Catch-22 (1970)
Jon Voight: Milo Minderbinder
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Quotes
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1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : Nately died a wealthy man, Yossarian. He had over sixty shares in the syndicate.
Yossarian : What difference does that make? He's dead.
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : Then his family will get it.
Yossarian : He didn't have time to have a family.
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : Then his parents will get it.
Yossarian : They don't need it, they're rich.
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : Then they'll understand.
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1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : We're gonna come out of this war rich!
Yossarian : You're gonna come out rich. We're gonna come out dead.
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Yossarian : Those bastards are trying to kill me.
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : No one is trying to kill you sweetheart. Now eat your dessert like a good boy.
Yossarian : Oh yeah? Then why are they shooting at me Milo?
Dobbs : They're shooting at everyone Yossarian.
Yossarian : And what difference does that make?
Dobbs : Look Yossarian, suppose, I mean just suppose everyone thought the same way you do.
Yossarian : Then I'd be a damn fool to think any different.
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1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : Yossarian, I want you to do something for me.
[removes item from small bag]
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : I want to serve this to the men. Taste it and let me know what you think.
[Yossarian takes a bite]
Yossarian : What is it?
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : Chocolate-covered cotton.
Yossarian : What are you, crazy?
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : No good, huh?
Yossarian : For Christ's sake, you didn't even take the seeds out!
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : Is it really that bad?
Yossarian : It's cotton!
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : They've got to learn to like it!
Yossarian : Why?
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : Look, I saw this great opportunity to corner the market in Egyptian cotton. How was I supposed to know there was going to be a glut? I've got a hundred warehouses stacked with the stuff all over the European theater. I can't get rid of a penny's worth. People eat cotton candy, don't they? Well this stuff is better - it's made out of real cotton.
Yossarian : Milo, people can't eat cotton!
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : They've got to - it's for the Syndicate!
Yossarian : It will make them sick! - why don't you try it yourself if you don't believe me?
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : I did - and it made me sick.
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1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : What's good for M & M Enterprises will be good for the country.
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1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder : As a matter of fact, Father, I know I can get my hands on an entire shipment of religious relics, blessed by the Pope himself. The Germans swiped them and put them on the open market. As I understand it, the stuff includes a wrist and collarbones of some of your top saints!