"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."

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

"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."

"(to Rick Ross) Nobody put a reserved sign on your seat."

"Michael Suarez: My name is Michael Suarez. I'd like to speak on behalf of the Campion Hall Boat Club......But Yes, we finally formed a Boat Club. Only took us 400 years or so. Who knows we might have a guy in the blue boat someday. The missionary position perhaps. Bowside, number three. But not this year. So why my Boat Club. I'll tell ya. You see, it's important. I've got a £25 bet riding on an Oxford victory. I gotta make some money out of this. Yeah. So when I over the sound of laughter. Cambridge laughter, the news that the president has been thrown out of the crew because some of the guys don't like him, because he was rowing in the seat where they wanted Rick Ross to row, I wonder what's going on. This isn't how decent Americans behave. In the assessment tests so far, all of Donald MacDonald's results are up from last year. All of Rick Ross' are down. In the overall placings Macdonald finishes first. Ross Ninth.(Black: 'No, I'm sorry. Ross is a winner') Yeah, you guys keep saying that. Tell me what he's won. Not so far, not at Oxford. Again and Again Macdonald produces winning results, this commitment is total. This is a President who leads by example by being the best. And, of course, dropping Ross and keeping MacDonald does raise a problem, a conflict of interest. Is MacDonald the President favouring MacDonald the oarsmen? So it is fair that Ross and his friends should appeal the decision. Except MacDonald's decision is supported by the coaches. Should we contest their opinion as well? Would that also be fair? The rebels have pledged to abide by the coaches decisions, and now they threaten to walk out. Is that fair? And now they question the integrity and fitness as President of Donald MacDonald. How can that possibly be fair? Seems to me that if MacDonald and his coaches are to be censured, it's for putting up with Ross in the crew for so long. You and your friends have done some serious damage to this Boat Club. You are an embarrassment to your sport, to your club and to your country. I'm sure when you came here you thought how great it would be to go home with a winning oar to hang on your wall. Well I suggest you go ask Cambridge for one of theirs. Donald MacDonald is a friend of mine. That's not why I'm here tonight. Nor is it for the money from my wager although God knows I could use it.It's for something a whole lot more important. You. Us. This Boat Club. Our Boat Club. For all of us. We are here as servants to put in, not as master to take out. This race means everything to us. It has alway meant everything...to the thousands of oarsmen who have come before us. To the thousands who will follow. Let's remember them when we vote tonight. I ask you to give your total and unqualified support to our President, Donald MacDonald and his team of coaches. With them we can and, God willing, shall win."

"Rick Ross: (to Donald McDonald) Don, we have to be careful not to confuse business with friendship."

"Rick Ross: Summer? This is Oxford, it never gets hot here."

"Ruth McDonald: That schedule...what about our schedule?"

"Donald McDonald: I need good men, not simply good oarsmen."

"Jack Garnet: There's something difficult...troublesome about most talented rowers."

"Freddy Prideaux-Jones: The thing about rowing machines is, you put them on water and they tend to sink..."

"I want Cambridge to feel like they came third."

"Devastate them at the start."

"You can hear the boat sing!"

"I've also increased the gearing slightly. You may not notice, but it should give you cleaner finishes."

"I believe you're turning into a great rough water crew. So we're going to start betting on shit weather."

"(to Dan Warren) I don't give a shit what you think, all I care is that you are on the water in five minutes."

"(to Dan Warren) Shut it, Dan!"

"There is no joy in coming second, because to be second is to be last."

"Lots of towns … lots of songs … lots of women … good times, bad times … the only thing I wanted anyone to say is … "He could really play … he was good.""

"Blues ain't nothing but a good man feeling bad, thinking about the woman he once was with."

"Where I come from, you don't blow no harp, you don't get no pussy."

"Scratch's Assistant: Well, well, well. Who sent you here? Can't talk, little man? [laughs] Bet ya can't play none, either!"

"Scratch's Assistant: See you in hell, blind boy."

"John Leyton – Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler""

"Gordon Jackson – Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence""

"David McCallum – Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal""

"Hannes Messemer – Col. von Luger"

"James Coburn – Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer""

"Donald Pleasence – Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger""

"Charles Bronson – Flight Lt. Danny Velinski "The Tunnel King""

"James Donald – Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO""

"Richard Attenborough – Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X""

"We have in effect put all our rotten eggs in one basket. And we intend to watch this basket carefully."

"James Garner – Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger""

"Steve McQueen – Capt. Hilts "The Cooler King""

"Hours ago... Minutes ago.... These men were behind barbed wire."

"Put a fence in front of these men...and they'll climb it."

"Ah, Herr Bartlett. And Herr MacDonald. We are together again. You are going to wish you had never put us to so much trouble..."

"[After reciting the extensive history of Allied POW escapes and the vast resources Germany has been forced to spend on the matter] This is quite close to insanity. And it must stop!"

"Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape. If they cannot escape, then it is their sworn duty to cause the enemy to use an inordinate number of troops to guard them, and their sworn duty to harass the enemy to the best of their ability."

"[To Hilts, after being relieved as camp commandant] It looks, after all, as if you will see Berlin before I do."

"Look, sir, you talk about the High Command and the Luftwaffe, and then you talk about the Gestapo and the SS. To me, they're the same! We're fighting the bloody lot! There's only one way to put it, sir: they are the common enemies of everyone who believes in freedom. If the High Command didn't approve of Hitler, then why didn't they throw him out?"

"Jud Taylor – Goff"

"Robert Graf – Werner 'The Ferret'"

"Nigel Stock – Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor""

"Angus Lennie – Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole""