Soldier Quotes

Church: My daddy always said, "When you want to insert a nail into a piece of wood, don't do anything fancy or glamorous. Just take the damn hammer and hit the son of a bitch until it's in."

Colonel Mekum: And what the hell does that crap mean in English, Captain?

Sandra: How do you know they'll be back?

Todd: Because they're soldiers, Sir. Like me.

Sandra: Why are they doing this?

Todd: They're obeying orders, Sir. It's their duty.

Sandra: Do you know how many there will be?

Todd: Seventeen more, Sir.

Sandra: Oh my God, you can't fight seventeen more on your own, you have to organize us. We're not cowards, we'll do as you tell us, we'll fight.

Todd: No.

Sandra: Why not?

Todd: Soldiers deserve soldiers, Sir.

Sandra: But one soldier, against seventeen. What are you going to do?

Todd: I'm going to kill them all, Sir.

Sandra: Sgt. Todd... what's it like? What's it like being a soldier? What do you think about?

[silence]

Sandra: You must think about something?

[silence]

Sandra: What about feelings then?

[silence]

Sandra: You must *feel* something?

[pause]

Todd: Fear.

Sandra: Fear?

Todd: Fear and discipline.

Sandra: Now?

Todd: Always.

[after Caine 607 loses an eye to Todd during training]

Colonel Mekum: Do you know how much it costs to breed you, you big moron? To train you? To feed you? What good is this man now? He's got no depth perception! All he can do is walk point and take the first hit!

Church: Todd was our best man.

Colonel Mekum: You still don't get it, do you, Captain?

[He draws his pistol and shoots one of the wounded soldiers right between the eyes]

Colonel Mekum: Your men are obsolete.

[after Todd kills the last of the "new and improved" soldiers]

Rubrick: [over radio] Crawler One, do you copy? Crawler Two, do you copy? Are any of you men out there? Can any of you men hear me?

[Todd picks up the radio]

Todd: Your men... are obsolete.

Colonel Mekum: A growl? He heard a growl?

Rubrick: Well, he didn't say the word "growl." He said "a throat noise." But I asked him to imitate it and it sounded like... a growl to me.

[first lines]

Female Voice: [to audience of very young boys] A soldier does not speak until spoken to by a superior officer. A soldier shows no mercy. Mercy is weakness. Weakness is death. A soldier...

[squealing pig led in for slaughter]

Rubrick: I think we have to assume that the missing men are down.

Church: Well, maybe you shoulda made them smart instead of fast.

[last lines]

Riley: Aye, aye, sir. Setting course for the Trinity Moons.