Saving Private Ryan Quotes

Corporal Upham : "Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do or die."
Mellish : La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

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Corporal Upham : "War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man."
Captain Miller : I guess that's Emerson's way of finding the bright side.

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Steamboat Willie : Please, I like America! Fancy schmancy! What a cinch! Go fly a kite! Cat got your tongue! Hill of beans! Betty Boop, what a dish. Betty Grable, nice gams.
Steamboat Willie : singing: I say can you see! I say can you see! I... I say...
Steamboat Willie : Fuck Hitler. Fuck Hitler!

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[ talking about Capt. Miller ]
Corporal Upham : Reiben, so you even know where he went to school?
Private Reiben : Cap'n didn't go to school, they assembled him at OSC outta spare body parts of dead GIs.
Private Caparzo : You gotta pay attention to detail, I know exactly where he's from and I know exactly what he did 'cuz I pay attention to detail.
Private Jackson : Hey, Upham, careful you don't step in the bullshit!

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Gen. George C. Marshall : My dear Mrs Ryan: It's with the most profound sense of joy that I write to inform you your son, Private James Ryan, is well and, at this very moment, on his way home from European battlefields. Reports from the front indicate James did his duty in combat with great courage and steadfast dedication, even after he was informed of the tragic loss your family has suffered in this great campaign to rid the world of tyranny and oppresion. I take great pleasure in joining the Secretary of War, the men and women of the U.S. Army, and the citizens of a grateful nation in wishing you good health and many years of happiness with James at your side. Nothing, not even the safe return of a beloved son, can compensate you, or the thousands of other American families, who have suffered great loss in this tragic war. I might share with you some words which have sustained me through long, dark nights of peril, loss, and heartache. And I quote: "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom." -Abraham Lincoln. Yours very sincerely and respectfully, George C. Marshall, General, Chief of Staff.

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Captain Miller : Private, I'm afraid I have some bad news for ya. Well, there isn't any real easy way to say this, so, uh, so I'll just say it. Your brothers are dead. We have, uh, orders to come get you, 'cause you're going home.
Pvt. James Frederick, Ryan : [ starts sobbing ] Oh, my God, my brothers are dead. I was gonna take 'em fishing when we got home. How - How did they die?
Captain Miller : They were killed in action.
Pvt. James Frederick, Ryan : No, that can't be. They're both - That... That can't be. My brothers are still in grammar school.
Captain Miller : You're James Ryan?
Pvt. James Frederick, Ryan : Yeah.
Captain Miller : James Francis Ryan from Iowa?
Pvt. James Frederick, Ryan : James Frederick Ryan, Minnesota. [ the whole crew looks embarrassed ]
Pvt. James Frederick, Ryan : Well, does that - does that mean my brothers are OK?
Captain Miller : Yeah, I'm sure they're fine.

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Mellish : Fucked up beyond all recognition.
Upham : FUBAR.

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Sergeant Horvath : Maybe I should go up the middle, sir.
Captain Miller : The way you run? I don't think so.
Sergeant Horvath : Maybe I should go up the left, sir.
Captain Miller : Maybe you should shut up!

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Sergeant Horvath : Why don't you just hand 'em blindfolds, Captain?
Captain Miller : All we can do here is die.

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[ first lines ]
Ryan's son : [ running to comfort his father ] Dad? [ flashback to D-Day ]
LCVP pilot : Clear the ramp! Thirty seconds. God be with ya!

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Private : They're killing us and we don't have a fuckin' chance and that's not fair.

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Private : Don't shoot! Let them burn!

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Captain Miller : This is all? That's all that've made it?
Sergeant Horvath : We're scattered pretty bad, sir. There's bound to be more of us.
Captain Miller : Not enough, this is not enough.
Sergeant Horvath : Dog One-It's got to be the cut on the right, or is it the one on the left, shit!
Captain Miller : No, no. Vierville is to the west of us, so this is Dog One.

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Sergeant Horvath : We're in business!

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Captain Miller : [ after Reiben courageously saves Ryan from being hit by a tank shell ] . RYAN! [ run to the building Reiben pulled Ryan behind ]
Captain Miller : Ryan.
Private Ryan : [ to Reiben, who is sitting on Ryan ] Get off of me!
Captain Miller : Are you all right?
Private Ryan : Uhh! GET OFF OF ME!
Private Reiben : Yeah. I'm fine too Captain. Thanks.

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Mellish : [ as a column of German prisoners passes by ] Juden. [ pauses ]
Mellish : Juden. [ pauses ]
Mellish : Juden!
Mellish : [ shows star of David necklace to prisoners ] I'm Juden, you know? [ pauses ]
Mellish : Juuuuuuuuuuuuden!

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Mellish : [ as a column of German prisoners passes by ] Juden. [ pauses ]
Mellish : Juden. [ pauses ]
Mellish : Juden!
Mellish : [ Shows star of David necklace to prisoners ] I'm... Juden, you know? [ pauses ]
Mellish : Juuuuuuuuuuuuden!

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Mellish : [ to Dagwood DuselDorf ] Your father was circumcised by my rabbi, you prick!

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Parker : [ firing machine gun ] I'm out of .30 Caliber!
Private Jackson : [ lining shots ] Bleesed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to the war, and my fingers to fight. [ fires rifle twice ]
Private Jackson : My goodness and my fortress... my high tower and my Deliverer. [ fires rifle ]
Private Jackson : My shield, and he in whom I trust
Private Jackson : [ fires rifle, then to his rifle ]
Private Jackson : Here you go baby. [ fires rifle few more times. Notices a tank has spotted them ]
Private Jackson : Parker get down! [ the tank fires at the bell tower killing both Parker and Jackson ]

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[ lining up a rifle shot ]
Private Jackson : Be not Thou far from me, O Lord.

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[ lining up a rifle shot ]
Private Jackson : Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.

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[ lining up a rifle shot ]
Private Jackson : My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust.

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[ lining up a rifle shot ]
Private Jackson : O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.

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Captain Miller : [ on Omaha Beach ] Bangalors up the line!Bagalors up the line!
Sergeant Horvath : Heads up, bangers comin' your way.
Private Caparzo : [ a soldier's helmet is struck by a bullet and he then takes it off ] Jesus, lucky bastard. [ the other soldier is then shot in the head and falls dead ]

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Old James Ryan : [ addressing Capt. Miller's grave ] My family is with me today. They wanted to come with me. To be honest with you, I wasn't sure how I'd feel coming back here. Every day I think about what you said to me that day on the bridge. I tried to live my life the best that I could. I hope that was enough. I hope that, at least in your eyes, I've earned what all of you have done for me.
Ryan's Wife : James?... [ looking at headstone ]
Ryan's Wife : Captain John H Miller.
Old James Ryan : Tell me I have led a good life.
Ryan's Wife : What?
Old James Ryan : Tell me I'm a good man.
Ryan's Wife : You are. [ walks away ]
Old James Ryan : [ stands back and salutes ]

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Paratrooper Mandelsohn : We missed our drop zone by about 20 miles, ended up way over by Bumville or some damn place.

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Mellish : [ shouting ] Upham! Upham! Ammo goddamn it!

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Private : [ shouting and under intense fire ] What's the rallying point?
Captain Miller : Anywhere but here!

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Private Reiben : [ after staring at Caparzo's dead body ] Fuck Ryan.

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Captain Miller : This Ryan better be worth it. He'd better go home and cure some disease or invent a longer-lasting lightbulb or something. 'Cause the truth is, I wouldn't trade 10 Ryans for one Vecchio or one Caparzo.
Sergeant Horvath : Amen.

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