Private Reiben: You wouldn't shoot the kraut and now you're gonna shoot me?
Sergeant Horvath: He's better than you.
Private Jackson: What I mean by that, sir, is if you was to put me and this here sniper rifle anywhere up to and including one mile from Adolf Hitler... With a clean line of sight... Pack your bags, fellas. War's over. Amen.
Captain Miller: It's like finding a needle in a stack of needles.
Private Reiben: I got a bad feeling about this one.
Captain Miller: When was the last time you felt good about anything?
Steamboat Willie: American, I like American.
Private Ryan: Picture a girl who took a nosedive from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
Captain Miller: Maybe we should bust up into groups, wander the woods like Hansel and Gretel, calling his name. He's bound to hear us sooner or later. RYAN!
Captain Miller: He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb.
Cpt. Miller: I'll see you on the beach!
Private Caparzo: Captain, the decent thing to do would be take her over to the next town.
Captain John Miller: We're not here to do the decent thing, we're here to follow f*cking orders!
Answer: Sniping needs stability - the movement of the waves under the boat would disrupt their aim so badly that they wouldn't have much hope of hitting anything.
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