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National Lampoon's European Vacation

 National Lampoon's European Vacation (originally given the working title Vacation '2' Europe) is a 1985 comedy film. The second film in National Lampoon's Vacation film series, it was directed by Amy Heckerling, written by John Hughes, and stars Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo. Dana Hill and Jason Lively replace Dana Barron and Anthony Michael Hall as Griswold children Audrey and Rusty.
 * For over two thousand years, Europe has survived many great disasters. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase & his family are coming from America!

Clark Griswold

 * (The car is stuck in a traffic circle) Hey look kids, there's Big Ben, and there's Parliament.
 * [singing] Oh the hills are alive with the sound of Griswold/this shit's been around for a very long time.
 * Yeah country's eons old kids, that's centuries to you and me.
 * [about Stonehenge] Take a last look kids, At one of man's most curious creations, built to stand the test of time and the elements, the war, you name it, A thing of glory for a million in future generations to see, and we were here.

Dialogue

 * [The Griswold's are checking out of the Royal Imperior Windsor Arms Hotel in London]
 * Clark: Don't I have to sign this? I think the Pig in a Poke people will take care of it.
 * Hotel Desk Clerk: It doesn't include telephone bill.
 * [Upon hearing this, Audrey gets shocked and slinks away.]
 * Ellen: Oh, that's no problem. We just made a couple of local calls.
 * Hotel Desk Clerk: Okay, that'll be...(punches numbers in calculator) 253 American dollars.
 * Clark: There must be some mistake.
 * Ellen: How can that be?
 * Clark: (reads bill) Who the hell called Chicago?...........AUDREY!!
 * [cut to next scene with the family driving to Stonehenge. Audrey is crying.]
 * Ellen: Audrey, don't cry. Your father didn't mean what he said.
 * Audrey: Yes, he did!
 * Ellen: Not really honey. He has nothing against Jack. He's not really going to cut off his balls. Aren't you Clark?...Clark?!
 * Clark: Okay, I won't.

 * Stewardess: Can I get you anything to drink?
 * Clark Griswold: Honey? I guess I'll have a Coke.
 * Stewardess: Do you want that in the can?
 * Clark Griswold: No, I'll have it right here.

 * [In Germany; Clark peers down at a village in the hills and tears come to his eyes]
 * Clark Griswold: There it is, kids. My mother's land.
 * Rusty Griswold: Dad, Grandma's from Chicago.
 * Clark Griswold: Shut up, Russ.

 * [In England]
 * Ellen Griswold: Clark, you're on the wrong side of the road.
 * Clark Griswold: Yes I know, honey, I'm also on the wrong side of the car.

 * Clark Griswold: Aw, there's Buckingham Palace, kids, that's where the Queen lives and works.
 * Audrey Griswold: What does she do?
 * Clark Griswold: She queens. And she vacuums.

 * Ellen Griswold: Look back there!
 * Clark Griswold: Yeah, it's a hooker...
 * Ellen Griswold: Look who she's with!
 * [Clark looks back, Rusty is with the hooker, then Clark walks up and puts his hand on Rusty's shoulder]
 * Clark Griswold: Russell Griswold!
 * Rusty Griswold: Oink-Oink my good man.

 * Rusty Griswold: Who was it that said when in Rome do as the Romans do?
 * Clark Griswold: That was Rome not Paris. This is Paris and you're drunk.

 * [In England Rusty sees a man with a punk Mohawk haircut]
 * Rusty Griswold: That's it! That's what I want my hair to look like dad!
 * Clark Griswold: Oh Rusty you don't want to look like a rooster do you?

 * Clark Griswold: There's the left bank kids. I bet you can't guess what bank is on the right.
 * Rusty Griswold: The Bank of America.

 * [In Germany Clark is looking for their relatives house]
 * Clark Griswold: What are we looking for?
 * Audrey Griswold: Sechs (pronounced sex) Dad.
 * Clark Griswold: That'll do Audrey.
 * Rusty Griswold: Dad that's German for six.

 * Clark Griswold: Hello, my family and I were looking for sex.
 * German Neighbor: Schweinhund!

 * [Rusty and his California Girl join the rest of the family as they chase Ellen's kidnapper]
 * Clark Griswold: Get in.
 * Rusty Griswold: What Happened?
 * Audrey Griswold: Oh, not much. Mom's been kidnapped.

 * Ellen Griswold: Clark, why don't we just forget the "Pig-in-a-Poke" itinerary, and just play it by ear, like normal people?
 * Clark Griswold: Honey, we're not normal people. We're the Griswolds.

 * Bike Rider: It's just a flesh wound, honestly!

 * [Audrey arrives at the breakfast table]
 * Ellen: Hi Audrey, would you like something to eat?
 * Audrey: I'm not hungry. [shows that she received a letter from Jack and starts reading]
 * Jack: (voiceover) "Dear Audrey, I miss the shit out of you. But luckly, Debbie's been coming by to cheer me up."
 * Audrey: THAT BITCH!
 * Ellen: Is something wrong dear?
 * Audrey: No, I'm fine.
 * Jack: (voiceover) "I think it's time to ask ourselves this question. Do you think this relationship is strong enough that we consider meeting other people? I think it is."
 * Audrey: (heartbroken) Would you pass the croissants please? And the butters and jams?
 * Clark: Well it's nice to see you getting your appetite back.
 * Audrey: Yeah, well who have I got to be thin for?

