R. Lee Ermey Quotes

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R. Lee Ermey

Profession : Soldier

Birth : March 24, 1944

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

R. Lee Ermey

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.

R. Lee Ermey

There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.

R. Lee Ermey

I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.

R. Lee Ermey

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

R. Lee Ermey

Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.

R. Lee Ermey

I got to write most of everything I said.

R. Lee Ermey

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.

R. Lee Ermey

America's trying to do the best for its veterans.

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The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.

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I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.

R. Lee Ermey

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.

R. Lee Ermey

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!

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The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

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I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.

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I play well with everybody.

R. Lee Ermey

I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

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Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy.

R. Lee Ermey

That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.

R. Lee Ermey