War quotes

“- Maurine Collier: I just don't understand what went wrong. His whole life he was so grown-up, so polite.
- Karen Collier: War changes people.
- Maurine Collier: War doesn't make you rude to your parents!”

Kathy Bates - Maurine Collier
Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Karen Collier

“This is the people's war! It is our war! We are the fighters! Fight it then! Fight it with all that is in us, and may God defend the right!”
Henry Wilcoxon - Vicar

“You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open and you see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point.”
Robert Carradine - Pvt. Zab - 1st Squad

“- Tracy Tzu: Do you think this killing means there's some kind of war going on in the Chinatown Tongs?
- William McKenna: No, I don't. This is basically a situation where the youth gangs are lashing out at the establishment. The community is cooperating. The situation's under control.”

Ariane - Tracy Tzu
Eddie Jones - William McKenna

“- Wai Lin: What are you waiting for, shoot him!
- James Bond: I told you, we're gonna finish this together!
- Elliot Carver: How romantic! Do you realize how absurd your position is?
- James Bond: No more absurd than starting a war for ratings.
- Elliot Carver: Great men have always manipulated the media to save the world.”

Michelle Yeoh - Wai Lin
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond
Jonathan Pryce - Elliot Carver

“- Bung: What about the people back home?
- Harry: I suppose it'll be just like it's been after every other war.
- Bill: How's that?
- Harry: A few pods will come up and pat you on the back and tell you what a great bloke you were, that'll last about a week and then nobody will want to hear about it.”
John Hargreaves - Bung
Graham Kennedy - Harry
John Jarratt - Bill

“They want a war, Jack, and they're arranging things to get one.”

Kevin Costner - Kenny O'Donnell

“- Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis: How can you shoot women or children?
- Doorgunner: Easy! Ya just don't lead 'em so much! Ain't war hell?”
Matthew Modine - Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis
Tim Colceri - Doorgunner

“August 1944. The outcome of the Second World War appeared to be no longer in doubt. Paris was liberated. After four years of fighting, victory against the Germans seemed assured. Since the Normandy landings, American and Allied forces had battled their way across northern Europe, and pushed the German enemy to within its own homeland.”
Peter Thomas - Himself - News Footage Narrator

“- Col. Robert F. Sink: If they come by here y'all remember to smile for the camera. Got to keep the morale up for them folks back home.
- Richard Winters: Why?
- Col. Robert F. Sink: Damned if I know.”
Dale Dye - Col. Robert F. Sink
Richard D. Winters - Himself

“- Nurse Angela: There's nothing wrong with your heart.
- Nurse Edna: Dr. Larch wanted to keep you out of the war. That's why he told you it was yours.
- Nurse Angela: He was worried about his own heart. He said it would never stand up to Homer Wells going off to war.”

Kathy Baker - Nurse Angela
Jane Alexander - Nurse Edna

“- Dr. Russell Oakes: Do you understand what's going on in this world?
- Dr. Landowska: Yeah. Stupidity. Has a habit of getting its way.”

Jason Robards - Dr. Russell Oakes
George Petrie - Dr. Landowska

“If I die I will die well dressed.”

Tchéky Karyo - Jean Villeneuve

“- King: Hey Taylor, how many days you got left? Three hundred and what?
- Chris: Thirty two. 332 days.
- Crawford: Shit, I can't even remember when I was 332, man. You gotta like, count backwards or something, you know like you got 40 days in? Think positive, dude.”

Keith David - King
Charlie Sheen - Chris
Chris Pedersen - Crawford

“- Y B'ham: Boy have no family. All killed.
- Capt. T.C. Doyle: You mean in the war?
- Y B'ham: No, hit by falling star... Yes, in war.”

James Hong - Y B'ham
Ray Liotta - Capt. T.C. Doyle

“- Hans: Are you sure there's no German blood in you?
- Kate: Hm-hm. I win my wars.”
Dan Pastorini - Hans
Karen Black - Kate

“The early history of our universe was a bloody mosaic of interplanetary war.”
Marlon Brando - Jor-El

“There hasn't been a world war in over forty years, Sergeant! You ever wonder why? Because of nuclear weapons. We want them, the Soviets want them.”
John Heard - Col. Glen Whitacre

“- Admiral: Did you think you were going to win the war?
- Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole: Frankly, sir, I think we're going to lose this one. But I do love the work.”
J. Patrick McNamara - Admiral
Willem Dafoe - Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole

“- A pilot: What if we have to bail out over Japan?
- Lt. Col. James Doolittle: Well, in that situation, I can't tell you what to do.
- Capt. Rafe McCawley: What would you do, colonel?
- Lt. Col. James Doolittle: I wasn't built to be a prisoner... so I would have my crew bail out. I'd find the sweetest military target I could and drive my plane...” (continue)(continue reading)
Alec Baldwin - Lt. Col. James Doolittle
Ben Affleck - Capt. Rafe McCawley

“It would be well for your government to consider that having your ships and ours, your aircraft and ours, in such proximity... is inherently dangerous. Wars have begun that way, Mr. Ambassador.”
Richard Jordan - Jeffrey Pelt

“We will win this war because we are willing to sacrifice ten million lives. How many lives is the white man willing to sacrifice?”
Richard Loo - General Ito Mitsubi

We were always taking long walks, and we was always looking for a guy named "Charlie".

Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

“The barbarities of war are seldom committed by abnormal men. The tragedy of war is that these horrors are committed by normal men in abnormal situations.”
Jack Thompson - Major J.F. Thomas

“- Basil Exposition: Austin, the Cold War is over!
- Austin Powers: Finally those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, eh? Eh comrades? Eh?
- Basil Exposition: Austin... we won.
- Austin Powers: Oh, smashing, groovy, yay capitalism!”
Michael York - Basil Exposition
Mike Myers - Austin Powers