 * Audrey: (calling Debbie on the phone in Rome) Hello Debbie? Audrey! Listen you and I have a big score to settle and you know exactly what I mean! So if you want to save this last shred of friendship between you and me, you'll do me this favor! I want you to book me on a Pan-Am flight out of Rome into Chicago today!...Yeah, I'll hold!.............Bitch!

 * Rusty: (last lines) Yep, the Griswolds are back.

Taglines

 * For over two thousand years, Europe has survived many great disasters. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase & his family are coming from America!
 * For centuries, Europe has survived many foreign invasions. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase and his typical American family are on the way.

Cast

 * Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold
 * Beverly D'Angelo as Ellen Griswold
 * Dana Hill as Audrey Griswold
 * Jason Lively as Rusty Griswold
 * Victor Lanoux as The Thief
 * Eric Idle as The Bike Rider

title: National Lampoon's European Vacation


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Born on the Fourth of July (film)

Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 film about Ron Kovic, who after being paralyzed in the Vietnam war and feeling betrayed by the country he fought for, becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist.
 * Directed by Oliver Stone. Written by Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone, based on Kovic's best selling autobiography of the same name.

A story of innocence lost and courage found.

Ron Kovic

 * I want a woman, Dad. I want somebody to love me. I wanna to be free again. I wanna walk in the backyard on the grass. I wanna put my bare feet in the ocean. I wanna run along the sand and feel it on my feet. I wanna stand up in the shower with the hot water streaming down my legs, in the morning... I wanna explode, Dad. I wanna get out of this fucking body I'm in. I wanna be a man again...I just wanna be a man again.
 * [to a news camera, outside the 1972 Republican Convention] I'm here tonight to say that this war is wrong, that this society lied to me, lied to my brothers. They've deceived the people of this country, tricked them into going 13,000 miles to fight a war against a poor, peasant people who have a proud history of resistance, who have been struggling for their own independence for 1,000 years - the Vietnamese people. I can't find the words to express, and the leadership of this government sickens me. People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America. We love the people of America very much, but when it comes to the government, it stops right there. The government is a bunch of corrupt thieves, they are rapists and robbers. And we are here to say that we don't have to take it anymore. We are here to say that we are here to tell the truth; they are killing our brothers in Vietnam! We want them to hear the truth tonight!
 * People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America.
 * It's my leg! I want my leg, you understand? Can't you understand that? All's I'm sayin' is that I want to be treated like a human being! I fought for my country! I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country!
 * [to Charlie] I had a mother; I had a father, things - things that made sense. Do you remember things that made sense? Things you could count on? Before we all got so lost? What are we gonna do, Charlie? What am I gonna do?

Others

 * Marine Sergeant: [to high school boys] Not everybody can become United States Marines. We want the best and we settle for nothing but the best because there is nothing prouder, nothing finer, nothing standing as straight as a United States Marine. Now they got the Air Force, they got the Navy, they got the Army, they got the Coast Guard - and if you want to join them, go ahead. They got plenty of room. But if you want a challenge, if you want to try something difficult, try to achieve the impossible - try 13 weeks of hell at Parris Island, South Carolina and find out if you got what it takes, find out if you really are a man, then the Marines might be what you are looking for. Tarawa... Iwo Jima... Belleau Wood...the frozen Chosin Reservoir. First to fight, we have never lost a war. We have always come when our country has called.
 * Willie: I'm serious, man, you gotta read some books. There's a revolution going on, Kovic. Brothers are gettin' it together, and if you ain't part of the solution, man, then you're part of the problem.
 * Lieutenant: [to Ron] It wasn't your fault, goddamn it! They got in the goddamn way!
 * Charlie: [to Ron] The bitch thinks it's funny I can't move my dick!

Dialogue

 * Ron Kovic: Why did the Russians beat us into space, Dad?
 * Mr. Kovic: Well, the Russians, they don't even bother feeding their people. They put all their money into weapons and things like that.
 * Ron Kovic: But we're supposed to be the best, right, Dad?
 * Mr. Kovic: You bet we are, but we've been pretty stupid too. We put the Russians back on their feet after World War II and they took Hungary, Poland, half of Europe - and they still want more.
 * Mrs. Kovic: Communism is an insidious evil, Ronnie. They don't believe in God and if we don't watch out, they're gonna take over this country someday.
 * Ron Kovic: But don't people know? Why don't we stop them? We're supposed to be the best. We can't let them take over our country, Dad, what's wrong?
 * Mr. Kovic: Well, people are scared of 'em... I think everybody's scared of 'em these days.
 * Ron Kovic: I'm not. I'm not scared of 'em! I hate the Communists. I really hate them. We're gonna come back and beat them someday.
 * Ron Kovic: I'm not. I'm not scared of 'em! I hate the Communists. I really hate them. We're gonna come back and beat them someday.

 * Mrs. Kovic: [entering Ron's room, beaming] Ronnie, Ronnie, you're doing the right thing! Communism has to be stopped! It's God's will that you go, and I'm proud of you. [gently pats his shoulder] Just be careful, that's all.
 * Ron Kovic: Don't you know what it means to me to be a Marine, Dad? Ever since I was a kid I've wanted this - I've wanted to serve my country - and I want to go. I want to go to Vietnam - and I'll die there if I have to.

