Battle of the Bulge (1965)

Henry Fonda: Lt. Col. Kiley

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• Gen. Grey : They've made mistakes before. Where've they made one this time?

  Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : Well, they got me mad at them.

• Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : Burn it!

• Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : A lot of guys are gonna die to keep you safe and cozy.

  Joe : You sure know how to hit below the belt, Colonel. That's dirty fighting.

  Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : We're not in a pillow fight, Joe. I'm sorry it hurts.

• Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : [Kiley is selecting men for a night patrol]  I'll take that sergeant.

  Maj. Wolenski : OK. But I'll pick the rest of your volunteers.

• Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : Having been an inspector of police doesn't disqualify me from thinking. All cops aren't flatfoots.

• Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : The German soldier facing us is still an undefeated enemy. He can still fight. His leaders know that. As long as he can fight, they'll attack.

  Col. Pritchard : I have 10 other officers in my section. We see the same information, get the same facts as you, Kiley. All of us come up with one answer, you come up with the complete opposite. When 10 men tell you you're drunk, you'd better lie down!

• Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : Look what showed up on this one.

  [shows him a reconnaissance photo] 

  Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : I took it over the Ardennes.

  Gen. Grey : Is this a Tiger tank or isn't it?

  Col. Pritchard : So it appears. One tiger doesn't make a jungle, sir.

  Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : I expect tigers in jungles. But, when I discover one in a peaceful neighborhood, I recommend all of us take a good look under our beds.

• Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : What do you think?

  Maj. Wolenski : Well, sir. I'm regular Army. I don't get into beefs between colonels. But I'll tell you what some of my stir-crazy men think. They think we got a great opportunity here. We got a chance to wipe out Germany. Just wipe it clean off the map. Knock everything down, every city, every castle, all the bridges, all the roads. Everything. Don't leave two stones standing together. Just wipe the slate clean. Turn Germany into a prairie, then ship over a few buffalo and let them start from scratch. Now, what do you think of that, colonel?

  Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : I think your men ought to wash their socks and take a shave. It stinks in here.

• Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : You make coffee as bad as my wife.

• Gen. Grey : Look at that fog. If it stays, we won't find them and we won't fight. If it lifts, they'll find us. And that will be the end of our men and our tanks. And I'm praying that it lifts. What does that make me, Dan?

  Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : A general.

• Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : Empty fuel drums and men carrying siphon hoses add up to one thing. The Germans are low on gas. They have to forage for it. That's their weakness!

• Joe : Where are the flying orders? I wanna see them. I wanna know what lunatic issued them.

  Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley : There are no orders, Joe. I'm the lunatic.