Gentlemen you can t fight in here.
Dr strangelove war room quote.
From the film dr.
This is the war room pres.
The cold war voiceover.
This is the war room.
Of course it isn t only physical.
Nuclear reactors could heh i m sorry mr.
But i do say no more than ten to twenty million killed tops.
Strangelove s last delivery in the war room the russian ambassador is standing next to his wheelchair looking straight and grim.
An example of the kind of irony that defines dr.
Well let s see now ah cobalt thorium g radioactive half life of uh i would think that uh.
That is the whole idea of this machine you know.
President it is not only possible it is essential.
I deeply respect you as a human being.
President i m not saying we wouldn t get our hair mussed.
For more than a year ominous rumors have been privately circulating among high level western leaders that the soviet union had been at work on what was darkly hinted to be the ultimate weapon.
You mean people could actually stay down there for a hundred years.
This is the war room.
The cold war voiceover.
This is the war room.
Strangelove quotes 27 quotes more on this quote mr.
How is it possible for this thing to be triggered automatically and at the same time impossible to untrigger.
Someday i m gonna make you mrs.
That is the whole idea of this machine you know.
Gentlemen you can t fight in here.
Dr strangelove precious bodily fluids quote.
One of the best film quotes of all time.
My president needs me.
President muffley delivers it with an entirely straight face and voice not understanding the connection between fighting and the war room that is apparent to the audience.
Strangelove particular brand of satire this quote ranks number 64 on the american film institute s list of the greatest movie quotes of the first 100 years of american cinema.
Strangelove develops some rather macho ideas about the ratio of women and men in the mine shafts after and the ambassador turns to him and says with a smile you have an astonishingly good idea.
Of course bucky would rather be there with you.
But we got one little budge on them rooskies.
Gentlemen you can t fight in here.