Cooper quotes from Sharpe

What is that? Liquor? Liquor displeases the Lord. Give it here so I can destroy it.

Oh blimey, a bloody Methodist.

That's best brandy, sir.

Can I ask you a question, sir? Where did you learn to fight so dirty, sir?

Same place as you, Cooper: Saturday night in the gutters.

Long way from home, sir.

Never was much of a home, Cooper.

No, sir. That it weren't.

Did you volunteer for this lot, Cooper?

Erm, no, not exactly, sir. I was "invited" to join... by a magistrate. [singing softly] Here's adieu to all judges and juries / justice and Old Bailey too / for they bound me to King George's army / so adieu to old England, adieu...

[singing softly] Now it's over the seas that I wander / to stand 'neath the red, white, and blue / for they gave me the old King's hard bargain / so adieu to old England, adieu...

Gimme a pick-lock, Cooper.

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

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

Do I get it back, sir?

Trust me.

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

Sarge? Where are we off to, Sarge?

We're going to join up with a man called Sharpe, lads.

You mean we're all gonna die?

No, lad. Mister Sharpe may be dead in the eyes of French, but to you and me he's as lively as an eel.

[grabs Harper's arm] Just a minute.

How, Sarge?

You know the Army, boys. They couldn't hang a curtain, even if they tried. [they all laugh]