Fred the Cook Quotes in Miracle Mile (1988)

Harry Washello: I know how this sounds, but I answered the phone out there and the guy on the other end he was very, very frantic. He thought I was his dad fro a minute, I think he just had the wrong area code.

Fred the Cook: Yeah, so what?

Harry Washello: So he was calling from a missile silo! He said that they were locked in, 50 minutes and counting, to shoot off their nuclear wad. We would be getting it back in an hour and 10. I mean he meant that we're at war! Nuclear war!

Fred the Cook: Landa, you said we had to strike FIRST if it ever came down to it, remember you told me that? Do you remember?

Landa: I remember, Fred.

Fred the Cook: Preemptive first strike!

Mike: Shit!

Waitress: They have to evacuate us first, don't they?

Mike: You tell me where to! When was the last time they told you what to do incase. There's no plan!