The Best Robert Hays Quotes

Rex: [talking to Steve McCroskey] Our only hope is to build this man up. We gotta give him all the confidence we can.
[to Striker]
Rex: Striker, have you ever flown a multi-engine plane before?
Ted: No, never.
Rex: [to McCroskey, with the microphone still on] Shit! This is a God damn waste of time! There's no way he can land this plane!

Ted: It's Lieutenant Hurwitz. Severe shell-shock. Thinks he's Ethel Merman.
Lieutenant: [singing] You'll be swell, you'll be great. Gonna have the whole world on a plate. Startin' here, startin' now. Honey, everything's comin' up roses...
Ted: War is hell.

Elaine: It takes so many things to make love last. But most of all, it takes respect, and I can't live with a man I don't respect.
Ted: [turns towards the camera] What a pisser!

Ted: Because of my mistake, six men didn't return from that raid.
Elaine: Seven. Lieutenant Zip died this morning.

[as the plane prepares to take off]
Hanging: Nervous?
Ted: Yes.
Hanging: First time?
Ted: No, I've been nervous lots of times.

Ted: I flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines. It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.
Rumack,62612: [together] It's an entirely different kind of flying.

Bud: You know, Steven, I've really improved since I stopped drinking. I got a new job and a new apartment. I even got a color TV.
Steven: Color TV. Wow. I remember when I was a kid, I didn't even have a father.
[walks out of the room]

Ted: Mayday! Mayday!
Steve: What the heck is that?
Johnny: Why, that's the Russian New Year. We can have a parade and serve hot hors d'oeuvres...

Rumack: Can you fly this plane, and land it?
Ted: Surely you can't be serious.
Rumack: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.

[the bartender sees Hyde]
Bud: Hey, you look kinda familiar. Do I know you?
Steven: I should hope so... Dad.

Young: [Blaine laying on the ground before death] Dad!
Blaine: Oh Rick, I'm dying...
Young: No...
Blaine: Don't worry, my brother Albert will take you in. Rick, the money, it's all yours now. Sell all shares in a small company called Google, pfft, worthless. Invest heavily in Enron.

Elaine: You got a letter from headquarters this morning.
Ted: What is it?
Elaine: It's a big building where generals meet, but that's not important.