 * Chaplain: How are you?
 * Ron Kovic: [weakly] Tell them - they have to operate on me. There's something wrong with me.
 * Chaplain: The doctors are real busy right now. There's a lot of wounded here today. No time for anything except trying to stay alive, so you got to try and stay alive, okay? You hear me? Try and stay alive. [pause] I've come to give you your last rites. Are you ready?
 * Ron Kovic: [weakly] Yeah.
 * Chaplain: I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. You brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that you will take nothing out of it. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

 * Doctor: We want to make one thing very clear to you, Ron. The possibility of your ever walking again is minimal... almost impossible. You're a T6 - paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Probably... you'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of your life. [pause] Do you understand what I'm saying?
 * Ron Kovic: Well, doctor...
 * Doctor: Hmm?
 * Ron Kovic: Doctor, will I ever be able to - to have children?
 * Doctor: No. [pause] No, but we have a good psychologist. He's helped a lot of people.
 * Ron Kovic: I'll walk again.
 * Doctor: No you won't...
 * Ron Kovic: No, I know I'll walk again!
 * Doctor: No, let me tell you something, Ron. You will never walk again.

 * Ron Kovic: Washington?! Washington! [Washington arrives]I've been laying in my own shit for the last three hours. I've been pushing my call button and nobody comes. Why can't I have a bath? Why can't the sheets be changed in this goddamn place? Why can't the vomit be wiped off the goddamn floor once in a while?
 * Nurse Washington: Don't you raise your voice to me Mr. Kovic, you watch your mouth.
 * Ron Kovic: Look at my leg. It's twice as big as it ever was. When are you people gonna help me? Where's the doctor? I need to see the doctor- I need to see him now!
 * Nurse Washington: He's not available now. He's too busy.
 * Ron Kovic: He's always too busy.
 * Marvin: What's eating you now, Kovic? You going off the deep end?
 * Ron Kovic: [grabbing Marvin] Fucking shit! What do I have to do to make you people listen to me? I wanna be treated like a fucking human being! [slaps the valium hypodermic out of the nurse's hand] I don't want this fucking shit! You wanna keep me drugged all the time so I don't know what's going on. This place is a fuckin' slum!
 * Marvin: You want out of here, man? Fine. We take that leg of yours, and we can get you out of here in two weeks!
 * Ron Kovic: I want my leg.
 * Marvin: Why?
 * Ron Kovic: I want my leg!
 * Marvin: Why? You can't feel it no how!
 * Ron Kovic: [incredulous and angry] It's my leg! I want my leg, you understand? Can't you understand that? All's I'm sayin' is that I want to be treated like a human being! I fought for my country! I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country!
 * Patient: [off-camera] Shut the fuck up!
 * Ron Kovic: And I think that I deserve to be treated...d- decent!
 * Marvin: Vietnam? Vietnam don't mean nothing to me man, or any of these other people. You can take your Vietnam and shove it up your ass.

 * Ron Kovic: [attempting to walk in the hospital] Am I good? Hey, [drags himself forward] am I good?
 * Willie: Man, you're one crazy Marine, Kovic - so gung-ho and everything, but you don't know shit about what's really happenin' in this country.
 * Ron Kovic: Fuck you, Willie.
 * Willie: I'm serious man. It ain't about burnin' the flag and Vietnam, man. While we fight for rights over there, we ain't got no rights at home. It's about Detroit and Newark, man. It's about racism, man.
 * Ron Kovic: Is that right?
 * Willie: Because you can't get no job at home. Vietnam is a white man's war, a rich man's war.
 * Ron Kovic: [contemptuously] Where's my money?
 * Willie: I'm serious, man, you gotta read some books. There's a revolution going on, Kovic. Brothers are gettin' it together, and if you ain't part of the solution, man, then you're part of the problem.

 * Ron Kovic: They burned the flag and they demonstrated against us; it's on the cover of the paper today. They have no respect. They have no idea what's going on over there, Mom - the men that are sacrificing their lives. People are dying every day over there, and nobody back here even seems to care. It's a bunch of goddamn shit if you ask me!
 * Mrs. Kovic: Ronnie, don't take the Lord's name in vain - not in front of the children. I agree with everything you say!
 * Ron Kovic: I served my country - and they just want to take from it - just take, take! Love it or leave it, that's what I think.

 * Steve Boyer: You could start out as a cashier... and then work your way up to becoming a manager of one of these places - just like your dad.
 * Ron Kovic: I get $1700 a month from the government. I think I'm just going to lay low, and look around...
 * Steve Boyer: [dismissively] That's charity money, Ronnie; this isn't.
 * Ron Kovic: Charity?
 * Steve Boyer: All I'm saying is that you got to - you got to put the war behind you, you know; you got to forget about this chair you're in!
 * Ron Kovic: [leans forward] Sometimes, Stevie, I think people, they know you're back from Vietnam, and their face - changes: the eyes, the voice, the way they look at you, you know.
 * Steve Boyer: I know what you mean, Ronnie, but people here - they don't give a shit about the war! Yeah! To them it's just a million miles away. It's all bullshit, anyway. I mean, the government sold us a bill of goods and we bought it, and got the shit kicked out of us, and for what, huh?
 * Ron Kovic: What do you mean, "we," Stevie? You were in college, man.
 * Steve Boyer: [shrugs his shoulders] You bought that Communist bullshit, Ronnie. Yeah, they were going to take over the world, you remember that? Fenelli, you, Walsh - the whole town was devastated. [pause] For what? For lies, for bullshit lies?

