Lushington D. Brady: Tell Me This Isn’t a Government Operation

“Tell me this isn’t a government operation.” My favourite line from Apollo 13, when Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) learns that the vital carbon scrubbers on the Lunar Module are round, while the ones they need to replace on the Command Module are square. I’m not certain whether Kranz ever really said it, but, as he said, of “Failure is not an option” (something he definitely did not say), it’s such a good a line that he wished he had.