“It's not like anybody knows what anything means, right? It's not like anybody knows that. So at least I know I don't know what I mean, which is better than most people. They probably think they know what they mean, not just what they think they mean.”

Sean Penn - Eddie

“College women can smell ignorance like dog shit.”
Tom Cruise - Joel

“To go to that war, you've got to be prepared. You have to be alert, and the public has to be alert. Cause that is the war of the future, and if you're not gearing up, to fight that war, eventually the axe will fall.”

Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean

“- Capt. Saunders: You are pissing your life away.
- Bozz: Well, I don't need the fucking army and I don't need the fucking war to tell me that, Sir!”
Nick Searcy - Capt. Saunders
Colin Farrell - Pvt. Roland Bozz

“- Dr. Kathryn Railly: What is the matter with your leg?
- James Cole: Got shot.
- Dr. Kathryn Railly: Shot! Who shot you?
- James Cole: I don't know. It was some kind of war. Never mind. You wouldn't believe me anyway.”
Madeleine Stowe - Kathryn Railly
Bruce Willis - James Cole