R. Lee Ermey Quotes

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.
R. Lee Ermey

Live, Mistakes, Past

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.
R. Lee Ermey

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.
R. Lee Ermey

God, Best, Conviction

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.
R. Lee Ermey

Discipline, Marine, Corp

I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
R. Lee Ermey

Hate, Less, Hear

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.
R. Lee Ermey

War, Nothing, Fighting

Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.
R. Lee Ermey

Graduation, End, Off

America's trying to do the best for its veterans.
R. Lee Ermey

Best, Trying, America

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
R. Lee Ermey

Greatest, Control, Days

Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
R. Lee Ermey

Life, Good, Yourself

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam.
R. Lee Ermey

Training, Old, Weren

I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.
R. Lee Ermey

Respect, Fair, Avoid

Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.
R. Lee Ermey

Time, Between, Off

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.
R. Lee Ermey

America, Everybody, Veterans

For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.
R. Lee Ermey

Happy, Honor, Military

That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.
R. Lee Ermey

The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.
R. Lee Ermey

Best, Everybody, Movie

The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after.
R. Lee Ermey

Control, After, Complete

You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.
R. Lee Ermey

Young, Said, Kids

Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days.
R. Lee Ermey

Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
R. Lee Ermey

Character, Him, Try

I always love to come to Austin.
R. Lee Ermey

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.
R. Lee Ermey

Graduation, End, Down

I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.
R. Lee Ermey

Character, Else, Everybody

I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.
R. Lee Ermey

Problem, Doctor, Hospital

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Nationality: American

Born: March 24, 1944

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