Cmdr. Wayne Lee: [on photo recon mission] All I want to do is take their picture but look how mad they get.

- Charles McGraw (as Cmdr. Wayne Lee) in The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

Lt. Harry Brubaker: Did you ever hear Admiral Tarrant go on about the war? About the chosen few who have to lay it on the line?
Mike Forney: Naw, Me and Nester don't do too much fraternizing with Admirals.

- Mickey Rooney (as Mike Forney) in The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

Lt. Harry Brubaker: I'm a lawyer from Denver, Colorado.
Mike Forney: Judas, how'd you wind up in a smelly ditch in Korea?
Lt. Harry Brubaker: I was just asking myself that same question.

- William Holden (as Lt. Harry Brubaker) in The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

Mike Forney: [to Lt.Brubaker as he's about to be highlined to another ship] What's the matter sir? You look a little edgy. You know what I used to do? Go up to the forward edge of the flight deck and let the spray hit me right in the kisser. Works every time.
[shouting as he is hoisted away]
Mike Forney: You should try it Lieutenant!

- Mickey Rooney (as Mike Forney) in The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

[Nestor has just been killed by North Korean troops]
Mike Forney: Poor Nestor. They were going to give him a medal, too.

- Mickey Rooney (as Mike Forney) in The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)