Saving Private Ryan 1998 quotes, page 4

It doesn't made sense, sir. I mean, why me? Why not any of us? Hell, these guys deserve to go home as much as I do. They've fought just as hard.

Is that what they're supposed to tell your mother when they send her another folded American flag?

You can tell her that when you found me, I was with the only brothers I had left. And that there was no way I was deserting them. I think she'd understand that.

That's quite a view.

Yes it is. Quite a view.

Good luck Reiben.

Pvt. Reiben

I don't need any luck, Sarge! I was born lucky!

Maybe I should go up the middle, sir.

The way you run? I don't think so.

Maybe I should go left, sir.

Maybe you should shut up!

Reiben, where's your B.A.R.?

Pvt. Reiben

The bottom of the channel, Sarge, the bitch tried to drown me.

Find a replacement.

Stars.

Lt. DeWindt

Yeah, Brigadier General Amend, deputy commander, 101st. Some **** genius had the great idea of welding a couple of steel plates onto our deck to keep the general safe from ground fire. Unfortunately, they forgot to tell me about it until we were just getting airborne. Well, that's like trying to fly a freight train. OK? Gross overload. Trim characteristics all shot to hell. I nearly broke both my arms trying to keep her level. And when- and when we released, you know I cut as hard as I could, tried to gain some altitude and still keep her from stalling. We came down like a **** meteor. And that is how we ended up. And the others, they stopped easy enough OK, though, you know? We were just-we were just too damn heavy, you know? The grass was wet, downward slope and all. 22 guys dead.

All that for a general?

Lt. DeWindt

One man.

Pvt. Reiben

Lot of that going around.

Where's the rally point?!

Anywhere but here!

Captain, if your mother saw you do that, she'd be very upset!

I thought you were my mother!

Capt. Hamill

How was the road in?

Scenic. We lost most of our ammo.

Pvt. Mellish

Not to mention one of our men.

Capt. Hamill

Lieutenant, redeploy that bazooka to the other side of the road!

Yes, sir!

Capt. Hamill

And get Ryan up here.

Ryan! Ryan! Front and center! Ryan!

Pvt. Reiben

Here comes our boy. [Ryan runs past Reiben. At Horvath.] Told ya he was an asshole.

Sir, Private Ryan, reporting as ordered, sir!

Capt. Hamill

At ease. Captain Miller 2nd Rangers wants a word with you.

This way. [Miller stops and sits on a rock] Take a knee. [He does so, taking his helmet off as well. Pause] Private, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you. [Pause] Well, there isn't any real easy way to say this, so, uh...I'll just say it. Your brothers are dead. [Ryan has a saddened look on his face.] We have, uh, orders to come get you 'cause you're going home. [There is a long pause]

Oh, my God, my brothers are dead. I was gonna take 'em fishing when I got home...

I'm so sorry, James.

H-How'd they die?

They were killed in action.

T-That can't be. That can't be, my brothers are still in grammar school.

You're James Ryan?

Yeah.

James Francis Ryan from Iowa?

James Frederick Ryan, Minnesota? [Hamill has a confused look on his face] W...Does that mean my brothers are okay?

Yeah, I'm sure they're fine.

Are you sure that they're okay though? How-

We're looking for a different Private Ryan. This is just a big foul-up.

Pvt. Mellish

Ask him if he's the guy who shot Wade!

It doesn't matter!

Pvt. Mellish

No, it does matter!

Private James Francis Ryan

We seem to be out of field manuals, sir. Perhaps you can "enlighten" us.

Private James Francis Ryan

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. And I've tried to live my life the best 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.

Corporal Timothy P. Upham

Funny, I told my C.O.s I'd never smoke a cigarette.

Sergeant Mike Horvath

Captain, if your mother saw you do that she'd be very upset! (After Captain Miller lures MG42 fire on the beach)

Captain John H. Miller

He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb.