By Dawn's Early Light (1990 TV Movie)

James Earl Jones: Alice

Quotes 

• [Alice has just refused an order from the acting president] 

  Sam : They'll shoot you for this general.

  Alice : Sam, old friend, I should find such an angel of mercy.

• President : Alice, will you call me again, before...

  Alice : Before we ram 'em? Sure.

• Alice : You're doing good, Smitty.

  Smitty : Am I improving the odds?

  Alice : About ninety-to-one!

• Alice : These are girl smokes, Sam.

  Sam : My wife says they won't kill me as fast.

• President : It's hopeless?

  Alice : If the E-4 pilot makes a mistake, slips up, maybe, but... he won't. I know him. He's good. Right now, he sees himself pursued by a madman.

• Alice : Smitty, burn out every fan in those engines. We've got five minutes or it's all over!

  Smitty : It may not do any good, sir, but I'll try.

  Alice : Will somebody give me a cigarette? A REAL cigarette!

• Alice : Turn that thing off.

  Smitty : You don't care about the radiation any more, sir?

  Alice : No, I don't.

  Smitty : What should we care about now?

  Alice : Smitty, care about catchin' E-4!

• Condor : I'll let you in on a little secret, Alice. What rattles me most are my own damn military geniuses.

  Alice : In this one, sir, there are no military geniuses.