Woody Jason Quotes in Flying Tigers (1942)

Woody Jason: [as he charges outside during an air raid] C'mon, everybody! The bank's open!

Woody Jason: [minutes later, after he grabs an unarmed and radio-less fighter to join the battle... even after Jim has told him to wait until he gets combat training] Get your checkbook out, General.

[He's about to shoot down some Japanese, or so he thinks]

Woody Jason: [after getting winged by a Japanese bomber and making a forced landing, right into a tree] ... Well, I walked away from THAT one!

Another Pilot: Yeah... A few more landings like THAT, and you'll be a Japanese ace!

Jim Gordon: [after Woody joins a sortie against Jim's orders, in a fighter without ammo or a radio, and gets himself shot down] Where do you think you are, with some broken-down flying circus?

Woody Jason: Aw, it would've been a cinch; I was ridin' the murder-spot right above those Jap bombers! If I had ammo, I'd have blown them clear out of China!

Jim Gordon: Instead, you wasted a good ship!

Woody Jason: Hey, you talk like that crate's more important than me.

Jim Gordon: I can't afford to lose planes OR pilots...

Woody Jason: It's like I told you earlier, Pappy: All I get out of this is the dough, so you can't blame me for trying. In a skeet match, the guy who knocks down the most pigeons wins the cup.

Jim Gordon: ...I also can't have grand-standers trying to hog the whole show! Results around here are based on co-operation and understanding. Discipline in the air is strict, because that's the only way an outfit like this can operate!

Woody Jason: ...And here I thought it was every man for himself.

Jim Gordon: Not these days, it isn't. Just wait until the day you look over your shoulder and see a Jap sittin' on your tail, in a ship that you can't out-maneuver! THEN you'll know what I'm talking about.

Woody Jason: [after a list of kills has been posted] 2000 bucks and it's only thursday, I could take that scoredboard down to the bank and cash it in right now. I wonder if anybody's ever beat that record?

Another Pilot: I knew a guy who tied it once, only he didn't live to spend it.

Woody Jason: Too bad he waited. I have a feeling when I hit my stride the rest of you guys can take a vacation. At my expense, of course.

Woody Jason: [after Blackie has been shot down and killed] ... C'mon, fellas, you can't pin this on me! If Blackie hadn't opened his chute so soon, it wouldn't have happened!

Hap Smith: Maybe if you'd followed Blackie down, it wouldn't have happened, either! You were nearest to him, and you were in the clear. What happened?

Woody Jason: ...A Mitsi got in my way.

Hap Smith: [bitter] I guess it's easier to see 500 bucks than a pal of yours in trouble.

[Woody has "broken the camel's back", by getting Hap killed]

Jim Gordon: There's an army truck out of here for Rangoon the day after tomorrow. Be on it.

Woody Jason: Don't say that, Jim!

Jim Gordon: Until then, you're confined to your quarters.

Woody Jason: I'm still a good flier, Jim! I'll knock down five Japs for every one of our boys!

Jim Gordon: It's out of my hands now. None of THESE men will ever fly with you again. And they HAVE to fly.

Woody Jason: [doing magic tricks for the kids] I have here a shiny new quarter. Brand new. Just made it this morning.

[sniffs it]

Woody Jason: Brand new - you can still smell the mint!

Repkin: Jason, what's your position?

Woody Jason: My instruments tell me I'm flying upside-down 500 feet below Lake Michigan, but they must be wrong, because I can see the lights of the field. Run for cover, I'm comin' in!

Woody Jason: [almost crashing into mountain] Pull 'er up!

Jim Gordon: Didja you know I used to drive a roller coaster?

Woody Jason: Delivering nitro?

Jim Gordon: Yesss.

Woody Jason: Were you killed?

Jim Gordon: Uh-huh.

Woody Jason: [after hitting bridge and supply train] Give the gentleman a cee-gar!

Jim Gordon: If they wanna cross that river, they'll have to swim it!

Woody Jason: Maybe we can have dinner some time.

Brooke Elliott: I never get quite *that* hungry.

Alabama Smith: Doggone it, you ought to be tarred and feathered Woody, gettin' slung out of this outfit just when things are getting exciting.

Woody Jason: What's going on out there?

Alabama Smith: Huh?

Woody Jason: You heard me, what's happening?

Alabama Smith: Oh, that's the skipper's idea, he's going over to fix breakfast for the Jappies. Gonna serve 'em soup.

Woody Jason: Who's going with him?

Alabama Smith: Nobody, and if you ask me, it's a one way trip.

Jim Gordon: Get 'er closer!

Woody Jason: If we get any closer to that bridge, we'll have to pay a toll charge!

Woody Jason: [Woody has just inadvertently insulted Jim's girlfriend, who walks away] Did I do something wrong?

Jim Gordon: Do you ever do anything right?