Best Lines From Band Of Brothers

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More awesome quotes from my favorite of all time mini-series....BAND OF BROTHERS Quotes

“Just remember boys, flies carry disease. So keep yours closed.” George Luz


George Luz (imitating Lt. Dike): "Sgt. Lipton, you take care of things here and I'm gonna go for help. I got to go polish my oak leaf clusters."



Carwood Lipton (narrating): Lt. Dike wasn't a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions

Toye: How do I feel about being rescued by Patton? Well I'd feel pretty peachy, except for one thing, we didn't ******* need to be rescued by Patton. Got that?

Ronald Spiers: Maybe that's because Tercius knew there was some value to the men thinking he was the meanest, toughest sonofabitch in the whole Roman Legion


Warren Muck: Hey, even 1st Sergeant Lipton there, he got a couple of pieces of a tank shell burst in Caretan. One chunk in the face, the other chunk nearly took out his nuts.
Bill Guarnere: How are those nuts, Sarge?
Carwood Lipton: They're doing fine, Bill, nice of you to ask.


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Carwood Lipton: From this day to the ending of the world we in it shall be remembered. We lucky few, we band of brothers. For he who today sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.

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Richard Winters: We're not lost, Private, we're in Normandy.

Cpt. Nixon: There's a company in Nixon, New Jersey. It's called Nixon Nitration Works.
Richard Winters: Sounds picturesque.
Cpt. Nixon: Yeah, well, oddly enough, I know the owners. Probably gonna expect me to make something of myself. I though maybe I'd drag you along with me.

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Col. Sink: Kids, I just had a conversation with General LeClerc. He told me he was first into Paris, and by God, he wanted to be first into Berchtesgaden. I told him I understood his point. Now you fire up Second Battalion and out flank that French son of a bitch!

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Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman: Lieutenant Sobel hates us, sir.
Richard Winters: Lieutenant Sobel does not hate Easy Company, Private Randleman. He just hates you.
Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman: Thank you, sir.










And My favorite one of all That always brings tears to my eyes
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Richard D. Winters: I treasure my remark to a grandson who asked, "Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" "No", I answered, "But I served in a company of heroes".

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1. "Hey, why is that eagle screaming?"

"Help! Help! Help!"

I don't know if that bit made it into the series, but I happen to be re-reading the book tonight, and that one makes me :rofl:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Yeah, that was the ribbing from the 82nd

as the 101st staggered out of the Bulge towards the rear.

Famous line.

[BlueIris]

4. Glad someone else here has read the book.

Gives you a whole different perspective on the mens' experience, really. Ambrose had a gift for portraying people with both accuracy and dignity that I think the scriptwriters for the Spielberg/Hanks team kinda lacked.

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7. I own most of Ambrose's books

And will soon have Beyond BoB by Winters.

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8. I would not say lacked... just limited by the

medium. You just can't portray that kind of psychodrama on movies/tv as well as you can in print.

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3. "Yeah, he should have. But he didn't."

Nixon, after someone in E-company declares that Hitler should have just killed himself.

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5. Mine from the other thread

Nixon: (Referring to Sobel) You know a man in this company who wouldn't double-time Currahee with a full pack just to piss in that man's morning coffee?


(on the transport headed for England)
Muck: Right now, some lucky bastard's headed for the Pacific, get put on some tropical island, surrounded by six naked native girls, helping him cut up coconuts so he can hand feed them to the flamingos.
Domingus: Flamingos are mean. They bite.
Sisk: So do the naked native girls.
Perconte: With any luck.


(In Normandy, immediately the drop)
Winters: "Flash!"
Hall: "SHIT!"
Winters: I don't think that's the correct reply trooper. I say flash, you say thunder.
Hall: Yes, sir. Thunder, sir.


Toye: What about socks Junior? You got extra socks?
Suerth: A pair
Muck: You need four minimum. Feet, hands, neck, balls, extra socks warms them all. Ok we all remembered that one. Now if we could remember the socks.


(A replacement joins the company after Bastogne)
Ken Webb: Have a lot of you guys been injured?
Sgt. Martin: It's called wounded, Peanut. Injured is when you fall out of a tree or something.


Webster: (at a passing column of German prisoners) Hey! Hey, you! That's right! That's right! Say hello to Ford! And General fucking Motors! Look at you! You have horses! What were you thinking?!
(Garcia pulls him down)
Webster: (mutters) Dragging our asses half-way around the world (then shouts) and for what?! You ignorant, servile scum! What the fuck are we doing here!?


