Gen. Sloan: Now, may I say that I owe you a debt of gratitude. Perhaps you're not aware of the fact that I got my Medal of Honor... for disobeying orders.
Capt. Tom Reynolds: No, sir.
Gen. Sloan: I'd forgotten how fine it feels to do what you think is right... regardless of the consequences.

Carla Vesari: [to Captain Reynolds] Your stern Midwestern morality is so refreshing.

Carla Vesari: Captain Reynolds, is this your first war?
Capt. Tom Reynolds: It is definitely my last.
Carla Vesari: I think you love it. Like most men, you relish war.
Capt. Tom Reynolds: Miss Vesari, this may come as a shock to you, but I do not like war.

Carla Vesari: If I stay with you, Nikko, it won't be because I'm afraid of you.
Nikko Regas: In this day and age, my dear, fear is a very good basis for a relationship.

Carla Vesari: Tell me about when you were a kid.
Capt. Tom Reynolds: Well, I was a sneak and I was satanic.
Carla Vesari: That's enough. Tell me about your grandfather.
Capt. Tom Reynolds: He was a sneak and he was satanic. He told me he could never trust a man... who claimed that he never hankered for women.

Carla Vesari: That's how I am, a lot of fun, with a heart as big as the Himalayas.

Carla Vesari: When do you think it will be over? The war, I mean.
Capt. Tom Reynolds: I don't know. It may never be over.
Carla Vesari: When it is over, what will you do back in America?
Capt. Tom Reynolds: I've never thought about it. I may never go back to America... I better stay in the jungle. It's a lot simpler there.

Nikko Regas: [Greeting Tom and Danny at his cottage in Chandigarh] Welcome, allies.
Capt. Tom Reynolds: Mr. Regas.
Capt. Danny De Mortimer: We didn't realize you were tossing a gala.
Nikko Regas: Oh, nonsense. This sort of thing goes on every night. But I want you to consider this your home in Chandigarh. Your 'foxhole away from your foxhole,' so to speak.

Nikko Regas: Now, let me dwell just for one moment on the American male. They're absolutely insidious, Carla. They're full of the lonesome prairie and the smell of tumbleweed. They're sincere and dedicated, and your Tom Reynolds...
Carla Vesari: Really, Nikko, he's not 'my Tom Reynolds.'
Nikko Regas: Your Tom Reynolds is no exception. A regular Abe Lincoln in North Burma. A girl like you with a sophisticated palate... is a pushover for the type.
Carla Vesari: What a terribly civilized man you are. You never lose your balance.