R. Lee Ermey movie quotes

“My guy in D.C. tells me that we are not dealing with a studenthere, we're dealing with the Professor. Any time the military has an operation that can't fail, they call this guy in to train the troops, OK? He's the kind of guy that would drink a gallon of gasoline so he could piss in your campfire! You could drop this guy off at the Arctic...” (continue)(continue reading)

R. Lee Ermey - Stone

“- Mayor Tilman: Do you like baseball, do you, Anderson?
- Anderson: Yeah, I do. You know, it's the only time when a black man can wave a stick at a white man and not start a riot.”
R. Lee Ermey - Mayor Tilman
Gene Hackman - Anderson

“He told the truth, and once you've heard the truth, everything else is just cheap whiskey.”

R. Lee Ermey - Sheriff Buck Olmstead

“- Cpl. Joseph L. DiNardo: This is insanity.
- Bill Hafner: This is effective. Charley's got this valley by the balls. Won't nobody step outta' line around here.”

Wings Hauser - Cpl. Joseph L. DiNardo
R. Lee Ermey - Bill Hafner

“I don't like the name Lawrence, only faggots and sailors are called Lawrence. From now on you're Gomer Pyle.”
R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman

“- Coach: Wait a minute, that's the kidnap victim, ain't it? You didn't kill her.
- Wayne: No, coach.
- Coach: I'm real disappointing in you boys.”
R. Lee Ermey - Coach
Steve Zahn - Wayne

“- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Private Pyle, if there is one thing in this world that I hate, it is an unlocked footlocker! You know that don't you?
- Pvt. Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence: Sir, yes, sir.
- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: If it wasn't for dickheads like you, there wouldn't be any thievery in this world, would there?”

R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Vincent D'Onofrio - Pvt. Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence

“- Frank Bannister: Catch you later, Hiles.
- Sgt. Hiles: My tour of duty runs another 85 years! There's a piece of dirt up here with your name on it, Bannister! I'm waiting for you, you little maggot!”
Michael J. Fox - Frank Bannister
R. Lee Ermey - Sgt. Hiles

“- Bill Hafner: DiNardo, do you think you can get into their camp, make a lot of trouble and ruckus?
- Cpl. Joseph L. DiNardo: Sergeant Major, it's Friday night and you're in Bangkok. You've got a fistfull of dollars. You think you can get laid?”
R. Lee Ermey - Bill Hafner
Wings Hauser - Cpl. Joseph L. DiNardo

“There is no doubt in my military mind that we are in a deep-shit situation, people. Now, if any of you dog-faced dope smokers don't feel like pulling your share of the load around here, you can pack your shit and get your young asses off of my firebase right now!”
R. Lee Ermey - Bill Hafner

“I smell bullshit.”
R. Lee Ermey - Sheriff Hoyt

“- Jimmy Lee Farnsworth: Irwin, admit that you are a sinner.
- Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher: Uh. Well, I've sinned. I didn't take any polaroids or anything. But, yeah, I've sinned.
- Jimmy Lee Farnsworth: The Lord forgives ya!
- Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Amen. What? Other sins? Uh, I parked in a...” (continue)(continue reading)
R. Lee Ermey - Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Chevy Chase - Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher

“The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.”
R. Lee Ermey

“There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.”
R. Lee Ermey

“Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.”
R. Lee Ermey

“- Jimmy Lee Farnsworth: You don't suppose I used too many photographs of myself do you?
- Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher: No, no. Worked for the ayatollah.”
R. Lee Ermey - Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Chevy Chase - Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher

“- Bill Hafner: I didn't know that you were a flag-waver, Jones.
- Jones: I care... I don't care for a lot of it, but what I care for, I care for a lot. You know what I mean? I been a dedicated soldier for twenty three years. Does that tell you something? Hmm?
- Bill Hafner: Yeah, I came in the Marine Corps when I was 17 years old. It's all I...” (continue)(continue reading)

R. Lee Ermey - Bill Hafner
Albert Popwell - Jones

“This is not even my desk! [hangs up]”

R. Lee Ermey - Police Captain

“You're so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece!”
R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman

“- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: As soon as your bunks are done, I want you two turds to clean the head.
- Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis, Pvt. Cowboy: Sir, yes, sir.
- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: I want that head so sanitary and squared-away that the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to go in and take a dump.”
R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Matthew Modine - Pvt. J.T. 'Joker' Davis
Arliss Howard - Pvt. Cowboy

“- Matthew Poncelet: Mr. Delacroix, I don't wanna leave this world with any hate in my heart. I ask your forgiveness for what I done. It was a terrible thing I done, taking your son away from you.
- Clyde Percy: How about us?
- Matthew Poncelet: Mr. and Mrs. Percy, I hope my death gives you some relief.”
Sean Penn - Matthew Poncelet
R. Lee Ermey - Clyde Percy

“- Secretary of State John Hay: General, you were one of the finest cavalry officers in the Confederacy.
- Gen. Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler: Let me tell you something... Bedford Forrest had 32 horses shot out from under him, but he killed 33 Yankees. Forrest was better!”
R. Lee Ermey - Secretary of State John Hay
Gary Busey - Gen. Joseph Wheeler

“If the entire Secret Service couldn't protect the President of the United States, how the hell are we supposed to protect a few negroes! It is nothing more than some poor white trash drinking too much cheap alcohol. More likely paint thinner and snake juice because this state's as dry as a martini, and we've got the alcoholics to prove it.”
R. Lee Ermey - Mayor Tilman

“I bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I'll be watching you.”
R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman

“- Coach: What is it that I always said?
- J.D., Wayne: If you can dream it, you can do it.”
R. Lee Ermey - Coach
Jack Black - J.D.