Garda Lisa Nolan Quotes in Grabbers (2012)

Garda Lisa Nolan: You're drunk.

Garda Ciarán O'Shea: No, I'm not. No.

Garda Lisa Nolan: Is that right?

[Ciarán chuckles]

Garda Lisa Nolan: Say the alphabet backwards for me.

Garda Ciarán O'Shea: Em... Zed... Et cetera.

Garda Lisa Nolan: I hope you're not driving.

Garda Ciarán O'Shea: No. I'm taking Johnny's horse. Yah.

Garda Lisa Nolan: You're going to ride a horse while intoxicated?

Garda Ciarán O'Shea: Yeah, so? The horse is sober.

Garda Ciarán O'Shea: What killed him, Jim?

Dr. Jim Gleeson: The fact that he's just a head. You bring me someone with a head cold or a headache and I could do something, but you bring me just a head and you're taking the piss. Jesus, they could bury him in a shoe box.

Garda Lisa Nolan: Doctor, we need to know.

Dr. Jim Gleeson: He was mauled in some way by some... animal or... something. I dunno. A tiger?

Garda Lisa Nolan: Looks like it should be nice out.

Una Maher: Ah, there's a storm coming.

Garda Lisa Nolan: Oh? Really?

Una Maher: Mmm.

Garda Lisa Nolan: Are the gulls flying low or something?

Una Maher: No, it was on the telly.

[gestures to TV weather forecast]

Garda Lisa Nolan: What is that thing?

Dr. Adam Smith: I haven't a clue. I've never seen anything like it before. It's a completely foreign species. I can't even begin to originate or class it.

Paddy Barrett: A "grabber."

Una Maher: You're throwing a party?

Garda Ciarán O'Shea: Yeah.

Una Maher: Why?

Garda Ciarán O'Shea: Who needs a reason to have a laugh, ha-ha-ha?

Garda Lisa Nolan: [slurring] It's a welcome party for me.

Una Maher: Welcome party? But you're leaving in a fortnight.

Garda Lisa Nolan: So it's a goodbye party, whatever.

Una Maher: You only just got here.

Garda Lisa Nolan: [slurring, to O'Shea] What's her problem?

Garda Lisa Nolan: Smith said it needs water, right?

Garda Ciarán O'Shea: Pfff... says a lot of things.

Paddy Barrett: Mostly bollocks.

Garda Lisa Nolan: Whatever. But if it needs water to survive, how could it be movin' about on dry land?

Paddy Barrett: It was rainin'. When it's rainin', there's no such thing as dry land.

Garda Lisa Nolan: Get away from him, you cuuuuuunt!

Garda Lisa Nolan: It's always the quiet places where the mad shit happens.