“- Sgt. Heppelfinger: That's right. Faithful to your mother.
- Woodrow Truesmith: It doesn't mean faithful to your mother at all. It means faithful to the Marines.”

William Demarest - Sgt. Heffelfinger
Eddie Bracken - Woodrow Truesmith

“- Vernon Pinkley: [impersonating a General] Where are you from, son?
- Soldier: Madison City, Missouri, sir!
- Vernon Pinkley: Never heard of it.”
Donald Sutherland - Vernon Pinkley

“- Bill Rago: Write why you're here.
- Pvt. Donnie Benitez: This is where they told us to be.
- Bill Rago: No, no. Write about the magical twist of fate that prompted you to gravitate towards this institute of imbeciles.
- Pvt. Jamaal Montgomery: What?
- Bill Rago: Write why you joined the Army!”
Danny DeVito - Bill Rago
Lillo Brancato - Pvt. Donnie Benitez
Kadeem Hardison - Pvt. Jamaal Montgomery

“I always say, when you've got a job to do, get somebody else to do it.”
Humphrey Bogart - George Hally

“It takes a good fire to burn down the weeds... to let the flowers grow.”

John Wayne - Bob Seton