Platoon Cast Quotes & Sayings

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. — Jesse Jackson

It was claimed that the Borgias spread arsenic on the entrails of a slaughtered pig, which were then left to rot. The resulting mess was gently dried to a powder which they called La Cantarella, a pale solid that was added to food or drink. If the arsenic did not claim the victim, the toxins from the rotting entrails would probably finish them off. — Kathryn Harkup

I love things where I can be physical and I so love high stakes, and you usually don't get that unless you're doing a play or an action movie. — Will Patton

Of what use is it that we know the truth, if we lack its spirit? Our knowledge, in this event, becomes a condemnation to us, failing to bear fruit. It is not sufficient that we know the truth, but we must be humble with this knowledge possess the spirit to actuate us to good deeds. Baptism, as well as all other outward ordinances, without the spirit accompanying, is useless. We remain but baptized sinners. — Joseph F. Smith

God never intended for us to be left to pray on our own. God never changes His purpose, but He often does purpose a change. — John Owen

Success in your life is not a single achievement. It's all that you do with others and for others — Phil Harding

We are so much lovelier when we fall. — Cassandra Clare

I run every day now. I never ran before. — Travis Barker

I'm really interested in the pleasure we get from stories and the pleasure we get from movies, and certainly the pleasure we get from virtual experiences. My complaint is against empathy as a moral guide. But as a source of pleasure, it can't be beat. — Paul Bloom

The lights drifted farther away the faster he ran and his feet moved numbly as if they carried him nowhere. The tide of darkness seemed to sweep him back to her, postponing from moment to moment his entry into the world of guilt and sorr. — Flannery O'Connor

President Obama is getting a new limousine that will have advanced night-vision capabilities. The technology even has a cool name ... headlights. — Jimmy Fallon

Rough Riders took 13 weeks to shoot, plus a week of training. The same guy trained us trained the cast in Platoon. Except, instead of radios, we used bugles to signal. — Tom Berenger