“Sharpe's Rifles” quotes

“- Teresa: Be careful, he's very clever.
- Major Blas Vivar: But his men don't like him.”

Assumpta Serna - Teresa
Simón Andreu - Vivar

“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'...” (continue)(continue reading)
Daragh O'Malley - Harper

“- Patrick Harper: Sweet is the silent mouth, Cooper.
- Cooper: Didn't say a word, did I?”
Daragh O'Malley - Harper
Michael Mears - Cooper

“- Major Hogan: Spain is a sleeping tiger! If the people of Torre Castro rise up, even for an hour, the shock will shake the whole of Spain. Carry on, sir.
- Richard Sharpe: Rise up? Do you really believe men will fight and die for a rag on a pole?”
Brian Cox - Hogan
Sean Bean - Sharpe

“- Cooper: Can I ask you a question, sir? Where'd you learn to fight so dirty, sir?
- Richard Sharpe: Same place as you, Cooper. Saturday night in the gutters.”
Michael Mears - Cooper
Sean Bean - Sharpe

“We have two ears, but only one mouth; so a good leader will listen twice as much as he shouts.”
Assumpta Serna - Teresa

- 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... Dem...
- Harris: Democracy, sir. Comes from the Greek word "demos" and means "rule by"...
- Richard Sharpe: Shut up, Harris!
Daragh O'Malley - Harper
Sean Bean - Sharpe
Jason Salkey - Harris

“- Harris: Harris. From Wheatley in Oxfordshire.
- Richard Sharpe: And previously?
- Harris: A courtier to my lord Bacchus and an unremitting debtor.
- Richard Sharpe: You're a rake and a wastrel, Harris. Is there anything you can do?
- Harris: I can read, sir.”
Jason Salkey - Harris
Sean Bean - Sharpe

“- Richard Sharpe: Did you volunteer for this lot, Cooper?
- Cooper: Uh no, not exactly sir. I was invited to join... by a magistrate.”
Sean Bean - Sharpe
Michael Mears - Cooper

“- Wellesley: What do you do when you're short of cash, Sharpe?
- Richard Sharpe: Do without, sir.”
David Troughton - Wellesley
Sean Bean - Sharpe

“- Richard Sharpe: We are allies.
- Teresa: Allies? Do allies keep secrets from each other?
- Richard Sharpe: Lovers keep secrets from each other, yet they still make love.”
Sean Bean - Sharpe
Assumpta Serna - Teresa

“- Richard Sharpe: Previous employment?
- Cooper: By way of a trader, sir. In... property and the like.
- Richard Sharpe: Would that be other people's property, Cooper?”
Sean Bean - Sharpe
Michael Mears - Cooper

“I'm in charge here. Not them, not Harper; I'm in command. You follow me.”

Sean Bean - Sharpe

“- 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.”
Anthony Hyde - Man in Black
Daragh O'Malley - Harper

“- Richard Sharpe: Trust me.
- Cooper: It's very hard to trust a man who wants to borrow your pick-lock, sir.”
Sean Bean - Sharpe
Michael Mears - Cooper

“Now there's a woman worth fighting dirty for, sir.”
Daragh O'Malley - Harper

“When you bury me... no priests!”
Anthony Hyde - Man in Black

“- 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!”
Anthony Hyde - Man in Black
Daragh O'Malley - Harper