Ens. Frank Pulver Quotes in Ensign Pulver (1964)

Sailor: [Ensign Pulver is smuggling liquor aboard in a case marked "Brassieres"] Are bras that heavy, Mister Pulver?

Ens. Frank Pulver: Only when they're full.

Captain Morton: [Having intercepted Ens. Pulver attempting to smuggle bottles of scotch on board] I want the name of every man that ordered a bottle of that stuff.

Ens. Frank Pulver: Nobody ordered it, sir. It's for me.

Captain Morton: You was gonna' drink all of that yourself?

Ens. Frank Pulver: Slowly.

Captain Morton: This is a *Navy* ship, mister! Throw that dirty liquor overboard!

Doc: [Ens. Pulver has been telling Doc about scaring the captain off the ship] "Scare the captain off this ship"! Don't dream. Don't dream!

Ens. Frank Pulver: Stop talking like somebody's father! What about you? You don't even dream!

Doc: Touché, Frank. I'm a vegetable. Eggplants don't dream, do they?

Doc: [mimicking a child's voice] And what did you do in the Great War, daddy?

Doc: [normal voice] I sat on a ship, paralyzed, and watched men rot.

Doc: I'm kaput. But you've got a potential. A destructive nature. And what do you do with it? Shoot flies with a piece of lead foil!

Ens. Frank Pulver: A naval officer has to be an expert at ballistics.

Ens. Frank Pulver: You mean after everything I've told you, you think I *could* be a doctor?

Scotty: By rights, you should be a good one. You have more people to prove yourself to than anyone I ever heard of. You should cash in on that. My family's in business. They say the big trick is to turn liabilities into assets.