- Aliya Nabil: Average life expectancy for a smoker is 55. Life expectancy in Basra is 35. I thought if I started smoking I might live longer.
- Assisted Living Caregiver: What makes you think I know anything about dope?
- Danny Ferguson: Well, you're working here with a smile on your face, so obviously it's going to be dope or Jesus.
- Mike Swift: They're just boys led astray.
- Aliya Nabil: There's nothing more dangerous than boys led astray, believe me. The Army's full of them.
- Aliya Nabil: [quoting Iraqi literature] Let your everyday be full of joy. Love the child that hands your hands. Let your wife delight in your embrace. For these alone are the concerns of humanity.
- Mike Swift: [about son joining the Army] What's wrong with him ending up like me, huh?
- Nicky Swift: You go off to a shit hole and you hate it. You come back home and you hate it. It's not exactly a recipe for a happy life.
- Danny Ferguson: Being a good Muslim boy he doesn't drink - he likes the old wank, but he doesn't drink.
- [last lines]
- Erik Lester: All this that just happened, it's a message from God. Expand and diversify.