Sergeant York (1941) - Quotes

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Quotes about Sergeant York: [http://prweb0.voicenet.com/~lpadilla/york.html "Medal of Honor Recipients Portrayed On Film" in ''History, Legend and Myth: Hollywood and the Medal of Honor''] * Lyle F. Padilla and Raymond J. Castagnaro, in ; the account of York selecting Cooper was apparently a long standing deception, which Cooper himself had believed.

Quotes about Sergeant York: [[United States; [Second World War; [Alvin York|York; [w:Gary Cooper|Gary Cooper; [Christianity; [lightning; [love] In 1941, on the eve of the ] entry into the ], ] consented to having his diary adapted to film, personally selecting ] to portray him as a condition for the filming. The film would be universally acclaimed as one of the best film biographies of all time, earning an Oscar for Best Actor for Cooper and an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. It was a straightforward adaptation of the diary with very little Hollywood embellishment; the only embellishment which York acknowledged was that the film showed his born-again ] as due to being struck by ] on his way to a confrontation with a rival, whereas it was actually simply his meeting his future wife and falling in ].

Alvin: [[Nothing|nothin'] Well I'm as much agin killin as ever, sir. But it was this way, Colonel. When I started out, I felt just like you said, but when I hear them machine guns a-goin', and all them fellas are droppin around me... I figured them guns was killin hundreds, maybe thousands, and there weren't ] anybody could do, but to stop them guns. And that's what I done.

Maj. Buxton: Do you mean to tell me that you did it to save lives?

Alvin: Yes sir, that was why.

Major Buxton: [[Daniel Boone|Boone; [wilderness] York, What do you suppose ] was looking for when he went out into the ]?

Alvin: Well, I never thought much on it.

Major Buxton: Was he looking for new lands?

Alvin: Might be.

Major Buxton: [[eyes; [hands; [know; [lost] Maybe, maybe for something more, something that a man just can't see with his ], or hold in his ]. Something that some men don't even ] they have until they've ] it.

Alvin: Yes, sir?

Major Buxton: [[Freedom] To be free. Now that's quite a word, "]" — I think that's what he wanted. I think that's what sent Boone into your Tennessee country.

Alvin: That… that what this here book's about?

Major Buxton: [[beginning; [now; [story; [government; [rights; [all] Yep. That's the story of a whole people's struggle for freedom, from the very ] until ] — for we're still struggling. It's quite a ] York, how they all got together and set up a ], whereby all men were pledged to defend the ] of each man, and each man to defend the the rights of ] men. We call that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Alvin: I don't want to be no corporal.

Captain Danforth: Why not?

Major Buxton: Wait a minute, captain, let him talk.

Alvin: Well, you see…

Major Buxton: Is it because of your religious convictions, York?

Alvin: [[the Bible; [Belief|believin'; [life; [God|the Lord; [give; [killing] Yes, sir, that's it. You see, I believe in ], and I'm a ] that this here ] we're living is something ] done ] us, and we got to be a-living it as best we can — and I'm figuring that ] other folks is no part of what he was intending us to be a-doing here.

Pusher Ross: An you haven't even seen a subway?

Alvin: I ain't never even heerd o one.

Pusher Ross: Heerd'? heerd What kind o talk is that? Do they all talk that kind of English where you come from?

Alvin: Well there ain't any English people down our way - just Americans.

Sergeant: [[learn] Where did ya ] to shoot York?

Alvin: Well I ain't never learned Sergeant! Folks back home used to say I could shoot a rifle before I was weaned, but they was exaggeratin some.

Pastor Rosier Pile: War's way to the other side of the ocean, Alvin. Lots of things can happen before you get there. You put your trust in the Lord, and He'll look out for you.

Alvin: I done forgot the Lord! I ain't never gonna forget him again!

Alvin: [[religion] The way I figure, there ain't no use for a fellow going out looking for ]. It's well… it's just got to come to a fellow.

Pastor Rosier Pile: [[lightning] It'll come my boy, you'll see. Maybe slow-like the way daylight comes, and maybe in flash like a bolt of ].

Alvin: When?

Pastor Rosier Pile: [[expecting] When you ain't even ] it.

Alvin: [[hope] Well, I ] so.

Pastor Rosier Pile: [[Stone|rock] See that ], Alvin? You've been plowin around that rock a heap o years.

Alvin: Sure have!

Pastor Rosier Pile: Did you ever think when you start plowin yer furrows crooked, it's mighty hard to get em straight again?

Alvin: I never thought on it much.

Pastor Rosier Pile: [[Satan] It's that-a-way, I reckon, with other things sides plowin'. ]'s got ya by the shirt tail, Alvin!

Ike Botkin: [[Daniel Boone|Dan'l Boone] Ain't nobody ever cut 5 centers, lessen it were ].

Sgt. Early: [at the target range; [real; [brains] Remember, guys, you're usin ] live ammunition! A bullet hasn't got any ]! It'll hit whatever you're aimin at, so don't start murdering each other!

Gracie Williams: [[good; [fighting; [hell] Folks say you're no ], ceptin for ] and ]-raising.

Alvin C. York: [[God|The Lord; [mysterious] ] sure do move in ] ways.

Alvin C. York: [[France] What we done in ], we had to do. And some as done it, didn't come back, and that kind of thing ain't for buying and selling.

Alvin C. York: [quoting the Bible, in resolving to remain in the U.S. Army, and to fight in the [[w:World War I|Great War; [God] : Therefore, render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto ] the things that are God's.

Alvin C. York: [[war; [Homicide|killin'; [The Bible|the book] I ain't a-goin to ]. War's ], and ]'s agin killin! So war is agin the book!