136 quotes found
"You can run me, you can starve me, you can beat me and you can kill me. Just don't bore me."
"This is the AK-47 assault rifle, the preferred weapon of your enemy, and it makes a distinctive sound when fired at you, so remember it."
"Clint Eastwood as Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway"
"Marsha Mason as Aggie"
"Everett McGill as Major Malcolm A. Powers"
"Moses Gunn as Staff Sergeant Luke Webster"
"Eileen Heckart as Mary Jackson"
"Mark Mattingly as Franco "One Ball" Peterson"
"Bo Svenson as Roy Jennings"
"[on the radio] Burnett!! [Pauses due to no names over the airwaves] Zero-six, you’re a combat naval aviator, start acting like one. You've been shot down. Life is tough. I am very sorry. You pull yourself together. You do whatever it takes. Create some angles between you and your pursuers. Use your training, use your head. Evade and survive, and we will bring you home. Do you understand? We will bring you home."
"[addressing Marines he will lead in his own rescue mission for Burnett] Gentlemen, I want to make one thing clear before we leave - I intend to put you in harm's way. Any man who doesn't wish to join this mission, step away right now. [the men are silent] All right, then, lets go get our boy back."
"In War There Are Some Lines You Should Never Cross."
"Prepare to cross the line."
"Mission: to evade and survive."
"His only weapon is his will to survive."
"Owen Wilson — Lt. Chris Burnett"
"Gene Hackman — RADM Leslie McMahon Reigart"
"Gabriel Macht — Stackhouse"
"Charles Malik Whitfield — Capt. Rodway, USMC"
"David Keith — Master Chief Tom O'Malley"
"Olek Krupa — Miroslav Lokar"
"[When the Allied forces fire on him] Why are you always messing with me. It's got to be a joke! [An Allied shell lands right next to him, knocking him over. He sees the shell is a dud] Thank you, God! I take back what I said!"
"[Convincing Shimizu not to kill himself] We can die here, or we can continue fighting. Which would better serve the emperor?"
"[Letter to his wife] We soldiers dig. We dig all day. This is the hole that we will fight and die in. Am I digging my own grave?"
"[About Nishi's romancing skills] There are rumors about his womanizing...But there are no women left to woo."
"[In response to a soldier saying death is honorable] Kashiwara died of honorable dysentery."
"[On Kuribayashi] He studied the Americans, so he knows how to beat them."
"There is no use for a dead soldier."
"Damn this island! The Americans can have it."
"Do what is right because it is right."
"If you want my honest opinion, General, the best thing to do would be to sink this island to the bottom of the sea."
"I'm tired of sharing this cave with all of you, I'm a one-man show from now on."
"[moments before shooting himself] I'm sorry, Okubo."
"[to Nishi before he commits suicide] It has been a great honor to serve under you."
"[after finding the dead bodies of Shimizu and another Japanese soldier who tried to surrender] (sadly) Let this be a lesson to anyone else who wants to surrender."
"Don't waste a bullet. Not one."
"I have failed to hold Suribachi. Permit me to die with my men!"
"It's inevitable that people will die."
"It was your duty, hold your position until death, you should have died with your fellow troop members. You are a disgrace."
"Don't hide here like rats, come out of your caves and attack!"
"We will take back Suribachi, with or without Kuribayashi."
"I won't go back, I've had enough of cave fighting. You men are now under command of Lieutenant Colonel Nishi. [Strapping explosive to himself] I'll throw myself under a tank, I'll destroy one of their machines!"
"[Waiting in vain for the American tanks to run over him] Where are you, American tanks? Come and get me!"
"[reading letter] From headquarters. We regret that we are unable to send reinforcements to Iwo at this time. We earnestly hope you will fight honorably and die for your country."
"The Fleet of Americans have left from Saipan."
"[Referring to Kuribayashi] This one is trouble."
"This is ridiculous, why waste time digging all these tunnels? They are all going to die anyway!"
"Kuribayashi belongs behind a desk, not fighting a war."
"[Before the soldiers commit suicide by holding hand grenades against their chests] Men, we are honorable soldiers of the Emperor. Don't ever forget that. The only way left for us is to die with honor. This is our fate, to find our place at Yasukuni Shrine. I'll see you there. Banzai! Banzai! Banzai! [The men repeat 'banzai' each time he says it] Soldiers, farewell! [Shoots himself]"
"[To Saigo when he fails to hit the target during target practice] My six year old son can shoot better! [Saigo shoots again and misses] Do you call yourself an Imperial soldier?"
"Here is the uniform of the American medic. He should be your target. For, Americans will risk many lives to save this one."