 * Ron Kovic: When I was in the hospital, I thought, "Yeah, this makes sense."
 * Timmy Burns: What makes sense?
 * Ron Kovic: Because I failed, Timmy.
 * Timmy Burns: What are you talking about?
 * Ron Kovic: Because I - I killed some - people; I made some terrible - mistakes!
 * Timmy Burns: Oh, for Christ's sake, Ronnie, we all made mistakes. I mean, you - you had no choice. That's something that those goddamn pansy demonstrators ain't never gonna understand! Now, you don't even have to talk about it, Ronnie; I mean, it was insane over there! It was crazy!
 * Ron Kovic: Sometimes I wish, I wish I'd - The first time I got hit, I was shot in the foot. I could have laid down, I mean - who gives a fuck now if I was a hero or not? I was paralyzed, castrated that day; why? It was all so - stupid! I'd have my dick and my balls now, and some days, Timmy - some days I think I'd give everything I believe in - everything I got, all my values, just to have my body back again, just to be whole again. But I'm not whole; I never will be, and that's - that's the way it is, isn't it?
 * Timmy Burns: [after a slight pause] For Christ's sake, Ronnie, it's your birthday. You're alive. You made it! Smile.

 [A drunk Ron Kovic is throwing a tantrum about God not existing, and his Mother's really scared of him]
 * Mrs. Kovic: What happened in that war? What happened to you? You need help, Ronnie, you need help.
 * Ron Kovic: No, you need help! All your God and your bullshit dreams about me!
 * Mrs. Kovic: You'll wake the whole neighborhood. [She starts telling the other children to go to bed]
 * Ron Kovic: YOU ARE ASHAMED OF ME! You're EMBARRASSED by me.
 * Tommy Kovic: Please, Mom, let me talk to him.
 * Mrs. Kovic: You go to bed!
 * Ron Kovic: FUCK YOU!
 * Mr. Kovic: Don't you talk to your mother like that!
 * Mrs. Kovic: What did you say to me?! [Comes back to Ron's room, enraged] WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?? [Smacks Ron's face a couple of times and leaves; Ron strolls after her]
 * Ron Kovic: FUCK YOU!!!
 * Mr. Kovic: Ronnie, that's ENOUGH!
 * Mrs. Kovic: You're gonna wake the whole neighborhood!
 * Ron Kovic: OH, WAKE 'EM UP! TELL THEM! CUSACKS, CAMELLETTIS, WALSHES!! You tell them all! Tell them what they did to me. What they did to this country.
 * Mrs. Kovic: [To Mr. Kovic] They're gonna call the police this time
 * Ron Kovic: We went to Vietnam to stop communism!... We shot women and children!
 * Mrs. Kovic: You didn't shoot women and children! What are you saying?
 * Ron Kovic: That was the war, communism, the insidious evil! They told us to go.
 * Mrs. Kovic: Yes, yes that's what they told us.
 * Ron Kovic: Thou shalt not kill, Mom. Thou shalt not kill women and children! Thou shalt not kill! Remember? Isn't that what you taught us? Isn't that what they taught us?
 * Mrs. Kovic: Stop it! Stop it!
 * Ron Kovic: But they're the evil, Mom. They're the ones we should be fighting. They lied to me growing up, they lied to all of us, but it's not gonna work anymore. Not for you... for me... for anybody else.
 * Mrs. Kovic: Stop it, stop it! As long as you're in this house, you will not talk that way. Eli, please stop him.
 * Mr. Kovic: Ron, come on now... you made your point, now stop.
 * Ron Kovic: No, I haven't made my point. Tell her, Dad. They're killing everybody now.
 * Mrs. Kovic: I didn't force you to go!!
 * Ron Kovic: YES, YOU DID! YES, YOU DID!!! It's all falling apart, Mom! King. Kennedy. Kent State. We all lost the war, Mom. Fucking Communism won! It's all for nothing!
 * Mrs. Kovic: That is not true, Ronnie.
 * Ron Kovic: What do you know, Ma? WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!?
 * Tommy Kovic: Ron.
 * Ron Kovic: What? Tell her, Tommy. You tell her, Dad! Tell her it's all a lie! It's a fucking lie! Tell her God's as dead as my legs. There's no God and there's no country. It's just me... and this fucking wheelchair for the rest... of my life. [Unzips his pants and sticks his hand in] It's just me and this... dead... penis.
 * Mrs. Kovic: [Hysterically disgusted] OH MY GOD! RONNIE!!
 * Mr. Kovic: Don't, Ronnie! Not with the catheter! For God sake!
 * Ron Kovic: DEAD... PENIS!
 * Mrs. Kovic: Oh, GOD! Eli, I can't take this anymore.
 * Mr. Kovic: [Notices the children] Go to your rooms. Go to your ROOMS!
 * Mrs. Kovic: [To Ron] THE HELL WITH YOU!!!
 * Ron Kovic: In church they said that it's a sin if you play with your penis, I wish I could.
 * Mrs. Kovic: Don't say "penis" in this house!
 * Ron Kovic: Penis!
 * Mrs. Kovic: Stop!
 * Ron Kovic: Penis! Big fucking erect penis, MA!
 * Mrs. Kovic: STOOOOOOP!!
 * Ron Kovic: PENIS! PENIIIIIIIIIS!!!
 * Mrs. Kovic: [Praying in tears] Lord, he won't let go, what do I do?
 * Ron Kovic: I really don't have time to learn to use it. It's gone in some jungle. Some fucking jungle over there. It's just gone. [Notices his mother sits down crying, and he, too, is in tears] I'm sorry it happened this way. I'm sorry if you're sad, Mom. [Softens] I'm so sorry you're sad. I'm sorry.

