[After the attack on Pearl Harbor is mistimed] Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto: I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
(44 votes)
2
General Short: [hearing that an important military spot is off limits due to concern for wildlife] Wildlife Preservation Society!
(42 votes)
3
[after seeing one of his pilots miss a practice bombing target] Admiral William F. Halsey: Well, you can tell Lt. Dickinson from me, he couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle.
(41 votes)
4
Cordell Hull: In all my fifty years of public service, I have never seen a document so crowded with infamous distortions, on a scale so huge that I never imagined that any government on this planet was capable of uttering them. Ambassador Nomura: [pleading] Mr. Hull... Cordell Hull: [wearily] Go!
(35 votes)
5
[Telephone conversation from the radar station to the Information Center] Pvt. Elliot: Sir, this is Private Elliot at Opana Point. There's a large formation of planes coming in from the north - 140 miles, 3 degrees east. Lt. Tyler: Yeah? Well... Don't worry about it. [Click!]
(37 votes)
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Lieutenant Kaminsky: [to Captain John Earle, who demanded confirmation of the attack before doing anything] You wanted confirmation, Captain? Take a look! There's your confirmation! [Earle, horrified, looks out and sees several ships in flames]
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Frank Knox: [reading a report of the attack] Oh, no, no, this can't be right; they must mean the Philippines! Admiral Stark: No, sir. It's Pearl! Frank Knox: [to the telephone operator] Get me the line to the White House!
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Admiral Kimmel: It looks good on paper, but for God's sake... that's not a paper fleet sitting out there.
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Major Truman Landon: What a way to fly into a war... unarmed and outta gas. Oboe leader to oboe flight... we've flown smack into the middle of a war... get out as fast as you can, anywhere you can. If you can't make Hickham try Bellows or Wheeler.
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Air traffic controller: Tower to B-17, there's a Jap on your tail. Juice yer engines and get outta here!
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Admiral Kimmel: [seeing a bullet hit the window in front of where he stands, without injuring him] It would have been merciful if it had killed me.
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