Jake Holman Quotes in The Sand Pebbles (1966)

Jake Holman: I was home. What happened? What the hell happened?

Jake Holman: [Holman enters the engine room after boarding the San Pablo. He looks around the room, smiles and places his hand on the machinery] Hello, Engine; I'm Jake Holman.

Captain Collins: Holman, I'll have you shot as a mutineer!

Jake Holman: Well shoot something!

[Jake Holman (Machinist Mate 1st Class ) teaching Po-han (Engine Room coolie) the engine room]

Jake Holman: Valve.

Po-han: Wow.

Jake Holman: Valve.

Po-han: Wow.

[points to valve, more emphatically]

Po-han: Wow.

Jake Holman: Yeah, okay... wow.

[pointing to another valve]

Jake Holman: Main steam stop valve.

Po-han: Main steam stop wow.

Jake Holman: Hello, Engine; I'm Jake Holman.

Jake Holman: [Last Lines] I was home. What happened? What the hell happened?

Captain Collins: Do you know what this is? Desertion in the face of the enemy.

Jake Holman: I don't got no more enemies. Shove off, Captain.

Jake Holman: Hit him. He's getting tired.

Po-han: Maybe he tired hit me.

Jake Holman: I told you not to talk to sailors, didn't I?