I came to San Antonio, and it's known for the River Walk. So I was just doing some sightseeing, I looked at the bridge and I thought, 'Man, if I do a flip off this bridge, that would be super-cool.' I don't recommend anybody jump off that bridge.
If you can't trust, you can't be trustworthy.
[last lines] Major Clipton: Madness! Madness!
It's a bad bridge that is narrower than the stream.
Where there is no bridge the smallest plank is of great value.
A fable is a bridge which leads to truth.
A phantasm can be a bridge that men cross toward reality.
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.
Time is only linear for engineers and referees.
Colonel Nicholson: What have I done?
Typically, highway bridges have about 50 years. But over in England, they have iron bridges approaching 250 years. In France, there are Roman aqueducts that are approaching 2,000 years old. So a bridge can last a very long time if it's built properly...
Colonel Nicholson: One day the war will be over. And I hope that the people that use this bridge in years to come will remember how it was built and who built it. Not a gang of slaves, but soldiers, British soldiers, Clipton, even in captivity.
With a friend behind you, you have a safe bridge.
Tap even a stone bridge before crossing.
If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim.
Francesca: We are the choices that we have made, Robert.
I hate bridges. I'm always very insecure on bridges.
Col. Robert Stout: Could you get a message down to XXXth Corps on that dingus? Radio Operator: Yes, sir. Uh, we just got word from the 82nd up ahead. They captured the Graves bridge completely intact! Col. Robert Stout: Aw, that's terrrific. Except X...
Cross even a stone bridge after you've tested it.
Understanding’s not enough. Understanding’s from outside; merely a function of the mind. [. . .] To enter, that’s the secret. To become the bridge, to crawl into its sap, to sway with it, to rot over centuries as its heartwood rots. When you ar...