 * Mr. Kovic: Ronnie, I think you should go. What can I do Ronnie? What do you want?
 * Ron Kovic: I want to be a man again. Who's going to love me, Dad? Who's ever going to love me? [starts crying] Who's going to love me?

 * Ron Kovic: [confessing that he had accidentally killed their son in Vietnam] I'm sorry, I just had to come here to tell you. I've been afraid for years to come here and tell you. But, I've lived with this long enough. I can't live with it anymore... I can't bring him back. Forgive me... I want to live. I want to go on with my life. I'm sorry, but that's what happened. That's the way it happened, and I can't change a thing.
 * Mrs. Wilson: We understand, Ron. We understand the pain you've been going through.
 * Mr. Wilson: We understand, son, we do understand the way...these things happen... in war.
 * Jamie Wilson: What's done is done, sir. I can't ever forgive you... but maybe the Lord can.
 * Jamie Wilson: What's done is done, sir. I can't ever forgive you... but maybe the Lord can.

 * Ron Kovic: [to a news camera, outside the 1972 Republican Convention] Do you hear me? Can I break through your complacency? Can I have an inch... a moment of your compassion for the human beings that are suffering in this war? Do you hear me when I say this war is a crime? When I say I am not as bitter about my wound as the men who have lied to the people of this country? Do you hear me?
 * Ron Kovic: Why do they want to hide us? Why won't they let the veterans of that war speak tonight? Because they don't wanna know, they don't wanna see us. They wanna hide us because they've lied and cheated to us for so long - but we're not gonna run away and hide anymore. We're gonna win because we love this country. We love this country more than they could ever know. We fought for it. We gave our bodies because we loved it and believed everything it stood for, and tonight we're ashamed of it. And we've come from all the little towns, thousands of us to get this country back again; to make it whole again. Truth, honesty, integrity - this is the lost American dream here tonight, and we're gonna take it back!
 * Ron Kovic: We're never, never gonna let the people of the United States forget that war, because the moment we do, there's gonna be another war, and another, and another. That's why we're gonna be there for the rest of our lives telling you that the war happened - it wasn't just some nightmare - it happened, and you're not gonna sweep it under the rug because you didn't like the ratings, like some television show. This wheelchair, our wheelchairs, this steel, our steel is your Memorial Day on wheels, we are your Yankee Doodle Dandy coming home...
 * Republican delegate: Traitor! [spits in Ron's face]
 * Ron Kovic: Is that what we get? Spit in the face! I've got as much right to be here as any of these delegates. I fought for that right. You're not gonna stop me! You're not gonna shut me up! I'm gonna remind you of this war for the rest of my life so what happened there never happens again!
 * Republican delegate: Traitor! [spits in Ron's face]
 * Ron Kovic: Is that what we get? Spit in the face! I've got as much right to be here as any of these delegates. I fought for that right. You're not gonna stop me! You're not gonna shut me up! I'm gonna remind you of this war for the rest of my life so what happened there never happens again!

 * Ron Kovic: What are we gonna do now?
 * Charlie: Fuck 'em.
 * Ron Kovic: Yeah. Sure. How are we gonna get outta here?
 * Charlie: Fuck 'em all. Fuck the whores. Fuck the cab drivers... fuck Mexico. Fuck Nixon, fuck Vietnam, fuck'em all.
 * Ron Kovic: Yeah, Charlie, but how are we gonna get outta here?
 * Charlie: They made me kill babies, man. Little gook babies. You ever have to kill a baby?
 * Ron Kovic: Yeah, O.K. come on, we gotta get back to the villa.
 * Charlie: FUCK YOU! [drawing closer]
 * Ron Kovic: Gotta get back to the villa.
 * Charlie: What do you mean "ok"?! What do you mean "ok"? You ever have to kill a baby, you ever have to kill a little gook baby?!!
 * Ron Kovic: What the fuck do you know what I did!! [wheels away]
 * Charlie: I didn't think so. I didn't think so, you're full of shit.
 * Ron Kovic: No, you are! The fuck? Leave me the fuck alone. You're nuts, you know that? You're nuts. The fuckin sun is goin' down! what do you know what the fuck comes out here at night? We gotta get outta here.
 * Charlie: Don't shit me, Kovic. [again drawing closer] You never killed a baby. You never HAD to kill a baby because... you never put your soul into that war. You never put your soul on the line, man!
 * Ron Kovic: How do you know? How the fuck do you know? maybe I killed babies. Maybe I killed more babies than you did, you FUCK! Maybe I killed a whole bunch' a babies, but I don't talk about it! I don't have to talk about it.(wheels away)
 * Charlie: Why not? Wh-Why the fuck not? What do you think you are- better than anybody else? You a hero is that it?
 * Ron Kovic: Fuck you!
 * Charlie: Maybe you got a whole bunch'a fuckin' medals, but deep down you know you're full of shit. You never fought that war. YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE, MAN!
 * Ron Kovic: (Stops. Turns back, enraged) What the fuck did you mean "I wasn't there", man? What did you mean?
 * Charlie: What the fuck are you hidin' from?
 * Ron Kovic: I'm not the one that's hidin'. You're the one that's hidin'- down here in Mexico- you're the one that's hidin'! What are you hidin' from you whiny fuck!
 * Charlie: Don't shit me. You never killed anybody or anything, did ya, Kovic? Did ya?
 * Ron Kovic: Did you?!
 * Charlie: DID YA?!!!
 * Ron Kovic: Did you?!
 * Charlie: Ya ever look at yourself in the fuckin' mirror?
 * Ron Kovic: Did you?
 * Charlie: Fuck you.
 * Ron Kovic: You.
 * Charlie: No. You! FUCK YOU!!!
 * Ron Kovic: No, FUCK YOU!!

