Oliver Queen quotes from Arrow

Thea

[on the phone] Mom says I'm supposed to remind you to pick her up for lunch.

Oliver

Was I supposed to have lunch with her today?

Thea

She says she left you, like, five messages. Just bite the bullet and have a Cobb salad with the woman.

Oliver

You know, Thea, sometimes it's difficult to remember which one of you is my mother. [hangs up on her]

Helena

I know it must have been hell for you. Alone on that island, for five years. But, um...

Oliver

But, what?

Helena

But was there ever a day when you were just... happy to be away from everything? No pressure from your family, no need to be the person that everyone else expect you to be. Was there ever a day when...

Oliver

When I didn't feel lost, I felt free? More than one. And those are the days that I miss.

Helena

I have weakened my father's organization to the point where there is no way he can survive [the Triad's] onslaught.

Oliver

What, and then you have your revenge?

Helena

Then I have justice for what he did to Michael and me.

Oliver

It's not justice.

Helena

And what you do is?

Oliver

Would you let me show you?

Helena

Was I not clear that I wasn't interested in talking?

Oliver

You don't have to talk.

Helena

This is a waste of time.

Oliver

I'm trying to teach you something.

Helena

What? The least effective way to shoot people?

Oliver

No. Control.

Oliver

Diggle, this is Helena. Diggle is my... associate.

Helena

Wow, any associate of Oliver's --

Diggle

Is absolutely nothing to you, Ma'am.

Malcolm Merlyn

What are your thoughts, Oliver?

Oliver

I think the vigilante needs a better code name then "The Hood" or "The Hood Guy."

I agree. How about Green Arrow?

Oliver

Lame.

Thea

You bailed on your party.

Oliver

It seemed like the right move. I mean, like you said, it... wasn't the best timing.

Thea

OK, but when I was saying I was saying that, that was me being a bitch.

Oliver

Felicity, you're remarkable.

Felicity Smoak

Thank you for remarking on it.

Oliver

Who are you? Where's my friend Tommy Merlyn? The guy who once rented out a football stadium so that he could play strip kickball with models?

Tommy

That guy needed a swift kick in his lazy ass.

Thea

I've seen the movie before.

Oliver

Cut me some slack. I've been gone for a while and apparently I missed the cinematic genius that is Zach... Galifianak... is(?)

Diggle

With all the guys working up top, you might want to think about a side entrance for your, uh... arrowcave.

Oliver

Just put one in. South alleyway. Something I want to show you.

Diggle

You're finally getting into online dating and you need help with your profile.

Oliver

Not exactly, but there is somebody I'd like you to meet.

Felicity

And here I was beginning to think my days of being Oliver Queen's personal computer geek were coming to an end.

Oliver

Is that your way of saying you miss me?

Felicity

No. But if it works for you, go with it.

Diggle

Found what you're looking for?

Oliver

Took down three Vertigo pushers tonight, Diggle. Last one finally knew a name. The Count.

Diggle

The Count? That's worse than The Hood.

Diggle

[Oliver awakens thug by touching his neck] Whoa! That's a neat trick. You going to teach me that one day?

Oliver

[knocks thug back out] No.

Diggle

What are you doing?

Oliver

You need to arrange a new identity for this guy. Get him out of the city.

Diggle

Right, so your Ruskie pal draws out The Count, vigilante takes him down.

Oliver

No, Diggle. Because the Bratva would know that I used them, and that relationship is too valuable. I do the meet with The Count as myself, let him leave, then we follow him to his hideout.

Diggle

Just that easy, huh?

Oliver

Well, I will still need my trusty bodyguard.

Diggle

[sarcastic] Fantastic, looking forward to my new and exciting career as a drug dealer.