Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore If I say it's safe to surf this beach, Captain, then it's safe to surf this beach!
2nd most-quoted character in Apocalypse Now (1979): in 17 of its 93 quotes
A line from Lieutenant Colonel Bill KilgoreYou smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like ... victory.
Note: bolded line is ranked #12 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
More lines from Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
14 quotes Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore You either surf or you fight.
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore What the hell do you know about surfing, Major? You're from god damned New Jersey.
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Charlie don't surf!
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore We use Wagner. My boys love it. It scares the hell outta' the slopes.
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Don't these people ever give up?
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore **** savages!
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Outstanding, Red Team, outstanding! Getcha a case of beer for that one.
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Lance Johnson the surfer?
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore You can take that boat anywhere that suits you, young captain.
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore I will not hurt or harm you. Just give me back the board, Lance. It was a good board – and I like it. You know how hard it is to find a board you like. (repeated over helicopter loudspeaker)
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Someday this war's gonna end ...
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Unass that shit, get it out of here.
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Any man brave enough to fight with his guts strapped on him can drink from my canteen anyday.
Scenes with Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
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Are you crazy, God damn it? Don't you think its a little risky for some R&R?
Kilgore If I say it's safe to surf this beach Captain, then it's safe to surf this beach. I mean, I'm not afraid to surf this place, I'll surf this whole **** place!
Kilgore How're you feeling, Jimmy?
Door Gunner
Like a mean mother****er, sir!
