a bag for the rest of my life because I got shot after the war was over, that would be pretty fucking stupid wouldn't it, Major?”
Mark Wahlberg - Troy Barlow

“- Student #1: Come on, Mr. Nixon. It's a civil war between Vietnamese.
- Young Student: You don't want the war, we don't want the war, the Vietnamese don't want the war, so why does it go on?”
Peter Carlin - Student #1
Joanna Going - Young Student

“- Jim: We'll have to leave the camp.
- Basie: That's the idea, Jim. First one side feeds you and the other side tries to get you killed, then it's turned around; it's all timing.”
Christian Bale - Jim
John Malkovich - Basie

“I ain't much about no prayin', now. I ain't never had no family, and... killed off my mama. Well, I just... y'all's the onliest family I got. I love the 54th. Ain't even much a matter what happens tomorrow, 'cause we men, ain't we?”

Denzel Washington - Pvt. Trip

“- Lt. Steven Hauk: Who do we have slated for live entertainment in November?
- Phil McPherson: Well, we originally wanted Bob Hope, but it turns out he won't come.
- Lt. Steven Hauk: Why not?
- Edward Garlick: He doesn't play police actions, just wars. Bob likes a big room, sir.”
Bruno Kirby - Lt. Steven Hauk
Juney Smith - Phil McPherson
Forest Whitaker - Edward Garlick

“- Jack Wade: You know that, officially, Uncle Sam is completely neutral in this turkey shoot.
- James Bond: And unofficially?
- Jack Wade: We have no interest in seeing world war III, unless we start it.”
Joe Don Baker - Jack Wade
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond

“- Vince Ricardo: I was in the jungle - the bush we called it - for approximately nine months...
- Sheldon Kornpett: Nine months! That must have really been something!
- Vince Ricardo: It was. I saw things... They have tsetse flies down there the size of eagles.”
Peter Falk - Vince Ricardo
Alan Arkin - Sheldon Kornpett

“Its been two years since I've seen home. Two years. This fuckin' war.”
James Madio - Frank J. Perconte

“Every soldier hopes for a major war in his lifetime. This one was mine.”
Sean Bean - Andy McNab

“We live in the trenches out there, we fight, we try not to be killed; and sometimes we are. That's all.”

Lew Ayres - Paul

“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?”

James Ackerman - Joshua

“In this war, things get confused out there. Power, ideals, the old morality, and practical military necessity. But out there with these natives, it must be a temptation to be God.”
G.D. Spradlin - General Corman

“- Wade Harper: We're going back to build our fences.
- Judge Roy Bean: If you do, you better build coffins with them.”
Forrest Tucker - Wade Harper
Walter Brennan - Judge Roy Bean

- Bruce Gallatin: What do you really think the chances are of something like that happening way the hell out here in the middle of nowhere?
- Joe Huxley: Nowhere? There's no "nowhere" anymore. You're sitting next to the Whiteman Air Force Base right now. That's about... 150 Minuteman missile silos spread halfway down the State of Missouri.... (continue)(continue reading)

Jeff East - Bruce Gallatin
John Lithgow - Joe Huxley

“I know you hate Americans, but just remember if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking German right now.”
Jim Belushi - Neil Schwary

“- Nico Toscani: War is still the greatest business, huh Nelson? I mean, these guys have financed and started every war we've ever fought. But you know something, nobody would believe me if I told them the bankers run the C.I.A.
- Nelson Fox: Oh, come on Toscani. Don't preach to me.
- Nico Toscani: So, the Senator couldn't be bought, could he? He...” (continue)(continue reading)
Steven Seagal - Nico Toscani
Chelcie Ross - Nelson Fox

“- Col. James M. Montgomery: [ordering the burning of Darien, Georgia] Prepare your men to light torches!
- Col. Robert Gould Shaw: I will not!
- Col. James M. Montgomery: That is an order!
- Col. Robert Gould Shaw: An immoral order, and by the Articles of War, I am not bound to follow it!”
Cliff De Young - Col. James M. Montgomery
Matthew Broderick - Col. Robert Gould Shaw

“- Capt. Saunders: You are pissing your life away.
- Bozz: Well, I don't need the fucking army and I don't need the fucking war to tell me that, Sir!”
Nick Searcy - Capt. Saunders
Colin Farrell - Pvt. Roland Bozz

“- Aulon: Jeanne! Are you all right?
- Joan of Arc: Yes, I'm fine. Why are you staring at me?
- Aulon: Because there's an arrow in your leg.
- Joan of Arc: So there is. But that doesn't stop you from climbing!”

Desmond Harrington - Aulon
Milla Jovovich - Joan of Arc