Sharpe (TV Series)

Sharpe's Rifles (1993)

Daragh O'Malley: Sgt. Patrick Harper

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Quotes 

• Richard Sharpe : Gimme a pick-lock, Cooper.

  Cooper : Pick-lock, sir? Catch me with a pick-lock!

  Patrick Harper : They did, Coop. But when you got out of Newgate prison, you got another set, and that's the one the officer wants.

  Cooper : Do I get it back, sir?

  Richard Sharpe : Trust me.

  Cooper : It's very hard to trust a man who wants to borrow your pick-lock, sir.

• Patrick Harper : There are two kinds of officers, sir: killin' officers and murderin' officers. Killin' officers are poor old buggers that get you killed by mistake. Murderin' officers are mad, bad, old buggers that get you killed on purpose - for a country, for a religion, maybe even for a flag. You see that Major Hogan, sir? That's what I call a murderin' officer.

• Man in Black : I will give you one hundred guineas in gold, and safe passage to America.

  Patrick Harper : America? That'd be nice. But you see, the King of England, owes me last month's wages. And I'd never sleep easy in America knowing that that bastard owes me a shilling!

  Man in Black : You would die for a shilling?

  Patrick Harper : That's what I signed on to do.

  Man in Black : You will have to do it.

  Patrick Harper : [hefts his rifle]  It's a grand day for it!

• Patrick Harper : We don't want to go south, sir.

  Richard Sharpe : And what the hell do I care what you and the lads want, eh? You think the British Army's a bloody dem...

  [searches] 

  Richard Sharpe : Dem...

  Harris : Democracy, sir. Comes from the Greek word "demos" and means "rule by-"

  Richard Sharpe : Shut up, Harris!

• Man in Black : You say you are an Irishman. Why should you be loyal to the British dogs, who want to take you to Lisbon to shoot you?

  Patrick Harper : Jesus, you took the words right out of my mouth.

  Man in Black : I can help you. Give me the box?

  Patrick Harper : And if I do?

  Man in Black : You will be rich.

  Patrick Harper : And if I don't?

  Man in Black : You will be dead.

  Patrick Harper : Hmm... well, you're having the best of the argument so far.

• Patrick Harper : [about Sharpe]  He's no proper officer. Never seems to tire, hard to catch him off guard.

  Cooper : He let you off light, Harps. Back in the village. So why so hard?

  Patrick Harper : It's just not right, Cooper. He's not happy being an officer. And mark my words, he'll bring us bad luck.

  [thinks it over] 

  Patrick Harper : We'll do it tomorrow. In the mountains.

• Patrick Harper : Now there's a woman worth fighting dirty for, sir.

• Patrick Harper : Sweet is the silent mouth, Cooper.

  Cooper : Didn't say a word, did I?