[They start spitting at each other then start fighting and fall off of their chairs and keep fighting]

Cast

 * Tom Cruise - Ron Kovic
 * Raymond J. Barry - Mr. Kovic
 * Caroline Kava - Mrs. Kovic
 * Kyra Sedgwick - Donna
 * Josh Evans - Tommy Kovic
 * Jamie Talisman - Jimmy Kovic
 * Anne Bobby - Suzanne Kovic
 * Samantha Larkin - Patty Kovic
 * Tom Berenger - Recruiting Gunnery Sgt. Hayes
 * Frank Whaley - Timmy Burns
 * Jerry Levine - Steve Boyer
 * Willem Dafoe - Charlie
 * Richard Panebianco - Joey Walsh
 * Rob Camilletti - Tommy Finnelli
 * Stephen Baldwin - Billy Vorsovich
 * Michael McTighe - Danny Fantozzi

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Talk:Smallville

I'm just making it a bit more organized, with episode quotes instead of just random quotes. Perhaps later, I'll add a section or page about character quotes. --66.177.127.7 05:52, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Serious Format
The way it stands now, it looks insanely cluttered and is quite threadbare. Anyone out there willing to try to set something in stone for it? 65.145.213.85 08:03, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I've done a lot of reformatting (see Major fixing and reformatting below), but one thing I couldn't adequately do is sort these quotes in chronological order during each episode. I know a few of them at least are in practically random order. I ask editors who are watching the episodes anew to rearrange the existing quotes as they can. Thanks. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:42, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Major fixing and reformatting
I ran across this article, just intending to add a quote to one episode, and discovered that someone decided to create a custom table of contents for what is practically a stub article by the standards of many Wikiquote TV show articles. This is a bad idea for several reasons: I was sorely tempted to undo the custom TOC, but apparently I suffered a momentary bout of insanity, because I instead filled out the table through Season 5 (which hasn't even completely aired yet), added the missing headings (including Unknown episode, See also, and External links), fixed all the broken links (some of which confirmed this table was copied from Buffy, as Smallville doesn't have episodes called "The Gift" or "Grave" (yet)), and most importantly, tested every single link. (I also reformatted all the quotes in line with current standards while I was at it.) I hope this will help everyone to add more quotes from this excellent show. And future custom-TOC creators, please heed my advice! ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:35, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Custom TOCs require considerable maintenance if their shows are still being produced. The standard TOC automatically adjusts whenever a new episode is added; custom TOCs are static. Therefore, they are best not used until a show ends its run, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Mystery Science Theater 3000.
 * Templates/TV shows calls for episode numbers precisely because it allows editors to easily sort by episode. Without those numbers, there's no way to tell what order the episodes should be in. (I had to reverse an entire season for this show.) Custom TOCs get around this, but only because somebody has taken the time to verify the order of all episodes and lock them down in the TOC. This was not done here.
 * Custom TOC links are manually created, so the creator is certain to make mistakes and create broken links. Whenever an editor creates a link (wiki or URL), they should always, always test it before saving. A custom TOC creator is required to test over 100 links before saving. Again, this was not done.
 * When a custom TOC is not implemented correctly, people with quotes to add will click on the broken links and fail to jump to the episode title. This discourages them from adding their quotes. This may be one reason why this article is still so sparsely populated.

Recent quote additions
Hello there. I've recently added a fair amount of quotes to seasons 1-4, however, after looking through some other Wikiquote pages I've noticed some significant differences. For instance, I haven't been linking the characters to their wikipedia pages, and it looks like I add much longer dialog then other shows. I do feel like I can justify both though, since the character pages at Wikipedia are mainly for the comic book characters and Smallville just doesn't have the one-liners like Seinfeld, Friends, ect. I've also added the quotes in chunks, by the seasons. It looks like a lot of people add quotes by the individual episode, which seems a bit tedious to me. Anyhow, I would appreciate it if someone with more experience would let me know if what I've done is incorrect. Since I've made this mess I'm more then willing to clean it up. (I'm not even sure if this the appropriate place to ask, sorry) Thanks! ~ Nikki 19:27, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Without bothering to examine your specific edits, allow me to make a few comments:
 * Don't worry overmuch about linking characters. If Smallville doesn't have character pages in Wikipedia, or if the Superman-genre character pages mislead, we may be better off without them for now. (I'm sure it will come up in the future, but the nice thing about wikis is that you don't have to solve every problem right away.)
 * Dialog is perfectly acceptable, but it shouldn't get to the point where entire scenes are quoted. Wikiquote-worthy quotes are typically centered around either a funny or dramatic set of lines (occasionally requiring some context) or an important excerpt of a scene. Anything more could cause problems with copyright. (This is a point of contention within the WikiMedia projects as well as the larger world, so it's a good idea to trim to the essence.)
 * The rationale for episode-based quotes is that Wikiquote, as a WikiMedia project, focuses on sourced, verifiable quotes, unlike nearly every other quote website. The way we currently approach this with TV shows is to work to place each quote in an episode, so editors need only sift through a single show to verify the quote.
 * I hope this provides some context for the current practices. Thanks for asking, and for your contributions! ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Not Vandalism
I'm so sorry! While I was saving quotes I added to 'Vessel', somehow everything from 'Run' down was deleted. This has never happened to me before. I just wanted to apologize and say that this was an accident, and not vandalism.

