General Joseph W. Stilwell Quotes in 1941 (1979)

General Joseph W. Stilwell: This isn't the state of California, it's a state of insanity.

Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [Exit in a hurry]

General Joseph W. Stilwell: That is the craziest son of a bitch I've ever seen.

General Joseph W. Stilwell: You can't have an air raid without bombs!

General Joseph W. Stilwell: [to Birkhead, ignoring the dirt-covered corporal who pulls up in front of them at the movie theater] Come on. I don't want to miss Dumbo.

General Joseph W. Stilwell: You know, son, Colonel Maddox is mad.

Cpl. Mizerany: He is?

General Joseph W. Stilwell: [annoyed] Where's Birkhead? He's supposed to have my lunch.

Donna Stratton: [whistling, dreamy] B-17. Mmm...

[heads for the B-17 with a dreamy smile on her face]

Captain Loomis Birkhead: No man has ever gotten to first base with her on the ground. But get her up in a plane, she'll bat your balls right out of the park.

General Joseph W. Stilwell: [arriving at a movie theater] Ah, "Dumbo". Sure be good to get my mind off things for a while.

Donna Stratton: General Stilwell, Colonel Grant suggests dispatching guard units to all the city reservoirs. Intelligence suspects that fifth columnists are going to pour poison into the water supply.

General Joseph W. Stilwell: And G-2 should pour knockout drops into the water supply. Maybe the people of the city would calm down and leave the war to the Army.

General Joseph W. Stilwell: [responding to the chaos caused by panicked citizens thinking the Japanese are invading] Sergeant, secure this area. I want a one-block perimeter.

Sergeant Frank Tree: Yes, sir! What's the plan of action, sir?

General Joseph W. Stilwell: Hold the block. You can hold one block, can't you?

General Joseph W. Stilwell: [Seeing Private Johnson running by saluting him] What was that?

Pvt. DuBois: Appears to be a large Negro, sir.