We can dispense with the amenities, Colonel.

2 seconds sound clip from the The Alamo (1960) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:05:40.925 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Indisposed? By God, if you mean drunk, you say drunk, sir!

- He's drunk, sir.

- What's your name?

- James Butler Bonham. In Travis's command, sir.

- Neill, you go north with me.

- Colonel Travis will be in command here.

- Major, sir. Colonel Travis. I'll send the commission through.

- Thank you, General. Let me assure you I'll do everything...

- We can dispense with the amenities, Colonel.

- Now, I've been given command of the armies of Texas. But the fly in the buttermilk is there ain't no armies in Texas! A few good friends and some willing men.

- I'm gonna have to knock some of those men into an army and to do that I need time.

- You people right here on the real ground are gonna have to buy me that time.

- You gonna have to keep Santa Anna off the back of my neck until I can get in shape to fight him.

[...]

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