"Connie never had a brother, that's why she still thinks men are clever and fine."

"I tell you, if there's any justice on earth, you're going to make an ass of yourself."

"I just got rid of one Norseman, and so you bring me two?  Is Tryggvason planning a conquest by slow, blond invasion?"

"Prop me up if you can, but if I start to fall, you tell everyone to get out of the way."

"Swearing in your barbarian language is like playing the harp with a single finger."

"My cousin speaks Gaelic like a four-year-old, unless he's railing at you.  Then he's a dictionary!"

"It's not gibberish, it's Gaelic." — "It sounds like Hundr when he gets a bone in his throat."

"Your father has asked me not to flatter you, so lacking my usual means of communication, I must resort to getting directly to the point."

"I should rather be called ugly than lazy.  If indolence is the price of beauty, then I find it too dear."

"The best I can do is to speak plainly and use a good many big words."