Demi Quotes in Phantom (2013)

Demi: You know what they call an old boat captain without a boat? "Just another drunk."

Bruni: Last chance captain. Compliance for a grateful nation?

Demi: There's a Ukrainian proverb that says: "Share a tent with Gypsies, and wake up in a field of shit."

Demi: There are only two reason why a boat would go rogue. One is to defect, and the other is to start a war. And I don't think we're defecting!

Demi: Rum's a sailor's drink. Vodka, a politician's.

Demi: Bruni's trying to start the only kind of nuclear war we can win. One we're not in.

[first lines]

Demi: My crew has just returned from 76 days at sea. The Americans are massing naval assets in the Pacific. There must be a dozen boats better rested.

Markov: Squadron Command is insisting on the most experienced captain and crew available.

Demi: I'm being retired, remember? You should know that. Your signature is all over the transfer. Even if I wasn't, my boat will be in dry dock for months.

Markov: You won't be sailing your boat. You'll be sailing the B-67.

Markov: Greatness casts a long shadow.

Demi: Do you think we can be redeemed for the things we've done?

Markov: I don't know. In our dreams, maybe. If there is such a thing, it surely requires opportunity. And here she is knocking.

Demi: We risked our lives without knowing why. He's entitled to his opinion.

Pavlov: Opinions are antithetical for a clear chain of command.

Bruni: What you do not understand, and what our politicians don't want to accept or face, is that the Americans have acquired a first-strike nuclear capability.

Demi: Well, even if that's the case, what makes you think they'd use it?

Bruni: *We* would.

Demi: The Americans value individual life above everything else. They wouldn't tolerate the loss of even one single city.

Demi: The Americans *do* have an incentive for peace.

Bruni: What would that be?

Demi: Empathy. Humanity.

Bruni: You'd wager the survival of our country on that?

Demi: Know something I don't? Because our mission will be compromised.

Bruni: That presumes you know what our mission is.

[Talking about angela]

Judd: Hey, Molly, how do you put up with that bitch?

Molly Nagle: She's not that bad.

Demi: Come on, Molly, you have to admit she's a little bit weird.

Ally: Weird isn't the word for it. I think she's a dike.

[guys start laughing]

Ally: I'm totally serious.

Ally: What are you staring at? Haven't you ever seen a pair of boobs before?

Demi: Leave her alone, Ally, I mean she's only looking at that long black hair growing out of your left nipple.