“Heartbreak Ridge” quotes

(1986)
Movie Heartbreak Ridge
Clint Eastwood directed this movie in 1986
Title Heartbreak Ridge
Year 1986
Director Clint Eastwood
Genre Drama, Comedy, War, Action
Plot – This movie is the story of Highway, a marine sergeant called Gunny. He has earned a lot of medals and ribbons due to a life dedicated to discipline and sacrifices. He fought in Korea and Vietnam wars in fact. In 1983, Gunny is assigned a task: he has to transform a bunch of lazy guys into real soldiers. Despite the frequent contrasts, Gunny has to complete this task because during the war he has lost many buddies and he knows very well that soldiers must be ready to fight.
All actors – Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Eileen Heckart, Bo Svenson, Boyd Gaines, Mario Van Peebles, Arlen Dean Snyder, Vincent Irizarry, Ramón Franco, Tom Villard, Mike Gomez, Rodney Hill, Peter Koch, Richard Venture, Peter Jason, J.C. Quinn, Begonya Plaza, John Eames, Thom Sharp, John Gallagher, John Hostetter, Holly Shelton-Foy, Nicholas Worth, Timothy Fall, Jon Pennell, Trish Garland, Dutch Mann, Darwyn Swalve, Christopher Michael, Alex M. Bello, Steve Halsey, John Sasse, Rebecca Perle, Annie O'Donnell, Elizabeth Ruscio, Lloyd Nelson, John H. Brewer, Michael Maurer, Tom Ellison, Russell Appling, Lázaro Ramos, Tom Willett
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  • “I been pumping pussy since Christ was a corporal. I can tell you, the best damned poontang I ever paid for was in Da Nang. The girls were checked out daily. And we got ourself laid in a safe, orderly, proficient, military manner. That is until some suckhead writes home mama and says he dipped his wick in the Republic of South Vietnam. Then the...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    [Tag:army, sex, war]
  • “- Lieutenant M.R. Ring: [bumps into Highway] Excuse me, sir. I mean, Gunny. Sergeant Major.
    - Choozoo: Sir. This is Gunnery Sergent Thomas Highway. He's been assigned to Recon Platoon.
    - Lieutenant M.R. Ring: Oh, outstanding, welcome aboard. Well, I have to hightail it men. I'm late for pre-scuba school.
    - Lieutenant M.R. Ring: [looks at...” (continue)
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    Boyd Gaines - Lieutenant Ring
    Arlen Dean Snyder - Choozoo
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
  • “You can run me, you can starve me and you can beat me and you can kill me. Just don't bore me.”

    Clint Eastwood - Highway
  • “All right, you devil dogs, let's take that fuckin' hill!”
    Boyd Gaines - Lieutenant Ring
  • “And, don't go away mad, just go away.”

    Mario Van Peebles - Stitch
  • “Sergeant, you get that contraband stokey out of my face, or I'll shove it up your ass so far you'll have to set fire to your nose to light it.”

    Clint Eastwood - Highway
  • “- Maj. Malcolm A. Powers: Well, I ask for Marines, the division sends me relics. The men in recon platoon are less than highly motivated to say the least. I want those men in shape.
    - Highway: I'll make life takers and heart breakers out of them, sir.”

    Everett McGill - Major Powers
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
  • “- Highway: You men do not impress me!
    - Profile: Recon platoon kicks butt.
    - Highway: [grabs Profile by the nose] If you ladies think that you can slip and slide just because your last sergeant was a pussy, well queer bait, you're going to start acting like Marines right now!”

    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    Tom Villard - Profile
  • “- Sergeant Webster: Major Powers and I are building an e-lite company of fighting men.
    - Highway: The only thing you could build, Webster... is a good case of hemorrhoids.”

    Moses Gunn - Sgt. Webster
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    [Tag:army, insult, soldiers]
  • “- Maj. Malcolm A. Powers: [approaching Highway] Just what the hell do you think you're doing?
    - Highway: Just enjoying the view, sir.
    - Maj. Malcolm A. Powers: Well, you disobeyed an order. I told you to stay in contact and not take this hill without me. Damn it! Get on your feet, Highway!
    - Highway: With all due respect, sir, you're beginning...” (continue)
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    Everett McGill - Major Powers
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
  • Here's to J.J. and all the pieces of him we couldn't find.”

