- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: Tell me, how is it a Cuban hotfoot like you comes all the way over here to join the United States Navy?
- Pat Tarriba: Well, the United States helped to make Cuba free; so, I come here to free the United States.
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: Cease firing.
- Sampier: We sure knocked that honey out of the box.
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: Yeah, you couldn't even hit an umpire with a pop bottle.
- Myra Mallory: It wasn't your fault.
- Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands: No, but it was my responsibility and - in the Navy that's the only thing that counts.
- Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands: Oh, Myra, I guess we better get back to our jobs.
- Myra Mallory: I've always thought my job was - kind of looking after you.
- Myra Mallory: [whispering] We may both be dead in five minutes. You can't stop me now, Mike Mallory - you and the whole U.S. Navy.
- Sampier: [Pat speaks in Spanish] What does that mean?
- Pat Tarriba: Just a few words from the Cuban National Anthem: Don't be afraid of the glorious death, Cause to die for your country - is to live.
- Sampier: Ah, for Pete's sake, come on, let's listen to the ballgame.
- Coxswain G. Berringer: Was it me that got that last Heinie?
- Joe 'Babe' Duttson: You bet you did. Right on the button.
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: I don't trust those Fritzies. They gave up too easy. As soon as we go aboard, send a detail to check the seacock.
- Captain of 'Odin': How did you know we were a German ship?
- Sampier: Oh, that was easy. We got a tip from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- Captain of 'Odin': I'm afraid I'm not familiar with American humor.
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: I hate to deprive you of that ringside seat so you could watch us get blown to pieces.
- Captain of 'Odin': I must confess, I am a bit disappointed.
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: Wouldn't it be funny if you boys found this war one disappointment after another.
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: I'll vouch for my crew!
- Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands: Then, you like the idea?
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: Yeah. The only thing I don't like about it is that you thought of it.
- Captain of 'Odin': I will have my coffee now.
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: Ask for the double-Mickey brand.
- Richard 'Dutch' Kroner: May I suggest, gentlemen, that neither one of you is exactly the conventional German type.
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: What's the matter with you?
- Joe 'Babe' Duttson: Well, I don't like to do that, sir.
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: You've got to do a lot of things you don't like to win a war!
- [last lines]
- Lt. Thomas L. 'Tom' Sands: You know, there was a pretty fair sailor once by the name of John Paul Jones. He said...
- Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory: Yeah, I know. "We've just begun to fight!"