101 Movie Quotes about Strategy (+ Sound Clips) - page 10

Updated: Jun 3, 2026

Memorable quotes about strategy, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

91 Chopping. Wood for camp. That's funny. -If they're up to what I think they are, it ain't funny at all. -What's that? -Building barricades that move. It's an old Indian trick. Crawl along and push the barricades before them, you can't see where to shoot.

Walter Huston as Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

92 I'm fully aware of that, Captain. You're saying the safe play is to defend the home folks first. -With respects, Admiral, it's the smart play.

James Coburn as Captain Vinton Maddox; Henry Fonda as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in Midway (1976)

93 Boy's got to learn, Matt, you do not win a war by kissing the enemy.

Cliff Robertson as Commander Carl Jessop in Midway (1976)

94 We've already won a great victory, Admiral. Maybe we ought to get our people out of there. -You mean, break off, run for home? -Before they can hurt us again? Yes, sir.

Henry Fonda as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Hal Holbrook as Commander Joseph Rochefort in Midway (1976)

95 My father keeps them fighting each other constantly. It's a really brilliant strategy.

Ornella Muti as Princess Aura in Flash Gordon (1980)

96 Just one question. Did you calculate the risk?

William Holden as J.J. Sefton in Stalag 17 (1953)

97 Perhaps our best move would be to attempt an attack on the Moon. -We'd be at a terrific disadvantage. I don't even see how we could land ships there in face of their ray guns.

George Wallace as Commando Cody in Radar Men from the Moon (1952)

98 Arthur became convinced that a new strategy was required if the quest for the Holy Grail were to be brought to a successful conclusion.

Quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

99 Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing. And send in the infantry and cavalry.

Quote from Braveheart (1995)

100 It's a poker game with this kid. Don't let him know what you've got.

Quote from Good Will Hunting