“- Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford: Thank you.
- Staff Sgt. Sykes: Don't thank me, just don't fuckin' die.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford
Jamie Foxx - Staff Sgt. Sykes

“I want you all to remember what that bag looks like with a body in it, because if you become officers this is where they're going to put your mistakes.”
Tyrese Gibson - Cole

“A fighting man must be vigilant to surpriseattack no matter where he is. The survival of our nation depends on the readiness of Marines all over the world. Also more importantly, you only wiped yourself twice - grossly insufficient.”
Robert Duvall - Lt. Col. 'Bull' Meechum

“You see, when... when you end up killing one of your men, you see, you tell yourself it happened so you could save the lives of two or three or ten others. Maybe a hundred others.”
Tom Hanks - Captain Miller

“There's one more thing you gotta learn about command, mate. Sometimes the people that you kill, are your own men.”

Sean Pertwee - Sgt. Harry G. Wells