Lt. Joe Rossi: No matter how many tanks and planes and guns you pile up, no matter how many men you got, it doesn't mean a thing unless the men get the stuff when they need it.


--Humphrey Bogart (as Lt. Joe Rossi) in Action in the North Atlantic

Lt. Joe Rossi: Now, that's the word of God. And it's good. But I don't think He'd mind if I put my oar in. These are eight men we knew and liked, guys like us. Guys we ate with and slept with and fought with. Well, we were just a little luckier than they were. We'll miss them. All of them.


--Humphrey Bogart (as Lt. Joe Rossi) in Action in the North Atlantic

Lt. Joe Rossi: These nights are killers, aren't they?
Cadet Robert Parker: Yeah, I lie in my bunk with my clothes on and try to sleep, but every time that engine slows, my heart speeds up. In time, I think I can train myself to have an iron nerve, like you have.
Lt. Joe Rossi: Yeah, let me tell you something about my "iron nerve," son. It's made of rubber just like everybody else's, so it'll stretch when you need it. People got a funny idea that being brave is not being scared. I don't know, I always figured, you weren't scared, there's nothing to be brave about. The trick is, how much scaring can you take? I got an idea you can take plenty.


--Humphrey Bogart (as Lt. Joe Rossi) in Action in the North Atlantic

Lt. Keefer: [Lt. Keefer to Ensign Keith while giving him a tour of the Caine] The first thing you've got to learn about this ship is that she was designed by geniuses to be run by idiots.


--Humphrey Bogart (as Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg) in The Caine Mutiny

Lt. Keefer: This is the engine room; to operate, all you need is any group of well-trained monkeys. 99 percent of everything we do is strict routine. Only one percent requires creative intelligence.


--Humphrey Bogart (as Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg) in The Caine Mutiny

Lt. Keith: Situation quiet; the Captain's been put away for the night.


--Humphrey Bogart (as Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg) in The Caine Mutiny

Lt. Steve Maryk: [Grabbing a Bible] That's the straight dope!


--Humphrey Bogart (as Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg) in The Caine Mutiny

Lt. Steve Maryk: Will you take our case?
Lt. Barney Greenwald: I'd much rather prosecute.
Lt. Steve Maryk: [disappointed] Well, I guess I can't blame you.
Lt. Barney Greenwald: [in a more friendly tone] I'll take your case.


--Humphrey Bogart (as Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg) in The Caine Mutiny

Michael O'Leary: What good's ridin' and fightin' these days? What does it get ya?


--Humphrey Bogart (as Michael O'Leary) in Dark Victory

Paul Fabrini: Sure, I want to sleep. Everyone sleeps once in a while, remember? You'd think I wanted to do something peculiar.


--Humphrey Bogart (as Paul Fabrini) in They Drive by Night