Patton (1970)

Karl Malden: General Omar N. Bradley

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• General Omar N. Bradley : There's one big difference between you and me, George. I do this job because I've been trained to do it. You do it because you LOVE it.

• General Omar N. Bradley : What we really need is... someone tough enough to really pull this outfit together.

  Brig. Gen. Hobart Carver : Patton?

  General Omar N. Bradley : Possibly.

  Brig. Gen. Hobart Carver : [with a smile]  God help us!

• Soldier : What silly son of a bitch is in charge of this operation?

  General Omar N. Bradley : I don't know, but they oughta hang him.

• Patton : When we took Palermo they called me a hero, said I was the greatest general since Stonewall Jackson.

  General Omar N. Bradley : [looking at a newspaper and chuckling]  And now they draw cartoons about you.

• Patton : [Bradley frowns as Patton pins on his new stars]  What's the matter, Brad? I've been nominated by the president.

  General Omar N. Bradley : I know... but it doesn't become official until it's been approved by the Senate.

  Patton : Well, they have their schedule and I have mine.

  General Omar N. Bradley : [smiles wryly]  George, I think if you were named Admiral of the Turkish navy, your aides could dip into their haversacks and come up with the appropriate badges of rank. Anyway, congratulations, George...

  [extends his hand, then pulls it back] 

  General Omar N. Bradley : *premature* congratulations.

  [shakes Patton's hand] 

• General Omar N. Bradley : [looking at the Stars and Stripes]  Give George a headline and he's good for another 30 miles.

• Patton : I don't know why, but the image of a bullet coming straight for my nose was more horrifying than anything else.

  General Omar N. Bradley : Well, I can understand that, George, it's such a handsome nose.

• General Omar N. Bradley : But I do know that you're gambling with the lives of those boys... Just so you can beat Montgomery into Messina. And if you pull it off, you're a big hero. But if you don't... What happens to them, the ordinary combat soldier? He doesn't share in your dreams of glory. He's stuck here. He's stuck living out every day, day to day, with death tugging at his elbow.