Top 280 Eoin Colfer Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Trust me. I’m a genius.”

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2. “Together we will be unstoppable.”

— Eoin Colfer

3. “Confidence is ignorance. If you’re feeling cocky, it’s because there’s something you don’t know.”

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4. “If I win, I’m a prodigy. If I lose, then I’m crazy. That’s the way history is written.”

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5. “Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you’re told. – Artemis Fowl.”

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6. “Stay back, human. You don’t know what you’re dealing with.”

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7. “I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.”

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8. “Dreams come true all the time, just not for the dreamers.”

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9. “It’s like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.”

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10. “D’Arvit!”

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11. “A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.”

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12. “Good. Illegal is always faster.”

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13. “Listen to me, goblin. You’re stupid, let’s accept that and move on.”

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14. “When the moment comes, will you take your chance to be a hero?”

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15. “I don’t know what to believe, or who to trust.”

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16. “How did that go?’ he asked. ‘Your first lengthy conversation with a girl your own age?’ ‘Fabulous,’ said Artemis, voice dripping with sarcasm. ‘We’re planning a June wedding.”

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17. “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.”

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18. “There’s nothing more dangerous than a short guy with something to prove.”

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19. “Artemis: Holly, how did you find me? Holly: Oh, I saw a huge explosion and wondered: now, who could that be?”

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20. “We’re being lead by an idiot with a crayon.”

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21. “A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that’s as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.”

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22. “I’m the crazy girly captain, Remember?”

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23. “If it looks like a Dwarf, and it smells like a Dwarf, then it’s probably a Dwarf or a latrine wearing dungerees.”

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24. “Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I’m sure one would be quite sufficient.”

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25. “I wear a name tag to help people find me. It saves time when you’re dealing with idiots.”

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26. “I have always loved ‘Stig of the Dump.’ I think reading that book made me officially realise that I was a reader.”

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27. “A CD. How quaint. We have these in museums.”

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28. “I’m not impressed.”

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29. “I’m right there with you, darlin’. Unless you step on a landmine, in which case I’m way back in the Operations Room.”

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30. “They have gone. And the tunnel is about to close. So, boys, I am looking for someone to blame.”

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31. “I don’t suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?”

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32. “Well, I don’t like the first bit and I don’t know the last bit. So I’m really hoping the middle bit is exceptional.”

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33. “I am Butler. Anything I say sounds scary.”

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34. “Argh? Pathetic and inarticulate. Nice combination. Your mothers must be so proud.”

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35. “Artemis ducked. Cudgeon didn’t. Guess what? Artemis was smarter.”

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

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37. “Why can’t we for once have a meeting in Starbucks?”

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38. “Friendship isn’t a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.”

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39. “The trick to negotiation was to hold all the cards going in and, even if you didn’t, to try to look as though you did.”

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40. “Don’t try to understand me, just be grateful that you felt the warmth of Zaphod Beeblebrox’s aura on your wonderstruck face.”

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41. “Hit that back-stabber where it hurts, right in the ambition.”

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42. “It was funny how quickly a person’s priorities could change. This morning he had been worried about which loafers to wear with his suit, and now all he could think about was the fact that his dearest friend’s life hung in the balance, And the balance was rapidly shifting.”

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43. “Genius inspires resentment. A sad fact of life.”

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44. “And it’s amazing how much noise people ignoring each other can make.”

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

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46. “I have lived long enough to realize that there is no such thing as perfect love. That’s too long.”

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47. “The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese.”

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48. “Any of these vultures smell weakness, and they’ll mess you up faster than sugar in a gas tank.”

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49. “It was no time for mercy, it was time to terminate with extreme prejudice.”

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50. “I feel like Alice falling into Wonderland. A line came to him: It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.”

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