If I waited four hours, I would have lost the Battle of Austerlitz.
3 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:09:19.654 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Well, we've fought with mud in our boots before.
- Sunday morning. The priest in Plancenoit won't give up his mass.
- Well, he won't have much of a congregation.
- Sire, we need four hours. The ground is too soft. I cannot move my cannon.
- If I waited four hours, I would have lost the Battle of Austerlitz.
- Sire, I cannot answer for my cannon.
- If we could attack at 12, it would be better.
- Battles are lost and won in a quarter of an hour.
[...]
Top rated lines from this movie
Actors: Rod Steiger (Napoleon Bonaparte), Christopher Plummer (Duke of Wellington), Orson Welles (King Louis XVIII)
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) 526 Sounds / Quotes
The Hunt for Red October 940 Sounds / Quotes
Black Belt Jones (1974) 458 Sounds / Quotes
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) 478 Sounds / Quotes
DuckTales: The Movie (1990) 563 Sounds / Quotes