“Good morning. Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it’s fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from annihilation. We’re fighting for our right to live, to exist, and should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, ‘We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on, we’re going to survive.’ Today we celebrate our independence day!”
Your best friend is a guy named Frankie Fear. You see, fear is a fighter's best friend. It ain't nothin' to be ashamed of. You see, fear keeps you sharp. It keeps you awake. It makes you wanna survive. But the thing is, you gotta learn how to control it. Cos fear is like this fire and it's burning deep inside. Now, if you control it, Tommy, it's gonna make you hot. But, you see, if this thing here controls you, it's gonna burn you and everythin' else around you up. That's right.
As one gets further away from the battle front, one's optimism clouds one's perception of reality. And in the upper-most levels of command, reality often does not even exist. This is especially true when a nation is about to lose a war.
No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. John Keating
Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." Don't be resigned to that. Break out! John Keating
This is a battle, a war, and the casualties could be your hearts and souls. John Keating
When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think. John Keating
Rose: Why do men chase women? Johnny: Well, there's a Bible story... God... God took a rib from Adam and made Eve. Now maybe men chase women to get the rib back. When God took the rib, he left a big hole there, where there used to be something. And the women have that. Now maybe, just maybe, a man isn't complete as a man without a woman.
Sherri: You know, our Max is quite a catch. How did you manage it? Nora: I give a good blowjob, I guess. Sherri: Hmm... I bet you do! Nora: And I bet you don't.
Max: All I know is that when I'm not with you I'm a total wreck. Nora: And when you are with me? Max: I'm a different kind of total wreck.