Colonel Cutter Quotes in Antz (1998)

General Mandible: [Z has broken through to the surface where Mandible and his soldiers wait for them to be drowned] Let go! Don't you understand? It's for the good of the colony!

Z: What are you saying? We are the colony!

[Mandible is about to strike Z when Cutter knocks his aside]

General Mandible: Cutter, what are you doing?

Colonel Cutter: Something I should have done a long time ago.

[extends his hand to the worker ants]

Colonel Cutter: *This* is for the good of the colony, General.

General Mandible: You useless, ungrateful maggot! *I* am the colony!

Colonel Cutter: She's about yay tall, fairly easy

[pause]

Colonel Cutter: on the eyes.

Bala: Z's dead. You don't have to worry about him.

Colonel Cutter: Dead? Well... he was an ant with ideas. Too bad for him.

General Mandible: Seal up the doors. Cutter, did you hear me?

Colonel Cutter: Sir, I've been thinking. Do we need to go through with this? Look at what these workers have done. They've got the right stuff. Isn't there any other way?

General Mandible: Cutter, you're a fine officer. You have discipline, courage, ability... but you seem to have a weakness for the lower orders that I find disturbing. Now, are you with me?

Colonel Cutter: Time stands still for no ant.

Colonel Cutter: Attack a termite colony? That's suicide.

General Mandible: Exactly.

Colonel Cutter: I have my orders.

Bala: Don't you ever think for yourself, Cutter?

[Cutter pauses briefly as he considers this]

Colonel Cutter: Well, that was impressive. Ah, where's Z?