“The Borrowers” quotes

“- Ocious P. Potter: You've seen this before?
- Exterminator Jeff: No, but I've heard the stories, but that's what I thought they were, just stories: the fly with the human head, the poker-playing rats, the giant radioactive cockroaches.”

John Goodman - Ocious P. Potter
Mark Williams - Exterminator Jeff

“Squished, or might get squished. Not much of a choice then, is there?”
Tom Felton - Peagreen Clock

“A Borrower is quiet, conscientious, and inconspicuous. We don't steal; we borrow.”
Jim Broadbent - Pod Clock

“We're not vermin. We're not creeps. And we're not pests. We're Borrowers.”
Jim Broadbent - Pod Clock

“- Exterminator Jeff: Extermination is my middle name. But why do you want me to exterminate the Borrowers?
- Ocious P. Potter: Because those little rats stole something very important from me. And nobody steals from Ocious P. Potter!
- Exterminator Jeff: You mean borrowed, don't you?”
Mark Williams - Exterminator Jeff
John Goodman - Ocious P. Potter

“We may be small but heaven help anyone who thinks he might squish us.”
Jim Broadbent - Pod Clock