Franklin Rock (New Earth)/Quotes

Look... who you were, you left stateside. You're lucky, you'll get to be that person again. In Easy, who we are now is all that matters. This war, you're gonna do some things the person you were might find damn hard to live with. So I'm doing him a favor, and leavin' 'im home.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

No--A guy like Beanpole makes me proud to be in Easy!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Lt. Jeb Stuart's a real Reb cavalryman... He'll get you to a hospital quick!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

I've been fightin' so long men look like tin soldiers to me!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Farmer Boy had faith... and he made somethin' grow where it never did before! So -- we should remember what we're fightin' for! To make things grow... not to tear 'em down

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

These Easy Joes are my good luck piece! Without them--and each other---none of our lives is worth a plugged nickel!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

I guess Easy did all right without me, huh?

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

What you thought was an Achilles Heel--is our real strength! by watchin' out for our own...knowin' that each man's life is valuable to us all... we make ourselves that much stronger and better protected! These guys are the real soldiers...fightin' for the things valued by the whole world! That's a hard combination to beat!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Guess you could call her--The Luck of Easy!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

There are some things that neither Rock nor Iron can stand up against!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Even a rock can crumble--almost!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Didn't anyone tell you only officers rate a salute?

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Does anything ever change... between yesterday and today?

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

The hell with the war! The war can wait! We'll get you out of here, nurse!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

When're we ever goin' to stop turnin' everythin' into...a graveyard?

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

War's a meat-grinder! Never can tell who'll be chopped-up...or...who'll come out soldiers!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Make war, no more.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

I believe in Easy Company... an' the guys that make it up.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

You don't have to call me "Sir." I work for a living.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

I gotta admit that those smilin' faces mean more to me... than winnin' this war! Come to think of it--that's why we're fightin'!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Cap'n... a war's bad enough--but doin' it in a tight tin can is just too much for me! Y'gotta gimme sky!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

It's a crazy war--when comic books can win a purple heart!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

War's a bloody classroom...an' a student learns the hard way! Fast!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Me an Easy'd been workin' point so long... the Brass finally let us "take ten" in a small village outside of Paris! A new replacement came in... lookin' like a brand-new unsharpened pencil!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Who ever says war makes sense?

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

This is our war. The one we're stuck with. The one we've gotta fight to a finish.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

What a crazy war. A French nun payin' no heed... leadin' her kids in between kraut an' yank patrols.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Funny... friend an' foe fraternizin' in the same graveyard! Like I always said... it's a crazy war! It's been a long night... the longest!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

The Iron Major tried to teach me that iron was stronger than flesh and blood! I had to prove him wrong!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

We're going to make some friends and watch them die.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

If you call me Frank again, I won't be held accountable for my actions.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

No one fails who gave his best. You grew tall on this hill.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

We haven't learned a thing...wars go on...only worse than before! Winter an' Summer... the killin' goes on!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

North Africa...Sicily...Normandy...Bastogne...Arnheim...I'll remember every bleedin' minute of it...till the day I die!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

No one begs!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

It's gonna to be a long war, Easy.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

You want to know what a "Red Badge of Courage" really is? It's a stain that every soldier gets on himself from every battle that won't come off. Believe you me... I'd trade anything to be forgotten in exchange for my forgetting what they want to remember me for.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Through a wet haze of pain, I saw the Amazon move. She moved so fast, she blurred... or maybe that was just my eyes. All I know is, she fought like a human whirlwind, jumping everywhere at once... and she won!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Fubar... Friggin fubar.

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

The medal can wait, sir! If the fightin's here--then here's where Easy's stayin'!

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)

Easy's hooked up with more than its share of misfits and oddballs between fronts-- But somehow they always managed to pull their own weight and more when the goin' got tough! Now there's Tag-Along! If we get caught in an enemy TNT festival-- Will Tag-Along become a man of tin or a man of steel?

--Franklin Rock (New Earth)