The Messenger

Capt. Tony Stone:
[walking to deliver the news to a wife that her husband has died] It could be worse. It could be Christmas.

Capt. Tony Stone:
Men are the ones that try harder to keep it together. They also can hurt you.

Capt. Tony Stone:
All I ever wanted was to get shot at. Is that too much to ask for, on the battlefield? A battle?

Dale Martin:
Look at that tree. Look at that f***ing tree! The same age as my son!

Captain Tony Stone:
I know what you're thinkin'. You're thinkin' sh*t, I'm a goddamn decorated war hero with three months left to serve, and they draft me into the angels-of-death squadron. I get a beeper, a canned speech, and a lunatic commanding officer to serve a f***in' ocean of grief. Am I right?

Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery:
More or less, sir. Am I right?

Captain Tony Stone:
It should be in the next couple of blocks...

Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery:
We should just ask someone.

Captain Tony Stone:
No! First of all, men don't ask for directions. Much less soldiers.

Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery:
Why did you join?

Captain Tony Stone:
A dare.

Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery:
A dare? Why are you still here?

Captain Tony Stone:
Well, they offered me a commission, and no one dared me to leave. And I dare you to stay.

Captain Tony Stone:
If she's into you, she's into some weird sh*t.

Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery:
Thank you, sir, I'll make a note of that.

Olivia Pitterson:
Did you ever lose anybody?

Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery:
Yeah. Friends, over there. My father, during peace time, drunk driver.

Olivia Pitterson:
Did they catch him?

Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery:
No, my father was the drunk driver.

Captain Tony Stone:
You gotta wake the f*** up! You're not in high school, you're not in a f***in' rock band, you're in the Army.

Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery:
Yeah, I know. I know I'm in the Army. I gave blood to the Army. I got blown up in a fire-fight that lasted longer than your entire war. I didn't sunbath in Kuwait with the rest of the POGs.