Dive Bomber (1941)
Fred MacMurray: Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake
Quotes
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Lieutenant Doug Lee : Look, if you had a previous engagement with the lady, don't let me stand in the way. We're just pals.
Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake : Lee, it's sure tough there aren't any women on the Selection Board. You'd be an admiral inside of a year.
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Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake : [angrily] I've learned one thing from you - if you pill rollers flew more and gabbed less, you might find something that'd help us.
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Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake : [sardonically] Tim, the doctor here wants a pair of wings so he can visit his ex-patients. See if you can jam his head into a cockpit.
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Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake : [nastily] Don't use your surgical touch on me, Doctor. I wanna collect my old age pension!
Lieutenant Doug Lee : Don't worry, you'll be a burden on the taxpayer for many years.
Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake : You're no better at flying than you are with a knife.
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Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake : Don't resign, Tim. I can fit you into a good ground job.
Tim Griffin : There's no such thing as a good ground job, you know that. I'd go crazy every time a plane flew past.
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John Thomas Anthony : Commander Blake... Sir, I just wanted to thank you for giving me another chance.
Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake : Don't mention it.
John Thomas Anthony : It's meant a lot to us to train under a pilot like you, sir.
John Thomas Anthony : Thanks. Just remember one rule, Anthony. As a pilot, always fight to be on top, and stay there. You can't lick 'em from below.
John Thomas Anthony : I won't forget *that*, sir.
