Full Metal Jacket Quotes

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

"How tall are you, private? Sir, five-foot-nine, sir. Five-foot-nine, I didn't know they stacked shit that high!""The dead know only one thing: it is better to be alive.""Were you born a fat, slimy, scumbag puke piece o' shit, Private Pyle, or did you have to work on it?""Oh that's right, Private Pyle, don't make any fucking effort to get to the top of the fucking obstacle. If God would have wanted you up there he would have miracled your ass up there by now, wouldn't he?""You best unfuck yourself or I will unscrew your head and shit down your NECK!""... we have a new directive from M.A.F. on this. In the future, in place of "search and destroy," substitute the phrase "sweep and clear." Got it? Got it. Very catchy.""A day without blood is like a day without sunshine.""I wanna slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade? What do you got?""Now you might not believe it, but under fire Animal Mother is one of the... finest human beings in the world. All he needs is somebody to throw hand grenades at him the rest of his life.""Do you feel dizzy? Do you feel faint! Jesus H. Christ! I think you've got a hard-on!""You weren't on Operation Hastings, Payback. You weren't even in country. Oh, eat shit and die, you fucking Spanish American. You fucking *pogue*! I was there man! I was in the shit with the grunts!""Well, if you ask me, uh, we're shooting the wrong gooks.""Our last night on the island. I draw fire watch.""What is your major malfunction numbnuts? Didn't mommy and daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?""Didn't mommy and daddy give you enough attention when you were a child?!""Is that you John Wayne, is this me?""You got girlfriend Vietnam? Not just this minute.""I want that head so sanitary and squared away that the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to go in there and take a dump.""hell i like you, you can come to my house and fuck my sister""do you suck dick........ sir no sir bull shit i bet you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose. Bullshit. I bet you could suck a golfball through a garden hose.""You little scumbag! I've got your name! I've got your ass! You will not laugh! You will not cry! You will learn by the numbers and I will teach you!""How tall are you, private? Sir, five-foot-nine, sir. Five-foot-nine, I didn't know they stacked shit that high!""Hell I like you. You can come to my house and fuck my sister.""I am in a world of shit""The dead know only one thing: it is better to be alive.""What is your major malfunction?"