Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Gunner Sergeant Hartman: How tall are you, private?

Private Cowboy: Sir, five foot nine, sir.

Gunner Sergeant Hartman: Five feet nine, I didn’t know they were stacked that high!

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Chief of Staff William James: There are enough bangers in there to send us all to Jesus. I'm going to die, and I want to die comfortably.

Alien (1986)

Ripley: Lieutenant, how many drops will you give me?

Lieutenant Gorman: 38...simulation.

Private Vasquez?: How many *battle* drops are there?

Lieutenant Gorman: Well, two. Including this.

Private Drake: Damn.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

[Told to go home]

Private Ryan: Hell, these guys deserve to go home like me. They work just as hard.

Captain Miller: Is that what I should tell your mother when she picks up another folded American flag?

Private Ryan: You can tell her that when you found me, I was with my only brother left. And there was no way I could abandon them. I think she'll understand.

Platoon (1986)

Sergeant Elias: What happened today is just the beginning. We will lose this war.

Chris Taylor: Come on. Do you really think so? us?

Sergeant Elias: We've been kicking other people's asses for too long, and I think it's time to kick them.

Casualties of War (1989)

Eriksson: Everyone acts like we can do anything and it doesn’t matter what we do. Maybe we need to be extra careful because this may be more important than we know.

Paths of Glory (1957)

General Broulard: It's a pity that I lost my promotion before I could get it. Your very well planned promotion.

Colonel Dax: Mr. Chairman, would you like me to make a suggestion that you could use for this promotion?

General Broulard: [angry] Colonel Dax! You will apologize immediately or I will be arrested!

Colonel Dax: [Full of anger] I'm sorry...for not being completely honest with you. I apologize for not revealing my true feelings. Sir, I'm sorry for not telling you sooner that you are a depraved, sadistic old man. You can go to hell before I apologize to you or apologize to you again!

Dirty Men (1967)

Major John Reisman: [Kinder just conducted a psychiatric evaluation of Reisman's unit] So, what does this give you? What's coming?

Captain Stewart Kind: Nothing for me. But, along with these other results, it gives you*, pretty much the most twisted, sociopathic psychopathic deformity I've ever encountered! The worst and most dangerous is Margot. You have a religious maniac, a vicious dwarf, two borderline idiots... the rest I don't even want to think about!

Major John Reisman: Well, I can't think of a better way to fight a war.

Captain Stewart Kinder: These people didn't know their enemy was the Germans. They think the enemy is their own American military!

Major John Reisman: Maybe it's because the Germans haven't done anything to them yet.