"The cave digging may be futile. The stand on Iwo may be futile. The whole war may be futile. But would you give up then? If our children can live safely for one more day, it'll be worth one more day that we defend this island!"
"Everything happens in threes."
"[addressing his men before the battle] Men, the time has come to show your true colors. As a member of the Honorable Imperial Army, I trust that you will fight with honor. This island is of utmost importance to Japan. Should the island fall, the enemy will use it as their base to attack our homeland. For the mainland...For our homeland...Until the very last man..Our duty is to stop the enemy right here. Not one of you is allowed to die until you have killed ten enemy soldiers. Do not expect to return home alive. I will always be in front of you. [removing his hat and bowing] Long live the Emperor."
"A good officer uses his head, not his whip."
"[to his men, right before a suicide charge] A day will come when they will weep and pray for your souls. [unsheathes his katana] I will always be in front of you."
"From the director of Flags of our Fathers comes the completion of the Iwo Jima saga"
"The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers."
"From Clint Eastwood, director of Flags of Our Fathers, the battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers."
"From the director of "Flags of our Fathers" comes the story of the battle for Iwo Jima told through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers."
"Know this: Killing is my business, ladies; and business is GOOD!"
"[After being discharged from the Marines] It's been two whole weeks since I killed me a man. And already I'm startin' to get the itch. Problem is I got nothin' to scratch. God, I'm hungry. Hungry for action, hungry for blood. Hell, I'm just plain ol' hungry. Feel like I'm gettin' weaker, while Charlie's gettin' stronger in the jungle. Gotta maintain discipline; gotta keep up my strength! 'Cause the hard reality is, I gotta get a job."
"I have eight weeks to turn you gaggle of maggots into a well-disciplined cadet unit! From this day forward, your sorry-ass asses belong to ME! You will not eat, sleep, drink, blow your nose, or even dig in your butt without my say-so!"
"From now on, my little group of scrotum sacks, you will walk like me, talk like me, eat like me, and until you win those games, you will be BALD like me."
"Know this about me, Private Ass-Eyes! War has made me very paranoid! And when a man gets to eyeballing me, it makes my Agent Orange act up; and I get the urge to kill. Do not aggravate my condition!"
"Move it, turds! You'll get no sympathy from me! You want sympathy, you look in the dictionary between spit and syphilis! That's where you'll find my sympathy!"
"ONE...don't you feel dumb. TWO...look at you! THREE...don't you ever make jokes about me behind my back or else I'll stomp you in the ground!"
"You're still a shit sandwich... you're just not a soggy one. I will no longer refer to you as turds. From this day forward, you will be called maggots!"
"[To Emily about being married] Negative. I figure if the marines wanted me to have a wife, they'd of issued me one."
"[To the squad, while watching them all run wearing dresses] I tell you, ladies; you're the prettiest unit ever under my command! Gonna have to change my name to Pimp-Daddy Payne! A-hee hee hee!"
"[While confronting a blind kid with his dog] You know there ain't no pets allowed on this here premises, Mr. Ace Ventura."
"Hey Corporal. [Payne's adopted son, Tiger steps out in front and faces him] Go tell Mom to get my field knife."
"[To a hulking biker dude, whom the squad hired to muss him up] I heard tell your mother's so fat, she uses planets for billiard balls."
"[Introducing the squad to their new barracks] A squad that lives together, wins together! "Unity", turds; that is the key word in "unit", without the "Y"!"
"Know this, pukes: We are going to win the Virginia Military Games this year! You will note my emphasis on win! Whiskey! India! November! GET USED TO HEARING THAT WORD!"
"Welcome to the House of Payne."
"He's looking for a few good men...or at least a few guys old enough to shave."
"Damon Wayans - Major Benson Winifred Payne"
"Karyn Parsons - Emily Walburn"
"Steven Martini - Cadet Alex J. Stone"
"Michael Ironside - Lt. Col. Stone"
"Orlando Brown - Cadet Kevin "Tiger" Dunn"
"Albert Hall - General Decker"
"Andrew Harrison Leeds - Cadet Dotson"
"Damien Wayans - Cadet Dwight "D." Williams"
"Chris Owen - Cadet Wuligar"
"Stephen Coleman - Cadet Leland"
"Mark Madison - Cadet Fox"
"Peyton Chesson-Fohl - Cadet Sgt. Johnson"
"Scott Bigelow - Biker"
"My name is Stryker, Sergeant John M. Stryker. You're gonna be my squad - a rifle squad. Three of us have seen action: Corporal Dunn, Charlie Bass, and myself. You're gonna learn from us. In boot camp, you learned out of a book. Out here, you gotta remember the book and learn a thousand things that have never been printed, probably never will be. You gotta learn right and you gotta learn fast. And any man that doesn't want to cooperate, I'll make him wish he hadn't been born. Before I'm through with you, you're gonna move like one man and think like one man. If you don't, you'll be dead. Now, you guys have had a nice, easy day. I hope you enjoyed it because it's the last one you're gonna get for a long time. You joined the Marines because you wanted to fight. Well, you're gonna get your chance, and I'm here to see that you know how. If I can't teach you one way, I'll teach ya another. But I'm gonna get the job done. Any questions? That's all."
