Sheriff Harry S. Truman

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Sheriff Harry S. Truman Quotes

	Season 2 / Episode 18: - On the Wings of Love Dale Cooper: Anything? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: No, nothing. She wants to speak to the South African Consulate. Dale Cooper: [surprised] In Twin Peaks?
	Season 2 / Episode 10: - Dispute Between Brothers Catherine Packard Martell: Hello Harry. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Forgive my saying so Catherine, but aren't you dead?
	Season 2 / Episode 10: - Dispute Between Brothers FBI Agent Roger Hardy: Sheriff Truman, would you sit down? We'd like to ask you a few questions. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: I'll stand. FBI Agent Roger Hardy: Well, let me begin by saying that whatever Agent Cooper is guilty of will not be held against you. And your cooperation will be useful and greatly appreciated. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: If I understand the law correctly, you need extradtion papers in order to get a statement from me, Mountie King. And you need a subpoena from a judge, Agent Hardy. Now, unless you gentlemen have that paperwork, I suggest you take your cooperation and stuff it. FBI Agent Roger Hardy: That attitude will not serve you, or Agent Cooper. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: That's not an attitude. That's a promise. Agent Cooper is the finest lawman I've ever known. I've had nothing but respect for him since he arrived in Twin Peaks. Now, I don't know what information you have or where you got it from, but it is dead wrong. FBI Agent Roger Hardy: [cold tone] Thank you for your time. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Help yourself to a coffee on the way out.
	Season 2 / Episode 9: - Arbitrary Law Sheriff Harry S. Truman: [after Cooper has revealed the killer] How did you know? Dale Cooper: Laura told me. In her dream. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: We're going to need more a lot stronger evidence than this. Dale Cooper: How about a confession?
	Season 2 / Episode 9: - Arbitrary Law Special Agent Dale Cooper: Did you kill Laura Palmer? Leland Palmer: [in Bob's voice] That's a "yes". Special Agent Dale Cooper: How about Maddy Ferguson? Leland Palmer: What do you think? Special Agent Dale Cooper: I'm asking you. Leland Palmer: No really, what do you think? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Answer the question. Leland Palmer: Well, yeah gee wiz, I guess I kinda, sorta did. I have this thing for knifes. Just like what happended to you that time in Pittsburgh, Cooper!
	Season 2 / Episode 9: - Arbitrary Law FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield: The short answer is, this is the work of the same ghoul who killed Laura. More fan mail: the letter 'O' under Maddy's ring fingernail. There were strands of fur clutched in her right hand. Special Agent Dale Cooper: What kind of fur? FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield: White fox. The strands were laced with formaldehyde. A dead animal, stuffed. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: I'll make phone calls. Leland will know how to get ahold of Maddy's family. Special Agent Dale Cooper: Harry, don't make any calls. I need 24 hours. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: For what? Special Agent Dale Cooper: To finish this.
	Season 1 / Episode 8: - The Last Evening Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Do you believe him? Special Agent Dale Cooper: He's too stupid to lie.
	Season 1 / Episode 7: - Realization Time Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Coop, I need to talk to you about Josie. She's been afraid, very afraid. Special Agent Dale Cooper: About what? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Ben Horne and Catherine Martell. They've been seeing each other on the sides, it's been going on for years. Josie just found out. She thinks that they are going to try to burn down the sawmill, and somehow get rid of her too. Special Agent Dale Cooper: Do you belive her? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Well, I know that Ben Horne wants that land around the sawmill for Ghostwood Developments, and Josie won't sell. So, yeah. I believe her. Special Agent Dale Cooper: Well, how much do you know about Josie? Where she's from? Who she was before she came to Twin Peaks? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: What are you getting at? Special Agent Dale Cooper: The truth Harry. Because that's my job.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer Sheriff Harry S. Truman: There's a sort of evil out there. Something very, very strange in these old woods. Call it what you want. A darkness, a presence. It takes many forms but... its been out there for as long as anyone can remember and we've always been here to fight it.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer Albert Rosenfield: Oh yeah, well I've had about enough of morons and half wits, dolts, dunces, dullards and dumbbells... and you, you chowder-head yokel, you blithering hayseed. You've had enough of me? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Yes I have. [punches Albert in the face]
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Traces to Nowhere FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: [he enters sanding a handcarved wooden whistle] Hi, Mike, Bobby. Now before we get started, have you two fellas got your stories straight? Bobby Briggs: If we tell the truth we don't have to get our stories straight. Mike 'Snake' Nelson: Besides, the sheriff told us we're just in here for fighting and, uh, it was self-defense. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Right. Well, I guess you can go then. Bobby Briggs: Now? FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Mm-hm. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Oh, fellas, one more thing. Pray for the health and safety of James Hurley, because if anything happens to him, I'm coming for you. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Sheriff, what are you sitting around for? We've got places to go and people to see. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: You know, I think I'd better start studying medicine. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: And why is that? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Because I'm beginning to feel a bit like Dr. Watson.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Sheriff, what kind of fantastic trees have you got growing around here? Big, majestic. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Douglas firs. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: [Marveling] Douglas firs...
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Who's the babe? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: That is one of the most beautiful women in the state, Mrs. Packard. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Packard Sawmill? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Yep. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Where's Mr. Packard? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Died in a boating accident last year. Andrew Packard practically built this town. Brought her over from Hong Kong six years ago. Left her everything, which didn't exactly please his sister. That's her right there. The original deep freeze. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Who's the glad-handing dandy? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Benjamin Horne, local big wig, he owns half the town. He's not after her, he's after her land. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Who's the lady with the log? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: We call her the log lady.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: You know why I'm whittling? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Okay, I'll, I'll bite again. Why are you whittling? FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Because that's what you do in a town where a yellow light still means slow down, not speed up.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Sheriff, that reminds me. Can you recommend to me a good, inexpensive hotel or motel? Now it doesn't have to be fancy and I mean that. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: I can get you a good rate up at the Great Northern. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Because you know, I think I'm going to be here for some time, and these motels, they'll promise you a good rate and when you get there it's a whole different story. Now all I need is a bed, a bathroom, a telephone, and sometimes a television in the unlikely event that one day I'll get a chance to knock off early. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: I can get you a good rate up at the Great Northern. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Sold. Well, tomorrow comes early.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: [He sees the Log Lady seated nearby, cradling her log and drinking coffee] Log Lady. Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Right. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: [He waves to her] Hi. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Can I ask her about her log? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Many have.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot Sheriff Harry S. Truman: This is Special Agent Dale Cooper. Dr. Lawrence Jacoby: [He removes an earplug] Gary Cooper? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Agent Cooper.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot Sheriff Harry S. Truman: I suppose you want me to follow them at a discreet distance. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Harry, you're all right.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: I think I saw a cottontail rabbit! Sheriff Harry S. Truman: It must have been a snowshoe rabbit. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Snowshoe? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Right. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Snowshoe. Snowshoe rabbit.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: Who's the lady with the log? Sheriff Harry S. Truman: We call her the Log Lady. The Log Lady: Shhhhhhh!

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