The Great Santini

"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"