Corporal Quotes in '71 (2014)

Captain Sandy Browning: [as the lieutanant and corporal barge into his office] Not now, Lieutenant, we're busy.

Lt. Armitage: I wondered if we could help with...

Captain Sandy Browning: [firmly] We are busy, Lieutenant.

Lt. Armitage: I do understand that, sir.

Corporal: [abruptly] Why aren't you out there lookin' for him?

Captain Sandy Browning: What?

Corporal: Why aren't you out there lookin' for him?

Captain Sandy Browning: Who?

Corporal: Hook. Private Hook. You probably know where they're taking...

Captain Sandy Browning: [shouts suddenly and gets up from the desk] Don't you fuckin' dare! I'm your fucking senior officer! Stand up straight!

[glares at the corporal and then says quietly to Armitage]

Captain Sandy Browning: You need to learn to control your men, Lieutenant. I am not here to clean up your fucking mistakes. Your men, your fucking responsibility, not mine.

Captain Sandy Browning, Lt. Armitage: [nervously] I'm asking for your help.

Captain Sandy Browning: [tosses Hook's dog tags to him] There you go. There's my help.

Lt. Armitage: Is he dead?

Captain Sandy Browning: We do not know. The situation is confused, to say the least. Now if you do not mind, we have work to do. Off you go.

Skipper: Debbie!

Kowalski: Dave.

Skipper: Dave!

Corporal: He hacked into our system.

[There's no sound onscreen as Dave speaks]

Eva: Where's the sound?

Kowalski: Dave, your microphone, it's not on.

Classified: Click on the button with the picture of the microphone.

Short Fuse: Every time a villain calls in, this happens.

Dave: Hello?

[the screen goes off]

Dave: Hello?

Kowalski: But, now we can hear you.

Short Fuse: So annoying!

Kowalski: But we cannot see.

Short Fuse: Every time!

Classified: It's like talking to my parents.

Classified: What is that?

[they see numerous painful weapons as they are going to be killed on the ride]

Classified: Oh, great.

Short Fuse: Oh, no! This it it!

Corporal: I don't wanna die, I'm squishy!

[before they are killed by one of the weapons, the ride stops and goes reverse to see Private knocked out the squid controlling the ride]

Classified: OH NO, WE'RE DEAD! DEAD! DEAAAAAAAAAAD!

Private: [to the North Wind team] I pushed a button!

[first lines]

Corporal: [to the soldiers] You are now about to become Officers of the Army of the United States.

Corporal: Good morning. Blowy day?

Maureen: Yes, Corporal - it's the wind!

Corporal: Only want to be friendly, kids.

Irish Girl: Then go back to London, and write us a letter!

Corporal: I don't come from London, love.

Maureen's boyfriend: Go anyway.

Thomas Ryan: [Corporal is reading a newspaper article about fighting in France] It seems the Jerries are giving your brave lads out there a terrible scrimmage, then.

Corporal: Aye.

Mr. McCardle: Well, you see Tom, Jerry's a tougher proposition than unarmed Irish children.

Corporal: As far as I know, Mr. McCardle, no children were killed!

[laughs of disbelief]

Corporal: All right, there were. They get you in this uniform, you aim your gun where you're told to point it, and you pull the trigger. And so does Jerry... and so would you!

Corporal: We don't think. That's for Officers.

[first lines]

Corporal: The childhood plays are over now, recruit!

Corporal: Here you don't smile! If someone can afford to smile in his civilian life, he must remember that here it is not allowed to neigh like a horse!