Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Barry Pepper: Private Jackson

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Quotes 

• Private Jackson : Sir... I have an opinion on this matter.

  Captain Miller : Well, by all means, share it with the squad.

  Private Jackson : Well, from my way of thinking, sir, this entire mission is a serious misallocation of valuable military resources.

  Captain Miller : Yeah. Go on.

  Private Jackson : Well, it seems to me, sir, that God gave me a special gift, made me a fine instrument of warfare.

  Captain Miller : Reiben, pay attention. Now, this is the way to gripe. Continue, Jackson.

  Private Jackson : Well, what I mean by that, sir, is... if you was to put me and this here sniper rifle anywhere up to and including one mile of Adolf Hitler with a clear line of sight, sir... pack your bags, fellas, war's over. Amen.

  Private Reiben : Oh, that's brilliant, bumpkin. Hey, so, Captain, what about you? I mean, you don't gripe at all?

  Captain Miller : I don't gripe to *you*, Reiben. I'm a captain. There's a chain of command. Gripes go up, not down. Always up. You gripe to me, I gripe to my superior officer, so on, so on, and so on. I don't gripe to you. I don't gripe in front of you. You should know that as a Ranger.

  Private Reiben : I'm sorry, sir, but uh... let's say you weren't a captain, or maybe I was a major. What would you say then?

  Captain Miller : Well, in that case... I'd say, "This is an excellent mission, sir, with an extremely valuable objective, sir, worthy of my best efforts, sir. Moreover... I feel heartfelt sorrow for the mother of Private James Ryan and am willing to lay down my life and the lives of my men - especially you, Reiben - to ease her suffering."

  Mellish : [chuckles]  He's good.

  Private Caparzo : I love him.

  [they make mocking kissy-faces at each other] 

• Parker : [firing machine gun]  I'm out of .30 Caliber!

  Private Jackson : [lining shots]  Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.

  [Fires rifle twice] 

  Private Jackson : My goodness and my fortress... my high tower and my Deliverer.

  [Fires rifle] 

  Private Jackson : My shield, and he in whom I trust.

  [Fires rifle, then to his rifle] 

  Private Jackson : Here you go baby.

  [Fires rifle few more times. Notices a tank has spotted them] 

  Private Jackson : Parker, get down!

• Lieutenant Dewindt : FUBAR.

  Private Reiben : FUBAR.

  Sergeant Horvath : FUBAR.

  Captain Miller : FUBAR

  Private Jackson : Y'all got that right.

  Corporal Upham : I looked up "fubar" in the German dictionary and there's no fubar in here.

• Private Jackson : I wouldn't venture out there fellas. This sniper's got talent.

• [talking about Capt. Miller] 

  Corporal Upham : Reiben, so you even know where he went to school?

  Private Reiben : Cap'n didn't go to school, they assembled him at OSC outta spare body parts of dead GIs.

  Private Caparzo : You gotta pay attention to detail, I know exactly where he's from and I know exactly what he did 'cuz I pay attention to detail.

  Private Jackson : Hey, Upham, careful you don't step in the bullshit!

• [lining up a rifle shot] 

  Private Jackson : O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.

• [lining up a rifle shot] 

  Private Jackson : Be not Thou far from me, O Lord.

• Captain Miller : Whose goin' left?

  Private Jackson : I'll do it. I'll go left.