If those little sweethearts won't face German bullets, they'll face French ones!
Read more Gen. Paul Mireau QuotesFrom: Paths of Glory
General Mireau: I can't understand these armchair officers, fellas trying to fight a war from behind a desk, waving papers at the enemy, worrying about whether a mouse is gonna run up their pants leg.Colonel Dax: I don't know, General. If I had the choice between mice and Mausers, I think I'd take the mice every time.
Corporal Paris: See that cockroach?Corporal Paris: Tomorrow morning, we'll be dead, and it'll be alive. It'll have more contact with my wife and child than I will. I'll be nothing, and it'll be alive.Private Ferol: Now you've got the edge on him!
General Mireau: Hello there, soldier. Ready to kill more Germans?Private Ferol: Yes, sir.General Mireau: What's your name, soldier?Private Ferol: Sir, Private Ferol, Company A.General Mireau: Aha. You married, soldier?Private Ferol: No, sir.General Mireau: I'll bet your mother's proud of you.Private Ferol: Yes, sir.General Mireau: Carry on, Private, and good luck.Private Ferol: Thank you, sir.