You know, if I had my way, I'd send that genius son of a bitch an engraved invitation in iambic pentameter-a challenge in two stanzas to meet me out there alone in the desert.
17 seconds sound clip from the Patton (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:37:52 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- How the devil did you manage to stage that?
- I can't get over how cold it gets in the desert.
- Rommel's out there somewhere waiting for me.
- And that battle would decide the outcome of the war.
- It's too bad jousting's gone out of style.
- It's like your poetry, General. It isn't part of the 20th century.
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