"Ten thousand sergeants in this corps and I gotta draw Stryker!"
"You know, my natural dislike for you is turning into a great hatred, Bass."
"Officer: [giving the pre-invasion briefing] Now, nobody knows exactly what they've got on this island, but they've had forty years to put it there."
"Alone and outnumbered, they had one thing in their favor... the American dream."
"A great human story... makes a mighty motion picture."
"John Wayne - Sgt. John M. Stryker"
"John Agar - PFC Peter Conway"
"Forrest Tucker - PFC Al Thomas"
"Wally Cassell - PFC Benny Regazzi"
"James Brown - PFC Charlie Bass"
"Richard Webb - PFC Dan Shipley"
"Arthur Franz - Corporal Robert Dunne / Narrator"
"James Holden - PFC Soames"
"Richard Jaeckel - PFC Frank Flynn"
"William Murphy - PFC Eddie Flynn"
"Adele Mara - Allison Bromley"
"Julie Bishop - Mary"
"It's hard to be a man when you've never had to be."
"Sergeant Braver, my trusted companion, is going to allow you to double-time to chow this morning! Allow them to eat. After chow, permit them to return. When they return, grant them 2 minutes to prepare, square this area away, and stand by to fall out for close-order drill, DO YOU HEAR ME?! Because you were slow this morning, the smoking lamp will not be lit after morning chow. Now if you people don't show me anything today, if I keep getting this slow deal- we're gonna get together tonight and bust that sound barrier! DO YOU HEAR ME?!"
"I have told you people time and again! Your rifle is your best friend! You let it down and it'll sure let you down!"
"Give him 12 weeks. He'll give you a Few Good Men."
"This is T/SGT. Jim Moore, toughest of the tough-guy Drill Instructors. One of the most powerful of all screen performances."
"To their faces, he called the recruits "clowns," "little girls," "maggots," "turds," and worse. Behind their backs, he called them wonderful."
"The recruits: strong, cocky, undisciplined. But they won't be United States Marines...until somebody stronger and cockier - and, above all, disciplined - gets done with them. Somebody like Jim Moore."
"Jack Webb - Technical Sergeant Jim Moore"
"Don Dubbins - Private Owens"
"Lin McCarthy - Captain Anderson"
"Jackie Loughery - Annie"
"Virginia Gregg - Owens' mother"
"Okay, Hogs, I've listened to you bellyache about moving to this hew town. This said bellyaching will end as of 1530 hours, will not affect the morale of this squadron henceforth. Do I make myself clear?"
"[addressing his fighter squadron] Morning. You men now have the privilege of serving under the meanest, toughest, screamingest commander in the Marine Corps- me. If I say something you pretend it's coming from the Burning Bush. We're Marines. Marine Corps fighter pilots. We have no other function. That is your mission, and you're gonna hack it or pack it! You're flying with Bull Meechum now, and I kid you not, this is the eye of the storm! Welcome aboard."
"I'd like to propose a toast, to my son. He is eighteen today. He has just ordered his first drink. Before he drinks it, I'd like to wish him a long life, a wife as fine as his mother, and a son as fine as he's been. To my son!"
"I'm a Meechum. A Meechum's a thoroughbred, a winner all the way. He chews nails while the other kids eat cotton candy. He never surrenders. He never gives up."
"Robert Duvall - Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur "Bull" P. Meechum"
"Blythe Danner - Lillian "Lil" Meechum"
"Michael O'Keefe - Ben Meechum"
"Stan Shaw - Toomer Smalls"
"Brian Andrews - Matthew Meechum"
"Paul Gleason - First Lieutenant Sammy"
"Julie Anne Haddock - Karen Meechum"
"David Keith - "Red" Pettus"
"Paul Mantee - Colonel Virgil "Virg" Hedgepath"
"Theresa Merritt - Arrabelle Smalls"
"Lisa Jane Persky - Mary Anne Meechum"
"Michael Strong - Colonel Varney"