Civilian at the mission briefing:
"Terminate (Kurtz) with extreme prejudice
-Civilian at the mission briefing"
Kurtz:
"We must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig. Cow after cow. Village after village. Army after army.
-Kurtz"
Kurtz on Tape:
"They train boys to drop fire on people, but they won't allow then to write the word 'fuck' on an airplane because ... it's obscene. "
-Kurtz on Tape"
Kurtz on tape:
"I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor, and surviving.
-Kurtz on tape"
Willard:
"The crew were mostly kids. Rock & rollers with one foot in their graves.
-Willard"
Willard:
"Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets in the Indy 500.
-Willard"
Willard:
"Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins they gave me one.
-Willard"
Willard:
"Charlie didn't get much USO. He was dug in too deep, or movin' too fast. His idea of R-'n'-R was cold rice and a little rat meat. He had only two ways home: death or victory.
-Willard"
Kilgore:
"You either surf or you fight.
-Kilgore"
Kilgore:
"If I say it's safe to surf this beach Captain, then it's safe to surf this beach!
-Kilgore"
Photojournalist:
"The heads. You're looking at the heads. I, uh -- sometimes he goes too far, you know -- he's the first one to admit it!
-Photojournalist"
Photojournalist:
"He likes you because you're still alive.
-Photojournalist"
Chef:
"He's worse than crazy, he's evil!
-Chef"
Kilgore:
"We use Wagner. My boys love it. It scares the hell outta' the slopes.
-Kilgore"
Kilgore:
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!
-Kilgore"