Top 59 Most Inspiring ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes (MOVIE)

Top 10 Most Famous ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes (BEST)

“My family is with me today. They wanted to come with me. To be honest with you, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel coming back here. Every day I think about what you said to me that day on the bridge. I tried to live my life the best that I could. I hope that was enough. I hope that, at least in your eyes, I’ve earned what all of you have done for me.”
Ryan as Old Man

He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb. - Captain Miller — He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb. – Captain Miller

You can tell her that when you found me, I was with the only brothers I had left. And that there was no way I was deserting them. I think she’d understand that. - Private Ryan — You can tell her that when you found me, I was with the only brothers I had left. And that there was no way I was deserting them. I think she’d understand that. – Private Ryan

It’s like finding a needle in a stack of needles. - Captain Miller — It’s like finding a needle in a stack of needles. – Captain Miller

I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel. - Captain Miller — I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel. – Captain Miller

“I don’t know. Part of me thinks the kid’s right. What’s he done to deserve this? He wants to stay here, fine. Let’s 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.”
Sergeant Mike Horvath

Be not that far from me, for trouble is near; haste Thee to help me. - Private Jackson — Be not that far from me, for trouble is near; haste Thee to help me. – Private Jackson

Well, it seems to me, sir, that God gave me a special gift, made me a fine instrument of warfare. - Private Jackson — Well, it seems to me, sir, that God gave me a special **gift**, made me a fine instrument of warfare. – Private Jackson

Port side stick, starboard side stick. Move fast and clear those murder holes. - Captain Miller — Port side stick, starboard side stick. Move fast and clear those murder holes. – Captain Miller

If that earns me the right to get back to my wife well, then... then that's my mission. - Captain Miller — If that earns me the right to get back to my wife well, then… then that’s my mission. – Captain Miller

12 Touching ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes

“Well, when I think of home, I think of something specific. I think of my, my hammock in the backyard or my wife pruning the rose bushes in a pair of my old work gloves.”
Captain Miller

Why do I deserve to go Why not any of these guys They all fought just as hard. - Private Ryan — Why do I deserve to go? Why not any of these guys? They all fought just as hard. – Private Ryan

That boy is alive. We are gonna send somebody to find him. And we are gonna get him the hell… outta there. - Gen. George C. Marshall — That boy is alive. We are gonna send somebody to find him. And we are gonna get him the hell… outta there. – Gen. George C. Marshall

“Sometimes I wonder if I’ve changed so much that my wife is even going to recognize me, whenever it is that I get back to her. And how I’ll ever be able to tell her about days like today.”
Captain Miller

No, I mean it. Find him. Get him home. - Captain Hamill — No, I mean it. Find him. Get him home. – Captain Hamill

Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die. - Corporal Upham — Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die. – Corporal Upham

Oh my God, my brothers are dead. I was gonna take ’em fishing when we got home. How, how did they die - Private Ryan — Oh my God, my **brothers** are dead. I was gonna take ’em fishing when we got home. How, how did they die? – Private Ryan

“My dear, Mrs. Ryan, it’s with the most profound sense of joy that I write to inform you, your son, Private James Ryan, is well and, at this very moment, on his way home from European battlefields.”
General George C. Marshall

When was the last time you felt good about anything - Captain Miller — When was the last **time** you felt good about anything? – Captain Miller

All we can do here is die. - Captain Miller — All we can do here is die. – Captain Miller

“You see, when… when you end up killing one of your men, you see, you tell yourself it happened so you could save the lives of two or three or ten others. Maybe a hundred others.”
Captain Miller

I can’t see my brothers’ faces. And I’ve been trying, and I can’t see their faces at all. Has that ever happened to you - Private Ryan — I can’t see my brothers’ faces. And I’ve been trying, and I can’t see their faces at all. Has that ever happened to you? – Private Ryan

11 ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes by Captain Miller

And then that big boat home. - Captain Miller — And then that big boat home. – Captain Miller

'The Statue of Liberty is kaput' - that's disconcerting. - Captain Miller — ‘The Statue of Liberty is kaput’ – that’s disconcerting. – Captain Miller

Keep the sand out of your weapons. Keep those actions clear. I'll see you on the beach. - Captain Miller — Keep the sand out of your weapons. Keep those **actions** clear. I’ll see you on the beach. – Captain Miller

This is why we don't pick up children. - Captain Miller — This is why we don’t pick up **children**. – Captain Miller

We are not here to do a decent thing, we are here to follow fuckin' orders! - Captain Miller — We are not here to do a decent thing, we are here to follow fuckin’ orders! – Captain Miller

