Quotes

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Rafe: J, L, M, K, P, O, E, T, X. Eyes like an eagle, ma'am. Evelyn: Slow down, flyboy. And instead of the bottom, read the very top. Both eyes. Rafe: Yeah. C. Sorry, J. [clears throat] C, W, uh, Q, uh, Q Evelyn: [smiles] Read the bottom line again, please, but read it right to left and every other letter. Rafe: E, X... Danny: X, E. Rafe: X, E. X, E, ma'am. Ma'am, I know how this looks. Evelyn: I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I really am, but Army and Navy requires 20/20 vision. Rafe: Oh, I... It's not a problem with my eyes. I mean, I can see. I mean I can hit a runnin' rabbit with a three-dollar pistol. I got a problem with letters, that's all. Evelyn: Well, maybe after some schooling, you could come back and take the test again. Rafe: No, I had schooling. I mean, the teachers just never knew what to make of it, I... It's just letters. I mix 'em up sometimes. That's all. I mean, I just get 'em backward sometimes. Look here. My math and spatial reasoning and my verbal scores are all excellent.

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Rafe: You are so beautiful, it hurts. Evelyn: It's your nose that hurts. Rafe: I think it's my heart.

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Danny: [exiting from theater] Evelyn! Evelyn: Danny! Danny: Hey. Evelyn: Some comedy, huh? Danny: Yeah. Evelyn: It's been a while. Danny: Yeah, I've been logging a lot offlight hours. Evelyn: I kinda been avoiding you too. Danny: Yeah. Look, do you... Evelyn: Do you... Danny: Do you want to? Evelyn: Yeah.

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Franklin Roosevelt: Gentlemen, most of you did not know me when I had the use of my legs. I was strong, and proud, and arrogant. Now I wonder, every hour of my life, why God put me into this chair, but when I see defeat in the eyes of my countrymen, in your eyes right now, I start to think that maybe He brought me down for times like these when we all need to be reminded who we truly are, that we will not give up or give in. Adm. Chester Nimitz: Mr. President, with all respect, sir. What you're asking can't be done. George Fields: [tries to aid the president] Mr. President... Roosevelt: Get back, George. Get back. [struggles to stand but is able to stand erect; to officers] Do not tell me it can't be done.

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Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: I heard what you did. Rafe: We can explain that, sir. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Explain what? Danny: Whatever it is you heard about us, sir. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: You mean the hoola shirts you were flying in... or the seven planes you shot down.

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Pilot: What if we have to bail out over Japan? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Well, in that situation, I can't tell you what to do. Rafe: What would you do, colonel? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: I wasn't built to be a prisoner... so I would have my crew bail out. I'd find the sweetest military target I could and drive my plane right smack into the middle of it and kill as many of those bastards as I possibly could.

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Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Secretary of the Navy gave me these. Danny: What are they? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Friendship medals the Japanese gave us when they were pretending they wanted peace. Rafe: What do you want me to do with them sir? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: We're gonna wire them to the bombs and give them back.

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Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Where'd you find religion? 1st Lt Richard Cole: When you assigned me to this mission, sir. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: I want you to do me a favor. Cole: What's that, Colonel? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Pray for both of us.

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Rafe: Danny, you can't die. You can't die. You know why? Because you're going to be a father. You're going to be a daddy. I wasn't supposed to tell you. You're going to be a father. Please. Danny: No, you are.