Quotes

Bob Gerson: I can't fill up a space shuttle with geriatrics!

Sara Holland: I have never met a kid who didn't dream of being an astronaut when he grew up.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: Did you ever meet a kid who didn't grow up?

Frank Corvin: Well, what do you say, Reverend? You think a prayer's in order?

Tank Sullivan: I was just reciting the Shepard's Prayer. Alan Shepard's prayer. Oh Lord, please don't let us screw up. Amen.

Barbara Corvin: Would you like me to read the instructions to you again?

Frank Corvin: Let me tell you something, my dear. Those instructions were written by a fellow in Japan when they made this damn thing. They were probably translated by some gringo who was an expatriate American that couldn't get a job in this country. And then the Japanese guy probably translated him just to double check on him. You don't need these instructions. Not at all. Tear them up.

Bob Gerson: Francis D. Corvin.

Sara Holland: Is he dead?

Bob Gerson: Only if I'm lucky.

Frank Corvin: This is Jerry O'Neill.

Sara Holland: No nickname for you?

Jerry O'Neill: You can call me

[kisses her hand]

Jerry O'Neill: anytime.

Frank Corvin: You know what the worst day of my life was? The day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. I was probably the only person in America who wanted to commit suicide that day.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: Well, thanks a lot Frank. We haven't spoken in twelve years and that's basically been the big question on my mind, what could make you commit suicide.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: What are you doing here?

Frank Corvin: Keeping a promise I made years ago.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: Was that the promise you made to kill me or the promise you made to have both my legs broke?

[challenging Frank to fight]

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: Okay, bad guy, we're taking this outside! I want to whip your asymmetrical sagging ass! Get out there in that parking lot!

[Frank and Hawk step outside]

Jerry O'Neill: Here we go again...

Tank Sullivan: I've got ten on Frank!

Frank Corvin: You sent us up to this bastard, have us put it back into orbit, fully armed, just to save your own ass?

Young Pilot #1: Hey, Hawk. This guys wants a scary ride.

Jason: It's my birthday!

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: [pause] Happy birthday.

Frank Corvin: [after hes told Tank and Jerry to bail out] I thought i told you to bail out!

Tank Sullivan: We're staying! If you don't mind!

Frank Corvin: [after Hawk crashes the shuttle during a simulation] Hawk, this isn't a stripped-down showplane. You've got to do it their way.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: I don't need a damn computer to tell me how to land an aircraft.

Roger Hines: It's not an aircraft, Colonel. It's a flying brick, and you've GOT to use the computer's protocols.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: What if the on-board computer fails?

Ethan Glance: It never has.

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: [to the simulator supervisor] Houston, Horizon

Mission Control Tech: Go ahead

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: Request second landing please.

[pause]

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins: Houston - Horizon, request on board computer FAILURE on second landing.

Eugene 'Gene' Davis: Run it again. Sock it to 'em.

Jason: [to his girlfriend, after his plane ride] I love you, and I love being on the ground.

Jerry O'Neill: It's got nothing to do with me.

Jerry O'Neill: It all depends on the woman and how willing she is to discover her infinite supply of orgasms.