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(giving a speech to a military audience) "We are a hollow army. Viet Nam has crushed our soul. We have to dream a new America. An America that no longer has an exploitative view of natural resources, that no longer promotes consumption at all costs. To achieve this dream, we must become the first superpower to develop superpowers. We must creat warrior monks -- men and women who can fall in love with everyone, sense plant auras, pass through walls, stop saying mindless cliches and see into the future. I want you to join me in this vision, to be all that you can be."
- Bill Django,
The Men Who Stare at Goats
(instructing his new recruits) "I am Lt. Colonel Bill Django. If you pass this course you will be a psychic weapon, an angel of death, our enemy's worse nightmare. Until that time you are nothing! Do you understand?"
- Bill Django,
The Men Who Stare at Goats
(leading his men in reciting one of his mantras) "Mother Earth, you are my life support system. As a soldier I will drink your blue water, live inside your red clay and eat your green skin. Help me to balance myself as you hold and balance the Earth, the sea and the space environments. Help me to open my heart knowing the universe will feed me. I pray my boots will always kiss your face and my footsteps match your heartbeat. Carry my body through space and time. You are my connection to the universe and all that comes after. I am yours and you are mine. I salute you."
- Bill Django,
The Men Who Stare at Goats
(speaking to the audience and explaining how he got to this point) "I did what so many men throughout history have done when a woman has broken their heart. I went to war."
- Bob Wilton,
The Men Who Stare at Goats
(thinking to himself as he comes under enemy fire) "As we ran for cover I thought this is what I wanted. I was on a mission even if I didn't know what kind of mission it was. I could hear the little man inside of me again, he was screaming like a little girl."
- Bob Wilton,
The Men Who Stare at Goats
(talking about psycological warfare and reading a leaflet the Iraqis air dropped on the camp) "Here's an Iraqi leaflet they dropped on us. American soldiers, your wives are back home having sex with Bart Simpson and Burt Reynolds. Yea, they didn't exactly do their homework there."
- Larry Hooper,
The Men Who Stare at Goats
(talking about French contractors and then asking Bill what is the most common French expression) "I give up!"
- Lyn Cassady,
The Men Who Stare at Goats
(giving Bob Wilton some direction in his life) "Bob, have you ever heard of optimum trajectory? Your life is like a river and if you are aiming for a goal that is not your destiny, you will always be swimming against the current. Young guy who wants to be a stock car driver -- it's not going to happen. Little Anne Frank wants to be a high school teacher -- tough titty Anne, it's not your destiny. But you will go on to move the hearts and minds of millions. Find out what your destiny is and the river will carry you."
- Lyn Cassady,
The Men Who Stare at Goats
(teaching Bob Wilton a lesson in life) "You learned a lesson. Whatever you fear most has no power over you; it's the fear that has the power. ("Phil?") No, Oprah!"
- Lyn Cassady,
The Men Who Stare at Goats