Like finding a needle in a stack of needles. — Saving Private Ryan

"[In the Higgins boat landing craft before the assault] Move fast and clear those murder holes. . . . Keep the sand out of your weapons. Keep those actions clear. Ill see you on the beach."

"This Ryan better be worth it. He better go home and cure some disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb, or something. Because to tell you the truth, I wouldnt trade ten Ryans for one Vecchio or one Caparzo."

"I dont know. Part of me thinks the kids right. Whats he done to deserve this? He wants to stay here, fine. Lets leave him and go home. But another part of me thinks, what if we stay, and by some miracle we actually make it out of here alive? Someday we might look back on this and decide that saving Private Ryan was the one decent thing we were able to pull out of this whole godawful, shitty mess. And like you said, Captain: We do that, we all earned the right to go home."

"[Older James Ryan at Captain Millers grave] My family is with me today. They wanted to come with me. To be honest with you, I wasnt sure how Id feel coming back here. Every day I think about what you said to me that day on the bridge. And Ive tried to live my life the best I could. I hope that was enough. I hope that at least in your eyes, Ive earned what all of you have done for me."

"Tell her that when you found me, I was here, and I was with the only brothers that I have left. And that theres no way I was gonna desert them."

"[Dying words, to Private Ryan] James... earn this. Earn it."