Memorable Quotes from James Brown
6 quotesMilitary Orders Amidst Chaos
PFC Benny Regazzi
Stryker!
[whispering]
Sgt. Stryker
Get down! Stay down! You have your orders, don't move!
[whispering]
PFC Peter Conway
There's somebody wounded out there.
[whispering]
Sgt. Stryker
Quiet.
PFC Peter Conway
Let's go get him!
Sgt. Stryker
(as Conway starts out of the trench Stryker shoves him back down) Stay down, it might be a Jap trick, they pulled it off plenty of times at Guadalcanal.
PFC Peter Conway
That doesn't sound like a Jap to me!
Sgt. Stryker
I don't care what it sounds like to you! You stick your head up, you'll tip our position.
PFC Charlie Bass
Stryker!
PFC Peter Conway
That's Bass. How many Japs know your name, Stryker? That's Bass, you know his voice!
Sgt. Stryker
Shut up.
PFC Peter Conway
Aren't you human at all? Don't you know a friend of yours might be dying?
Sgt. Stryker
(still anxious to avoid a confrontation) Knock it off!
PFC Peter Conway
(uncontrollably seething) Just like my father taught you, be a good Marine, be tough! Well you can sit here and be tough if you want to, but I'm going on to get that guy and the only way you can stop me is to kill me!
Sgt Stryker
That's JUST what I'll do!
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Father and son confront trust issues
Ted Haines Sr.
Where have you been the last two weeks?
Ted Haines Jr.
Well, dad, I've been in a blue heaven dancing on a pink cloud. She came in on a moonbeam.
Ted Haines Sr.
That's a lie. I had you followed.
Ted Haines Jr.
That wasn't cricket, dad. When you were my age, I didn't follow you around.
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The Harsh Reality of War
PFC Al Thomas
That's war.
PFC Charlie Bass
What's war?
PFC Al Thomas
Trading real estate for men.
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Conflict Over Church's Future and Legacy
Ted Haines Jr.
He wants to tear down the church and make a parking lot out of it. Can you imagine it? He's a very disliked man. I'm sort of following in his footsteps.
Father Chuck O'Malley
Junior, hmm?
Ted Haines Jr.
Yeah.
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Advice on Lending Money to Churches
Ted Haines Sr.
Son, never loan money to a church. As soon as you start to close in on them, everybody thinks you're a heel.
Ted Haines Jr.
Well, aren't you?
Ted Haines Sr.
Yeah.
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Warning Against Excessive Drinking
PFC Charlie Bass
Don't do it. Just this once, don't do it.
Sgt. Stryker
Don't do what?
PFC Charlie Bass
Don't get blind, staggerin stinkin falling down drunk.
Sgt. Stryker
Charlie, nobody sets out to get blind, staggerin stinkin falling down drunk.
PFC Charlie Bass
Yeah, some people do.
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