"I could be working with my brother right now. He's got a dry-wall business in Compton. Does the inside of office buildings — you know, the metal studs. I could be his partner. Said he'd give me that brand new Dodge Ram Charger — you know, the 318 Magnum? The beast? All indoor work, too, lots of AC. I could sleep with my wife every night, fuck her, maybe; take my kids to school every morning. And I'd run his crews, too, probably increase productivity 40 to 50%. Make $100K a year. Do you know why I don't? Because I love this job. I thank God for every fucking day he gives me in the Corps. Oorah."

"Four days, four hours, one minute. That was my war."

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I am the baddest motherfucker in the goddamn valley."

"You are a Marine. There is no such thing as speech that is free. You must pay for everything that you say."

"You laugh, you die. Scratch your nose, you die. You shift your weight to take a piss, you will die. You want to shit, you better shit in your pants."

"(to a reporter who heard Swofford say 'field fuck') He said 'field fun!'"

"Hey, fuck politics, all right? We're here. All the rest is bullshit."

"Fucker's fucked now."

"The one who has too many masters cannot rise."

"Abidin: We don't have a luxury to make mistakes."

"After the chess is played, the king and the pawn are put in the same box."

"We won't be able to get into heaven anyway; then let's deserve hell!"

"I was told that these humans are cheap here!"

"Shaving is masculine. And a beard is feminine."

"They allocated the mountains to the Kurds, the deserts to the Arabs......and the oil to themselves."

"American Officer (Zane): God commissioned me to supply peace. The one who accomplished this task is the son of God."

"(Reffering to the MIT) The alphabet has 29 letters. Remove 3, you have 26 left."

"On the Valley of the Wolves, you walk over the bodies whom are beheaded."

"That which is known by two people is not a secret."

"You better have enemies like lions, rather than allies like jackals."

"O, darling, what's the death you mention; I dare to live for you."

"The dead think that the alive always commemorate them."

"We have not begged for living and we won't be begging for death."

"Don't be so humble, they might find it arrogant."

"Nothing in the world is coincidence."

"Is'nt the American capitalism the patron of American soldiers?"

"The apple pie you said, chief, is also available at McDonald's."

"Memati: What did he say, Master?"

"They would say "you gave it" anyway, even if you didn't give."

"I am here to fade your world."