Too many quotes
While I know it may be difficult to limit the number of quotes per episode for this show, it certainly appears that we have way too much here to escape possible copyright issues (especially in some of the later episodes). We really need to trim the number of quotes per episode to single digits at least. This page is now one of the largest on Wikiquote and serious attention to this is needed. ~ UDScott 21:01, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm making large-scale deletes of what must surely be copyvios, not to mention not quotable.--Cato 20:57, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've begun trimming the page - I have completed Season 1, trimming it down to 5 quotes per episode. ~ UDScott 17:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Good stuff. I started but I never finished.--Cato 22:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I figured this was long overdue - and the page is now the largest one here! ~ UDScott 15:49, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I've trimmed Season 2 down to 5 quotes per episode now too. ~ UDScott 18:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Season 3 is done. ~ UDScott 16:12, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Season 4 is done. ~ UDScott 16:44, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Seasons 5-7 are done now too. I will remove the checkcopyright tag for now, but will also keep an eye on the page. ~ UDScott 19:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Deleting Seasons 10-11 and Removing All of My Quotes
I've been working very hard at adding quotes and editing all of the episodes. I've also recently added Smallville Seasons 10-11 episodes. Now, while I know Season 11 is a comic book, it does take place within the continuity and is a valid continuation of the series and should be included within this page. I've worked with adding quotes and cleaning up and find it very irritating and frustrating that someone has erased all of my progress over the past 4 months and would like to keep this page as it was before as it was a very informative page that contained many quotes for fans of the series to enjoy and have enjoyed working on this page and would like to continue working on this page uninterrupted!!
 * Adding the season 10 and 11 quotes is fine, but within the limitations we have set for such a page. The quotes from other seasons were very much in excess of these limitations and this is why they were removed. Yes, you worked hard to add them, but others had worked just as hard to edit this page down to a state where there were at most 5 quotes per episode. If you would like to add additional quotes, you will need to remove quotes to maintain that limit. Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 16:14, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * After discussion about the limits on the number of quotes with a particular user, the protection of this page was lifted after it appeared that there was a better understanding of the issue. Immediately, the excess of quotes was reinstated. I reverted this, but if this continues, the protection will again be placed on this page. ~ UDScott (talk) 18:14, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

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Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is the third main game in the Star Ocean series. The game was developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2 console.

Dialogue

 * Cliff Fittir: Fine with me, but I don't know about Mr. Square; champion of the UP3.
 * Fayt: Haha, very funny.

 * Cliff: Hey, don't laugh. I'm actually a bit of an artiste myself, though you wouldn't know it to look at me. Mirage said as much.
 * Fayt: She did?
 * Cliff: That's right. She said, "You're the kind of guy who decides with his emotions before using his head". In other words, she thinks I'm an impressionist.
 * Fayt: I don't think that's what she meant...
 * Cliff: Yeah, and she also said I'm "Always looking at pretty girls," which I guess is her way of praising my keen sense of aesthetics, don't you think?

 * [in the dungeon of Airglyph castle, the inquisitor tries to interrogate Fayt has his arms is chained to the ceiling]
 * Inquisitor: Why don't you just spit it out! Play nice, and we'll treat you right.
 * '''Fayt Leingod: ...
 * Inquisitor: [grabbing Fayt's chin] That thing you were hiding-what waaaaas that? A new Aquarian weapon? Ehh?
 * Fayt Leingod: [wondering] Aquaria?
 * Inquisitor: [shouting] Answer the question!
 * [the Inquisitor punches Fayt's stomach]
 * Fayt Leingod: Oof! I...told...you...I...don't know...
 * Inquisitor: [continuously striking Fayt with his whip] Suuuuure you doooon't! Aahahahaha!
 * Fayt Leingod: Argh! Oooh...
 * Inquisitor: Hmm...?
 * Fayt Leingod: [knocked out]...
 * Inquisitor: Damn, he fainted on me. And it was juuuuust getting fun! See you again soon, my little kitten! Hahahaha... [to an Airyglyph soldier] You! Throw this one in the cell!
 * Airyglyph soldier: Yes sir!

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John C. Dvorak

John Charles Dvorak (born 5 April 1952) is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing.

1980s & 1990s

 * The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the “why” out of the equation — as in “why would I want this?” The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a “mouse”. There is no evidence that people want to use these things.
 * In a review of the Macintosh in The San Francisco Examiner (19 February 1984)

 * The Noisiest buzz in the industry lately has been over the emerging use of cable TV systems to provide fast network data transmissions using a device called a cable modem. But the likelihood of this technology succeeding is zilch.
 * "The Looming Cable Modem Fiasco" in PC Magazine (12 September 1995)

