Eoin Colfer Quotes - Page 10

You guys looking for my dad? People are always, like, looking for him, and he's never around. Daddy is so not here. And I mean that literally and spiritually.

You display inordinate pride for someone who has completed a task which could have been performed by a lesser primate in a shorter time.

Victor Vigny: It is like the old fairy tale. The boy saves the princess; they fall in love. He invents a flying machine - along with his dashing teacher, of course. They get married and name thier firstborn after the aforementioned dashing teacher. Conor: I don't recall that fairy tale from the nursery. Victor Vigny: Trust me, It's a classic.

Shut up, Julius! I mean, quiet a moment, Commander.

Everything rests on the poisoned wine. If it were just the queen, I could force it down her gullet, but Declan Broekhart would run me through with that damned ceremonial sword, and if his wife's stares were daggers, he'd be dead already.

And it's amazing how much noise people ignoring each other can make.

A pity to survive night flights over St. Georges Channel only to crack my skull falling from a ladder.

If Koboi defeats and presumably murders us both then you can consider the debt null and void.

I'm LEP. A captain. No rent-a-cop gnome is going to stand in the way of my orders.

If you were me, then I'd be you, and if I were you, then I'd hide somewhere far away.

I'm the crazy girly captain, Remember?

...Hardly. A ragged apron does not a waiter make.

That was all he said, except for "Aaaeerrgghhh." Which is not really a word. But the reason that he screamed "Aaaeerrgghhh" was that Franco had bitten him savegly on the wrist.

Doobie always wanted to see the badge. It was shiny, and he was eight.

What's that supposed to mean? A wolf's head on a stick. Big wolf barbecue tonight? Bring your own wolf?

Listen to me, goblin. You're stupid, let's accept that and move on.

Foaly: Anyone see you come in here? Holly: The FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, MI6. Oh, and the EIB. Foaly: The EIB? Holly: (smirking) Everyone in the building.

That's the last order I'll ever give you Captain. Don't you dare ignore it.

Let's save some time here. I grow weary of your clumsy bluffs. In the case of an abduction, the LEP will send a crack Retrieval team to get back what has been lost.. You have done so. Excuse me while I titter. Crack team? Honestly. A Cub-Scout patrol armed with water pistols could have defeated them.

Holly is alive,' thought Foaly 'My princess lives,'exulted Orion. 'And we're chasing a dragon

Boo-hoo. Help me, I'm a girl. What kind of modern woman are you? A smart one.

We lost the crickets," she said. "Even you can't make that sound tough." ..."I am Butler," he said with a straight-face. "Everything I say sounds tough. Now, get out of the lake, fairy.

I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal.

I bet," said Mulch, "that you would set the world on fire just to watch it burn." Opal tapped the suggestion into a small electronic notepad on her pocket computer. Thanks for that. Now, tell me everything.

Who are you?" he asked. I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi for the next five minutes. After that you may refer to me as Aaaaarrrrgh, hold your throat, die screaming, and so on.