And then the smoke got me.
I Got Bronchitis. Aint Nobody Got Time Fo Dat"
Don’t you forget that you’re First Marines! Not all the communists in Hell can overrun you! — ‘Chesty’ Puller rallying his First Marine Regiment near Chosin Reservoir, Korea, December 1950
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. — Ronald Reagan after bombing Libya.....
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And then the smoke got me.
I Got Bronchitis. Aint Nobody Got Time Fo Dat"
Dutch Partisan Hannie Schaft taunting German soldiers who had wounded her in her execution "I could shoot better!" This is also reminicent of Austrian rebel Andreas Hofer taunting the French at his execution with "Ach, wie schießt ihr schlecht!" or "Ach you shooot horribly."
“Misunderstanding of the present grows fatally from the ignorance of the past” Marc Bloch-French historian
Yes it’s long but you can use almost any sentence you like. I believe St Crispins Day is October 25.
Proclaim it Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put in his purse:
We would not die in that mans company,
That fears his fellowship to die with us,
This day call’d the feast of Crispian:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbors,
And say ‘To-morrow is Saint Crispian’:
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say, ‘These wounds I had on Saint Crispians day.’
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages,
What feats he did that day; then shall our names,
Familliar in his mouth as household words,
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispian Crispian shall ne’er go by,
>From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered:
We few we, happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother: be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And Gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispians day.
Admiral Farragut: "Damn the torpedoes, full we'd ahead"
“If you want peace, prepare for war” - Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Harry Morant: "Shoot straight, you bastards. - Don't make a mess of it!"
Harry Morant: "I'll tell you what rule we applied, sir. We applied Rule 303. We caught them and we shot them under Rule 303."
“I aim to misbehave...” Captain Malcolm Reynolds
“I hate rude behavior in a man. I won’t tolerate it.”
Captain Woodrow Call, Lonesome Dove
The Farragut “quote” is one of the most common misquotes I know of, perhaps because the actual quote is a bit more cumbersome...
“Damn the torpedoes. Four bells, Captain Drayton. Go ahead, Jouett, full speed.”
Still bad a$$.
Since we are including movie quotes...
From The Usual Suspects:
“One, two, three, four, five, six... Oswald was a f@#”
“He that is neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm, I shall spew forth from my mouth.” God.
Tonto: "What you mean "we" whiteman?"
Bluto: “Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!”
I have a lot of good quotes written down.
Here are a few.
Dear Mr. Vernon: We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong. But we think you’re crazy for making us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club.
-Anthony Michael Hall (Brian Johnson) in The Breakfast Club (1985)
We just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they are happening.
-Burt Lancaster (Dr. Archibald ‘Moonlight’ Graham) in Field of Dreams (1989)
That’s part of your problem: you haven’t seen enough movies. All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.
-Steve Martin (Davis) in Grand Canyon (1991)
You make a terrible mistake … and your consolation is that … is the thought you had at least learned something. And then, you gather up the courage to try again and then suddenly you realize that all you learned is how to make the same mistake again. Perhaps faster, perhaps differently.
-Peter Finch (Lewis Zarken) in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
Maybe ... Maybe the truth is that when a man does nothing all his life, it leaves him too much time to think. And thinking too much makes him ... makes him stupid.
-Sterling Hayden (Leo Dalcò) in Novecento (1976)
It is all right to borrow from each other, but we must never do is borrow from our self.
-John Huston (Jake Hannaford) in The Other Side of the Wind (1972)
There are three sides to every story: Your side, my side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each differently.
-Robert Evans in the documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
Well, unless we remember our yesterdays, there will be no tomorrows.
-Tom Snyder in the television show Tomorrow (June 27, 1980)