- Lieutenant Andre Bastiste Devereaux: Mr. Thompson, I have to be with my men.
- Thompson: I just got to warn you, son. No sense losin' a lot of good soldiers.
- Lieutenant Andre Bastiste Devereaux: I've already lost a lot of good soldiers.
- Joe Travis: Paris, huh?
- Lieutenant Andre Bastiste Devereaux: Uh-huh.
- Joe Travis: You might have been better off to stay there.
- Lieutenant Andre Bastiste Devereaux: You would think so, wouldn't you? But, you see, I didn't go there for pleasure. I went to study and I, uh, I failed a course.
- Joe Travis: Studied what? Wine and women?
- Lieutenant Andre Bastiste Devereaux: Ah those delights became my accomplishment. No, I was studying to be a priest.
- Joe Travis: You? A priest?
- Lieutenant Andre Bastiste Devereaux: You're no more surprised than I am, Mr. Travis, when I look back. But in those days, confusion and a troubled spirit made me look at many careers searching for one tha might be valuable.
- Joe Travis: You don't call being a priest valuable?
- Lieutenant Andre Bastiste Devereaux: Not if a man is confused, no - only if he is certain. The priesthood is a vocation that calls for strength... and courage. It was a disappointment to decide to give it up.