(Raiding a bakery in Germany in order to feed concentration camp victims)
Webster: Shut up you nazi fuck!
Baker: (in German) I'm not a nazi!
Webster: Not a nazi, sorry my mistake you fat fucking prick, what about a human being? Are you one of those? Or are you going to tell me you've never smelled the fucking stench!


(Winters gives a German general the opportunity to address his men one final time)
Men, it's been a long war. Its been a tough war. You've fought bravely, proudly for your country. You are a special group. You found in one another a bond that exists only in combat. Your brothers have shared foxholes with each other in dire moments. Have seen death and suffering. I am proud to have shared with each and everyone of you. You deserve long and happy lives in peace.


Cpt. Nixon: Hitler's dead.
Liebgott: Holy shit.
Cpt. Nixon: Shot himself in Berlin.
Pvt. Webster: He should have killed himself three years ago. Saved us a lot of trouble.
Cpt. Nixon: Yeah, he should have. But he didn't.

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6. Bought the set two Christmas ago, watched more than 6 times

in it's entirety. What a great series. Should be used to teach about the War in Europe in the schools.

[BlueIris]

9. I TiVo-ed it off HBO during its original run and between watching it myself,

showing it to my roommates and my family--I've lost track of how many times I've seen it. It's great. I think they should TOTALLY show it in schools. I would actually declare it completely high school friendly.

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10. When my beloved Don Malarkey asks, "Hey, Skip, where you been? I've been looking all over for you,"

while poor Skip Muck is trying to watch a movie and Muck says, annoyed, "Well, Don, I was at home in Tondowanda, but then Hitler started this whole thing, so now I'm here."

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11. He he...

That's one of my favorites. And when he tells Bull to hit that other guy toward the end as they're walking along in Germany. (I haven't seen it quite as many times!)

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12. I'll probably be paraphrasing--

I'll probably be paraphrasing--

During the particularly nasty shelling in Bastogne, Luz and Lipton wind up in the same fox hole and a dud shell lands two feet from them. Luz looks shaken and lights up a smoke. Lipton takes the cigarette from Luz's mouth and Luz says, "I thought you didn't smoke." Lipton replies, "I didn't."

That was the most difficult episode to watch due to some of our favorite characters getting killed/wounded.


As an aside-- I was recently told BoB II is in shooting status. Supposedly, it covers a company of Marines as they fight through the Pacific theater and will be produced by Spielberg and Hanks again.

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14. Pacific

Hey Lantern,

Do you know what islands this is going to be covering??
The Pacific 1941-1945 is my specialty!!!

[BlueIris]

15. Also from "Bastogne":

In a prelude to one of the most masterful scenes Spielberg has ever filmed, Harry and one of the lieutenants have built a fire somewhere on the line where there's a ring of trees or something behind them. Winters sees what they're up to and comes over to remind them,

"Fire's not a good idea."

Harry: "Just a few minutes. We're in a dell."

Winters: "A dell?"

Harry: "Like where faeries and gnomes live." (Nixon wanders up)

Nixon: "I swear I thought I could smell a fire. (Notes the small blaze-in-a-coffee-can) I did smell a fire. (To Winters) Are you out of your mind?"

Winters: "Well, we're in a dell."

Then, uh, well, I wouldn't want to spoiler it for those who haven't seen the series yet.

Also...BoB II? That sounds like...such a terrible idea.

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17. LUZ

I also love when they are in the movie theater watching that movie, and Luz
keeps mocking the actors..."Got that Penny, Got that Penny"

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13. "Hey, Heffron, how's Hinkle?"

"Hinkle? Hinkle? Ist das du, Hinkle?"

I need to buy the series. It's too good not to own. My favorite moment in the entire series is when Winters, scouting ahead of his men, finds himself facing an entire company of SS who are momentarily oblivious to his presence. That scene and the Brécourt Manor Assault are just amazing. Oh, and when Spiers runs through Foy. Although the book is good, it just gives quick sketches of the action. I find it difficult to visualize the action. The series really helps to see what was going on.

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16. Perconte: Kind of remind ya of Bastogne?

Luz: Yeah, now that you mention it... Except, of course, there's no snow, we got warm grub in our bellies, and the trees aren't f**kin' exploding from Kraut artillery, but yeah... Frank... other than that, it's a lot like Bastogne.