Fireball Forward (1972 TV Movie)

Ben Gazzara: Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett

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Quotes 

• Cook : Let's go! Let's go! I ain't got all day! Come on, stupid, come on!

  [Notices that the next man holding out his mess kit to him is none other than the general] 

  Cook : Oh, I'm sorry, sir, I didn't recognize you... Hey, quick! Get something special for the general!

  Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett : I want some of that.

  [Cook hesitatingly ladles some stew into Barrett's messkit bowl. Barrett takes one forkful, spits it out, and sets his messkit on the table] 

  Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett : I wouldn't feed this to a starving buzzard.

  [dumps the whole pot of stew onto the ground] 

  Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett : Call HQ and have some hot chow sent up here right away.

  Capt. Tony Sanchez : Yes, sir.

  [And the men around them give a loud cheer] 

• Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett : So hey, what's this about you being a G-2?

  Col. Douglas Graham : Well, when you're too old for command, and too young to retire, and too stupid to do anything else, there's only one place for you in this man's Army - Intelligence!

• GI #2 : Give 'em hell, General.

  Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett : You got the rifle, YOU give 'em hell.

• Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett : I did not come here because I was better or smarter than General Dawson. I'm here because I was a dogface once, and I'm supposed to have a better understanding of the men. I'm also a dropkick, so you might have a problem with the way I talk - but I guarantee you, you won't have a problem understanding me. Now I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG AROUND HERE, BUT THERE'S AN ODOR OF DECAYING MORALE THAT I CAN SMELL A MILE AWAY! Men who FEEL licked are gonna GET licked!

• Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett : If you wanna smoke... get in the bottom of the hole. I could see that cigarette five miles away!