James Apperson: [after Slim is killed] They got him! They got him! God damn their souls!

- John Gilbert in The Big Parade (1925)

James Apperson: [Melisande has just said something to him in French] I don't understand a word you say... but I know what you mean!

- John Gilbert in The Big Parade (1925)

James Apperson: [to Melisande, who speaks French] French is Greek to me.

- John Gilbert in The Big Parade (1925)

James Apperson: Orders! Orders! Who the hell is fighting this war - men or orders?

- John Gilbert in The Big Parade (1925)

James Apperson: Waiting! Orders! Mud! Blood! Stinking stiffs! What the hell do we get out of this war anyway!

- John Gilbert in The Big Parade (1925)