“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

“- Capt. Roy Pritchett: You can stop looking for your platoon. They didn't make it.
- Pvt. David Manning: What?
- Capt. Roy Pritchett: Looks like you were the only one who made it out. Your lucky day.
- Pvt. David Manning: Lucky day?
- Capt. Roy Pritchett: You're alive.
- Pvt. David Manning: ...Am I?”
Martin Donovan - Capt. Pritchett
Ron Eldard - Manning

“Zero-six, you've been shot down, life is tough. You're a combat aviator, start acting like one. Remember your training, put some angles between you and your pursuers. Evade and survive, and we will bring you home. You got that? We will bring you home.”

Gene Hackman - Reigart

“To survive a war, you gotta become war.”
Sylvester Stallone - Rambo

“- Eriksson: Can you imagine that? You escape Vietnam and you die from an airline fatality.
- Cpl. Thomas E. Clark: Never happen, Cherry. You survive the Nam, you get to live forever, man.”
Michael J. Fox - Eriksson
Don Harvey - Cpl. Thomas E. Clark