Saving Private Ryan Quotes

Earn this. – Captain John H. Miller

This is how you grip a knife. – Sergeant Horvath

The Statue of Liberty is kaput! – Private Caparzo

I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel. – Private Jackson

Right men, let’s move! – Captain John H. Miller

I’m gonna shoot you, my friend. – Private Jackson

Take cover! – Sergeant Horvath

By heat’s trail, by snow, and by German steel, we will die together. – Corporal Upham

I’m here to stop you. – Private Ryan

No one’s gonna tell me how to live my life anymore. – Captain John H. Miller

We gotta save Private Ryan! – Sergeant Horvath

Every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel. – Private Jackson

Send one immediately, and confirm. – Captain John H. Miller

You want us to take out the machine gun nest? We can’t even see it! – Private Caparzo

Every day, I think about what you said to me that day on the bridge. I’ve tried to live my life the best I could. – James Francis Ryan

Two men is a lot of calories. – Private Reiben

I just can’t see God putting a gift like that in the hands of a boy. – Private Jackson

He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb. – Private Caparzo

Earn it. – Captain John H. Miller

I’m a schoolteacher, I teach English composition in this little town called Adley, Pennsylvania. – James Francis Ryan

You don’t know when to shut up. You don’t know how to shut up. – Sergeant Horvath

You want to explain the math of this to me? I mean, where’s the sense of riskin’ the lives of the eight of us to save one guy? – Private Reiben

War educates the senses. – Captain John H. Miller

No, no, these are the good years. Just wait a while. You’ll see. – Sergeant Horvath

I don’t like the idea of shooting anyone in the back. – Private Jackson

Dying was easy. Living is hard. – Corporal Upham

Just wait till you see the other movies they’re making. Loud explosions, laughable dialogue, incredible violence. They’ll make you proud. – Private Caparzo

You don’t know when to shut up. You don’t know how to shut up. – Sergeant Horvath

James! Earn this. Earn it. – Captain James H. Miller

I just know that every gun we pick up, every rifle, every mortar we fire, is gonna be aimed right between the eyes of those boys. – Private Jackson

Roger that. Let’s go, boys. – Captain John H. Miller

Sometimes I wonder if I’ve changed so much my wife is even gonna recognize me whenever it is I get back to her, and how I’ll ever be able to tell her about days like today. – Sergeant Horvath

When you end up killing one of your own, you realize the war shouldn’t be fought. – Private Reiben

I’m gonna cut out your heart, you Nazi prick! – Private Caparzo

We might as well be having a parade down the goddamn street. – Private Reiben

Well, when I think of home, I… I think of something specific. I think of my bed. – James Francis Ryan

I don’t like this. It feels like nobody ever wins a war. – Private Caparzo

Right men, let’s move! – Captain John H. Miller

Sometimes I wonder if I’ve changed so much, my wife is even gonna recognize me whenever it is I get back to her, and how I’ll ever be able to tell her about days like today. – Sergeant Horvath

Tell me I have led a good life. – James Francis Ryan

Just keep your mouth shut and try to save your strength. – Sergeant Horvath

Sometimes I wonder if I’ve changed so much my wife is even gonna recognise me whenever it is I get back to her, and how I’ll ever be able to tell her about days like today. – Sergeant Horvath

Every day, I think about what you said to me that day on the bridge. I’ve tried to live my life the best I could. – James Francis Ryan

I don’t know. Part of me thinks the kid’s right. He asks what happened to the heroes. – Sergeant Horvath

You know, my mother once said that insanity is just a narrow bridge. One side, she says, is reason, the other, faith. – Private Reiben

So Mother Grogan’s Chowder never gave mother the trots? – Private Caparzo

I don’t know, I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel. – Private Jackson

The Statue of Liberty is kaput! – Private Caparzo

No, I don’t understand. One second they’re here and the next minute they’re gone. – Private Reiben

I’m going to shoot you, my friend. – Private Jackson