- Pat Riley: Sir, permission to steal food rations from the Australians?
- Jock Lewes: Permission granted.
- Major Knox: Stirling, what would it take for you to call me sir?
- David Stirling: It would take... respect.
- Eoin McGonigal: You know, eventually, of course, you *are* going to get yourself hung.
- Paddy Mayne: They say it is an exquisite death, although who the people are who know that is unrecorded.
- David Stirling: Listen, in other times I would love to stay and make conversation, but right now beauty is not a currency I value. Oh. Apologies, that sounded like an attempt to be charming didn't it? It wasn't meant to be.
- Eve Mansour: It wasn't taken as charming at all, not even remotely.
- Jock Lewes: GHQ maps are inaccurate and outdated.
- David Stirling: That's because the Germans keep advancing while we fold our arms and say "not ideal, unattractive, gloomy."
- De Havilland Pilot: So, how will you find your way back if it's dark?
- David Stirling: [at a loss] Lewes?
- Jock Lewes: [thinks a moment] The stars.
- Jock Lewes: The stars! Yes.
- De Havilland Pilot: How much actual parachute training have you had?
- Jock Lewes: We spent three weeks jumping from scaffolding and moving vehicles.
- Jim Almonds: And rolling forwards and sideways.