Saving Private Ryan Quotes: Unforgettable Lines from a Cinematic Masterpiece
Every man I kill the farther away from home I feel.
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
FUBAR.
I’m a schoolteacher. I teach English composition… in this little town called Adley, Pennsylvania.
James, earn this… earn it.
Captain, if your mother saw you do that, she?d be very upset.
When was the last time you felt good about anything?
I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel.
Reiben, pay attention. Now, this is the way to gripe.
That?s why we can?t take children.
I know this makes no sense, but it?s… a mother?s heart.
Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die.
Theirs is the glory for they have the gallant main.
Theirs not to relapse at the happy ending.
Well, what about you? I thought you were my captain.
Looking for a needle in a stack of needles.
This entire mission is a serious misallocation of valuable military resources.
He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb.
We’re here to follow fucking orders!
There’s not a reason why.
Earn this…earn it.
FUBAR.
Picture a girl who took a nosedive from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret.
I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel.
We’re in business!
Looks like you guys got yourself into a bit of trouble.
This entire mission is a serious misallocation of valuable military resources.
I’ll see you on the beach.
It’s like finding a needle in a stack of needles.
That’s why we can’t take children.
He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb.
This time the mission is a man.
I’d say why don’t we stand up, you know, and go home…but why?
Captain, if your mother saw you do that, she’d be very upset.
Maybe saving Private Ryan will be the one decent thing we were able to pull out of this whole godawful, shitty mess.
Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die.
But you know what that means? That means that somewhere out there is the mother of all sons-of-bitches.
You don’t know anything about Ryan, do you?
You want to leave? You want to go off and fight the war? All right. All right. I won’t stop you.
He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb. – Captain Miller
James, earn this… earn it. – Captain Miller
Every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel. – Private Caparzo
You want to leave? You want to go off and fight the war? Alright. Alright. I won’t stop you. I’ll even put in the paperwork. I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel. – Captain Miller
Fubar. – Private Richard Reiben
This is my mission. You are a part of that mission… You don’t like it, I would say that is very tough shit. – Captain Miller
That’s what you and I do. We argue. You tell me what the boundaries of my particular mission are and then it is my job to complete that mission. – Captain Miller
I don’t gripe to you. I don’t gripe in front of you. You should know that. – Sergeant Horvath
Hell, these guys deserve to go home as much as I do. They’ve fought just as hard. – Private Ryan
I just know that every man I kill the farther away from home I feel. – Captain Miller
Seeing a man dying in front of you is seeing a little bit of you dying too. – Medic Wade
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve changed so much, my wife is even going to recognize me whenever it is I get back to her, and how I’ll ever be able to tell her about days like today. – Captain Miller
Like you said, Captain, we do that, we all earn the right to go home. – Private Ryan
We all have orders, and we have to follow them. That supersedes everything, including your mothers. – Captain Miller
I’m a schoolteacher. I teach English composition in this little town called Addley, Pennsylvania. – Captain Miller.