This is the war room pres.
Dr strangelove war room quote.
Of course bucky would rather be there with you.
My president needs me.
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.
Of course it isn t only physical.
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.
The cold war voiceover.
That is the whole idea of this machine you know.
Well boys we got three engines out we got more holes in us than a horse trader s mule the radio is gone and we re leaking fuel and if we was flying any lower why we d need sleigh bells on this thing.
An example of the kind of irony that defines dr.
One of the best film quotes of all time.
Strangelove quotes 27 quotes more on this quote mr.
President it is not only possible it is essential.
Dr strangelove precious bodily fluids quote.
This is the war room.
This is the war room.
But we got one little budge on them rooskies.
Gentlemen you can t fight in here.
Strangelove s last delivery in the war room the russian ambassador is standing next to his wheelchair looking straight and grim.
It would not be difficult mein führer.
You mean people could actually stay down there for a hundred years.
President i m not saying we wouldn t get our hair mussed.
The cold war voiceover.
From the film dr.
Well let s see now ah cobalt thorium g radioactive half life of uh i would think that uh.
This is the war room.
How is it possible for this thing to be triggered automatically and at the same time impossible to untrigger.
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.
Nuclear reactors could heh i m sorry mr.
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.
That is the whole idea of this machine you know.
On the phone in the war room well look baby i can t can t talk to you now but.
Gentlemen you can t fight in here.
I deeply respect you as a human being.