Full Metal Jacket * Quotes

Gny. Sgt. Hartman: "Do any of you people know where these individuals learned how to shoot?... Private Joker."
Pvt. Joker: "Sir. In the Marines, Sir."
Gny. Sgt. Hartman: "In the Marines. Outstanding. Those individuals showed what one motivated Marine and his rifle can do. And before you ladies leave my Island, you will all be able to do the same thing."

Pvt. Joker: "Leonard, if Hartman comes in here and catches us, we'll both be in a world of shit."
Pvt. Pyle: "I am... in a world... of shit."

"You best unfuck yourself or I will unscrew your head and shit down your neck!"

"You know, half of these gook whores are sworn members of the Vietcong. The other half got TB. Make sure you only fuck the ones who cough."

"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."

"This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it, as I must master my life. Without me my rifle is useless. Without my rifle I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before god I swear this creed: my rifle and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of our enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen."

Gny. Sgt. Hartman: "I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be 'Sir'. Do you maggots understand that?"
Recruits: "Sir, yes Sir."
Gny. Sgt. Hartman: "Bullshit! I can't hear you. Sound off like you got a pair!"
Recruits: "SIR, YES SIR!"
Gny. Sgt. Hartman: "If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit! Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that?"