 * The AmigaOS remains one of the great operating systems of the past 20 years, incorporating a small kernel and tremendous multitasking capabilities the likes of which have only recently been developed in OS/2 and Windows NT. The biggest difference is that the AmigaOS could operate fully and multitask in as little as 256K of address space. Even today, the OS is only about 1MB in size. And to this day, there is very little a memory-hogging CD-ROM-loading OS can do the Amiga can't. Tight code - there's nothing like it. I've had an Amiga for maybe a decade. It's the single most reliable piece of equipment I've ever owned. It's amazing! You can easily understand why so many fanatics are out there wondering why they are alone in their love of the thing. The Amiga continues to inspire a vibrant - albeit cultlike - not unlike which you have with Linux, the Unix clone.
 * "Inside Track", PC Magazine (22 October 1996)

2000s

 * When I hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete, I see that the System Idle Process is hogging all the resources and chewing up 95 percent of the processor's cycles. Doing what? Doing nothing?
 * "XP Decay" in PC Magazine (9 September 2003)

 * People are always looking for the be-all-end-all super perfect Linux. It will never happen until Microsoft does Linux. Oops. Did I say that?
 * PC Magazine, "Inside Track", (26 June 2007), p. 1

 * The absolute deterioration of the wiki concept is just a matter of time. Once spam mechanisms are developed to eat into these systems, the caretakers will be too busy to stop the public-driven deterioration.
 * "The Wikification of Knowledge" in [[w:PC Magazine|PC Magazine] (11 July 2005)]

 * There was always something about Creative Commons and its name that bugged me, too. The name sounds like a variation of the once-powerful Common Cause political-action committee. A ring of days gone by — nostalgia. All I see here is making the very easy and simple U.S. copyright laws more complex for no apparent reason, except maybe as a protest.
 * "Creative Commons Humbug" in PC Magazine (18 July 2005)

 * If [Apple] is smart it will call the iPhone a "reference design" and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else's marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures. It should do that immediately before it's too late.
 * "Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone" in MarketWatch (28 March 2007)

2010s

 * The tablet market has only succeeded as a niche market over the years and it was hoped Apple would dream up some new paradigm to change all that. From what I've seen and heard, this won't be it.
 * "Hello, giant iPod Touch" in MarketWatch (29 January 2010)

 * I hate to use that term [iPad Killer] since the iPad is probably dead anyway.
 * No Agenda podcast #177 (February 2010)

 * The Apple iPad is not going to be the company's next runaway best seller. Not if the industry can help it. … with the iPad, Apple may have irked its somewhat new partner Intel Corp. Intel gets spanked by nobody.
 * "The iPad faces industry backlash" in The Wall Street Journal MarketWatch (12 February 2010)

 * Tim Cook is not Steve Jobs. In fact, he's about as thrilling as dental floss.
 * Wake Me Up When Apple's WWDC is Over in PC Magazine (12 June 2012)

 * [A]s for my prediction that [the iPhone] would be a bad idea for Apple to pursue, anything can still happen. Time is a cruel mistress.
 * "Wrong? Dvorak blames his 'getting screwed over' by Apple" in NetworkWorld (27 June 2012)

 * Nobody can deny that Apple is fashionable, and most iPhone users buy the newest so they can be fashionable. To do this right, Apple needs a new phone every quarter.
 * Giddyup, Apple! in PC Magazine (29 June 2012)

 * I consider this situation to be dire for Apple. When the iPhone 5 arrives shortly, it will be crunch time for the company. ... It may be the last important iPhone.
 * Why Apple Actually Lost to Samsung in PC Magazine (28 August 2012)

 * Within the decade, Microsoft should have a minimum of 300 stores. They should do as well as the Apple Stores … [Microsoft] is going to experiment with holiday pop-up shops this year in various cities. I predict they will be hugely successful.
 * "Microsoft Retail Stores Will Rival Apple Stores" in PC Magazine (3 October 2012)

 * If Apple has a flaw, it's the inability of the company to crush competition using the kind of aggressive tactics that companies like Microsoft and Intel have always applied.
 * "Apple's Swan Song" in PC Magazine (14 January 2013)

 * [O]ver time, I have come to realize that I was right about the iPhone and the smartphone in general. It has become a plague on humanity and a general annoyance. The iWatch will be worse.
 * An Open Letter to Apple: No iWatch, Please! in PC Magazine (9 July 2014)

 * If [Apple's upcoming watch] can't replace the iPhone completely it's a goner.
 * The Apple iTime Is Destined to Fail in PC Magazine (30 July 2014)

 * One thing that always bothers me is the attention the iPhone camera gets. The latest will have image stabilization, advanced phase focus, 4K video, 60 fps video, 240 fps slo-mo, and all sorts of features. That said — these are still just pinhole cameras on steroids. The only good thing they do is allow citizens to take more and more videos of crimes.
 * Apple's Travesty of a 'Live' Event in PC Magazine (9 September 2014)

 * Unfortunately, the public is all gaga over the idea of replacing a card swipe with an NFC pass-over using a smartphone. Go ahead and believe that. But if you think it is also hacker-proof, you'll be in for a surprise. It's no safer than using the mattress to stash cash. At some point, you can expect to be robbed blind.
 * Apple Pay: What's the Big Deal? in PC Magazine (22 October 2014)

 * The computer division of Apple will eventually become a genuine albatross around the company's neck. So it's better off as a standalone company focused on computers.
 * Apple Should Spin Off the Macintosh - Making a separate company for MacOS PCs is smart for all involved in PC Magazine (22 June 2016)

 * Apple mentions the Mac less and less at its big events. The company knows that the machine is a drain on resources that detracts from its new core business ... Mac will be phased out and the whole line will be replaced by iPads.
 * Apple Is Ready to Ditch the Mac in PC Magazine (7 December 2017)

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