Cameron Daddo: Daniel Cooper

Quotes 

• Father Mac : So, why were you looking for the other church?

  Daniel Cooper : I'm the new minister.

  Alex Stone : [seeing the angry look on Father Mac's face]  Ha ha ha. Well, Father Mac. It looks like the holy man population just doubled.

• Daniel Cooper : [calling to God in despair at the terrible condition of the community church]  Come on, God! You call this a start? Hope you plan on giving me a hand here.

• Brian Brewster : Oh, excuse me! You're trespassing on private property.

  Daniel Cooper : I am the new minister.

  Brian Brewster : Oh, Reverend Cooper! I'm Brian Brewster.

  Daniel Cooper : I must have missed you at the ferry.

  Brian Brewster : Nub said you weren't on the ferry.

  Daniel Cooper : What's a nub?

  Brian Brewster : [pointing to Nub who is waving hello from under a heavy stone slab]  There. That would be a Nub.

• Brian Brewster : [making introductions]  Callie, this is Reverend Cooper. Callie Pender, who runs the island's newspaper.

  Callie Pender : Oh, yeah. Hi! Maybe um... maybe I could ask you some questions for your obituary.

  Daniel Cooper : I'm not dying!

  Callie Pender : We're all dying, Reverend. Here I've written an obit for everyone on the island. That way, I'm ahead of the game.

• Brian Brewster : Callie, he looks healthy enough to me. Can we concentrate on the footprints, please?

  Daniel Cooper : [regarding the footprints in cement]  Whose are they?

  Brian Brewster : Only the holiest man that ever lived, that's all!

  Daniel Cooper : [in disbelief]  Jesus?

  Brian Brewster : [to Callie]  Hey, Callie. You hear that? The Reverend recognized those feet!

  Brian Brewster : [to Daniel Cooper]  Atta boy!

• Daniel Cooper : [his first sermon]  I am Reverend Cooper, and I am your minister. I have to admit I don't have anything prepared. Mostly because I didn't think that anybody would be here to listen. Here you are! I'm truly in awe of God's power.

  Daniel Cooper : [steps down the pulpit to get closer to the congregation]  Since the moment I got here I have found myself on more than one occasion asking God for help. In fact, I have been so busy needing Him that I couldn't see that there were people who needed me. We all need someone to lean on from time to time. A son needs a father one day, the next the father needs his son. A boy needs a friend. And a reverend needs someone who's a really good swimmer!

  Daniel Cooper : [in a sincere tone]  When we lean on each other, and ultimately, when we lean on God. We find the strength to face whatever comes our way. Now I realize I truly hadn't opened the doors of this church until this moment. But they are open now.

• Daniel Cooper : [referring to Dylan acting as his acolyte without Alex's permission]  Told him, just this once.

  Alex Stone : Well, just 'cause I don't go to church anymore doesn't mean that he can't.

  Daniel Cooper : Thank you. There's always the chance you might find your way back to church.

  Alex Stone : [walks away]  Oh, how you clergy love to believe in miracles.