Covering fire! - Captain Miller — Covering fire! – Captain Miller

Our objective is to win the war. - Captain Miller — Our objective is to **win** the war. – Captain Miller

James, earn this. Earn it! - Captain Miller — James, earn this. Earn it! – Captain Miller

Sergeant, we have crossed some strange boundary here. The world has taken a turn for the surreal. - Captain Miller — Sergeant, we have crossed some strange boundary here. The world has taken a turn for the surreal. – Captain Miller

We all have orders, and we have to follow 'em. That supersedes everything, including your mothers. - Captain Miller — We all have orders, and we have to follow ’em. That supersedes everything, including your **mothers**. – Captain Miller

Back home, when I'd tell people what I do for a living, they'd think, Well, yeah, that figures. But over here, it's a… a big mystery. So I guess I've changed some. - Captain Miller — Back home, when I’d tell people what I do for a living, they’d think, “Well, yeah, that figures.” But over here, it’s a… a big mystery. So I guess I’ve changed some. – Captain Miller

5 ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes that Inspires Spirituality

Be not thou far from me, O Lord. - Private Jackson — Be not thou far from me, O Lord. – Private Jackson

What’s the saying If God’s on our side, who the hell could be on theirs - Private Reiben — What’s the saying? If God’s on our side, who the hell could be on theirs? – Private Reiben

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. - Private Jackson — Blessed be the Lord my **strength**, which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. – Private Jackson

Oh my God, I trust in thee. Let me not be ashamed. Let not my enemies triumph over me. - Private Jackson — Oh my God, I **trust** in thee. Let me not be ashamed. Let not my enemies triumph over me. – Private Jackson

My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. - Private Jackson — My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. – Private Jackson

3 ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes by Private Jackson

“What I mean, sir, is if you was to put me with this here sniper rifle anywhere up to and including one mile from Adolf Hitler… with a clean line of sight… well, pack your bags, boys. War’s over.”
Private Jackson

I wouldn't venture out there fellas. This sniper's got talent. - Private Jackson — I wouldn’t venture out there fellas. This sniper’s got **talent**. – Private Jackson

Seems to me, Cap'n, this mission is a serious misallocation of valuable military resources. - Private Jackson — Seems to me, Cap’n, this mission is a serious misallocation of valuable military resources. – Private Jackson

4 ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes by Sergeant Horvath

You don't know when to shut up; you don't know how to shut up! - Sergeant Horvath — You don’t know when to shut up; you don’t know how to shut up! – Sergeant Horvath

We're in business! - Sergeant Horvath — We’re in **business**! – Sergeant Horvath

This time the mission is the man. - Sergeant Horvath — This time the mission is the man. – Sergeant Horvath

Why don’t you just hand ’em blindfolds, Captain - Sergeant Horvath — Why don’t you just hand ’em blindfolds, Captain? – Sergeant Horvath

4 ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes by Private Reiben

Hey ahole! Two of our guys died trying to find you, all right - Private Reiben — Hey a**hole! Two of our guys died trying to find you, all right? – Private Reiben

F Ryan. - Private Reiben — F*** Ryan. – Private Reiben

Put your money where your mouth is. - Private Reiben — Put your **money** where your mouth is. – Private Reiben

You wanna explain the math of this to me I mean, where’s the sense of risking the lives of the eight of us to save one guy - Private Reiben — You wanna explain the math of this to me? I mean, where’s the sense of risking the lives of the eight of us to save one guy? – Private Reiben

2 ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes by Private

They're killing us! And we don't have a fucn chance and that's not fair! - Private — They’re killing us! And we don’t have a fuc**n **chance** and that’s not fair! – Private

Don't shoot! Let them burn! - Private — Don’t shoot! Let them burn! – Private

2 ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes by Steamboat Willie

American, I like American. - Steamboat Willie — American, I like American. – Steamboat Willie

Upham! - Steamboat Willie — Upham! – Steamboat Willie

3 ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes by Private Mellish

Your father was circumcised by my rabbi, you prick! - Private Mellish — Your father was circumcised by my rabbi, you prick! – Private Mellish

What the fck is that supposed to mean, Corporal, huh We’re all supposed to die, is that it - Private Mellish — What the f*ck is that supposed to mean, Corporal, huh? We’re all supposed to die, is that it? – Private Mellish

Fcked up beyond all recognition. - Private Mellish — F*cked up beyond all recognition. – Private Mellish

3 ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Quotes that Will Make You Think

“War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.”
Corporal Upham