Gardens of Stone (1987)

James Earl Jones: 'Goody' Nelson

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• "Goody" Nelson : You ever take biology in school, soldier?

  Jackie Willow : Yes, Sergeant-Major.

  "Goody" Nelson : How do worms copulate?

  Jackie Willow : They don't, Sergeant-Major; they use asexual reproduction.

  "Goody" Nelson : Mmmm-hmmmm! Interesting concept! Tell me, Willow - any idea who first came up with that notion: reproducing without sex?

  Jackie Willow : Your wife, Sergeant-Major?

• "Goody" Nelson : Clell, Old Boy, you mean you haven't told the lady? Why Madam,we are the Old Guard. We are the Nation's Toy Soldiers. We march with rifles that cannot shoot. We fix bayonets that cannot stick. We are the Kabuki theater of the profession of arms.Jesters in the court of Mars, God of War, do-da, do-da.

• "Goody" Nelson : Well, here's to us and those like us.

  Clell Hazard : Damn few left.

• Clell Hazard : And hey, Goody, watch your mouth.

  "Goody" Nelson : Fuckin'-A-a-a-a