    Arlen Dean Snyder - Choozoo
    [Tag:friendship, loss]
  • “We move swift. We move silent. We move deadly. Only one shake of those wangs ladies. Anymore than that constutes pleasure and we're not in that business. Sleep well, Mr. Jones?”

    Clint Eastwood - Highway
  • “- Highway: Your nightstick file for divorce, Reese?
    - Reese: Who the hell do you think you are? Pissin' on my squad car. You think you can break our rules and then just walk away? Or are we supposed to wet our pants over your dress blues and your Goddamn colored ribbons. Take a look at that file of yours sometime, hero. Check the dates. It's...” (continue)
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    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    John Hostetter - Reese
    [Tag:insult, police, threat]
  • “- Highway: What are you smiling at shit-bird?
    - Jones: Man, I knew you were Santa Claus.
    - Highway: Yeah? Well if you ever pull another suckhead play like that the only thing that's gonna beat you to the brig are the headlights of the ambulance your on.”

    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    Mario Van Peebles - Stitch
    [Tag:humor, threat]
  • “This is the AK-47 assault rifle, the preferred weapon of your enemy; and it makes a distinctive sound when fired at you, so remember it.”
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    [Tag:enemy, threat, weapons]
  • “- Colonel Meyers: I had a rifle company in the 1st Battalion and 7th in '68.
    - Highway: Well, we sure as hell chewed some of the same dirt, sir.
    - Colonel Meyers: That's for sure. What's your assessment of this exercise?
    - Highway: It's a cluster fuck.”

    Richard Venture - Colonel Meyers
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
  • “- Sergeant Webster: [as the platoon is marching back] Major Powers' gonna teach you how to discipline your men.
    - Highway: Webster, if Powers ever comes to a sudden stop your face is gonna go half way up his ass.”

    Moses Gunn - Sgt. Webster
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    [Tag:insult, soldiers]
  • “I'm not doing this because I want to take long showers with you assholes and I don't want to get my head shot off in some far away land because you don't habla, comprende?”
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
  • “- Highway: Drop your cocks and grab your socks! Off your ass and on your feet. Let's move. Knees to the breeze in 5 minutes.
    - Profile: It's Goddam 5 o'clock. You said six!”

    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    Tom Villard - Profile
  • “- Judge Zane: Thank you for your testimony, Officer Reese. Sergeant Highway, drunk and disorderly. Fighting in a public establishment. Urinating on a police vehicle?
    - Highway: Well, it seemed like the thing to do, sir.
    - Judge Zane: Just because there's no war going on does not give you the right to start one every time you get drunk. Now I'm...” (continue)
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    John Eames - Judge Zane
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    John Hostetter - Reese
  • “I'm gonna rip yer head off and shit down yer neck.”
    Peter Koch - Swede' Johanson
    [Tag:soldiers, threat]
  • “- Highway: What's your name, Marine?
    - Lance Corporal Fragatti: Lance Corporal Fragatti, Gunny.
    - Highway: [takes off Fragatti's sunglasses and steps on them] Well, you shouldn't litter Fag-eddi. It's ecologically unsound.”

    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    Vincent Irizarry - Fragetti
    [Tag:army, insult, name]
  • “Take your post. The Marines are looking for a few good men. Unfortunately you ain't it. We will blaze a path into battle for others to follow. Surrender is not in our creed. Let me here you say that.”
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
    [Tag:army, order, soldiers]
  • “- Choozoo: Hey crotch rot! You gonna slurp my lifer's juice out of my own cup?
    - Highway: Yeah, I guess I should have gotten shots before hand.
    - Choozoo: If your brain was half as smart as your mouth, skunk stool, you'd be a frickin' twenty star general by now.
    - Highway: And if I were half as ugly as your, Sergeant Major, I'd be a poster boy...” (continue)
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    Arlen Dean Snyder - Choozoo
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
  • “- Marine: Just about cleaned you out. Sure makes you feel good, don't it, Gunny? Helping Uncle Sam battle dirty drawers.
    - Highway: You pump the neighbor's dog again, Jakes, or are you always slack eyed and silly in the afternoon.
    - Marine: Looks like you could use a little lift, Highway. Why don't you suck on one of these. Smooth as a prom...” (continue)
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    Alex M. Bello - Marine
    Clint Eastwood - Highway
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