The Proud and Profane (1956)

Adam Williams: Eustace Press

Quotes 

• Lee Ashley : [walking through the cemetery with Useless, who doesn't know who Lee is]  How did Lieutenant Ashley die?

  Eustace Press : Like an amateur - squirmin' and squealin'. You know, they teach you how to throw a grenade and fire a mortar, but nobody ever teaches you how to die. I guess cuz that's the one thing in this world there there's no professionals at. You know, nobody comes back to tell you how to do it; you're on your own. When it's time for those last few gasps, everybody's an amateur.

• Eustace Press : [walking through the cemetery]  I got more friends here than any place else. They're all wondering why they're there. I keep wondering why I'm here. Only a handful of us got out.

  Lee Ashley : How was it?

  Eustace Press : Rough.

  Lee Ashley : That's all any of you say. Rough? What does that mean?

  Eustace Press : Well, lady, when things are too rugged for words, that's rough.

• Eustace Press : I would have clobbered a dame like that. But, he was kind of - he was kind of quiet. Shy. You'd think she'd have helped him. Build him up. Give him confidence. But, no, she just kept squeezin' it outta him. What makes a dame like that?

• Eustace Press : I'm glad you girls got here. It's awful good just to yack with a female. I'll probably talk your arm off.

• Eustace Press : You know something, when you get a second chance, you're awful lucky.

  [looks around the graveyard] 

  Eustace Press : Don't I know it.