Coulson: Maybe I should learn to fly. It's not too late right? I could learn. What do you like best, freedom, the view?
May: The solitude.
Coulson: Got it.

Coulson: You forget, I saw plenty of action with The Avengers.
May: [Coulson walks off] And you died.

Ward: Skye, the girl is not qualified to be a Shield agent.
Coulson: That's why I invited her on as a consultant. Shield does it all the time. Technically Stark is a consultant.

Melinda: You can't save someone from themselves, sir.
Coulson: You can if you get to them early enough [looks at Skye].

Ward: So Director Fury faked your death to motivate the Avengers?
Hill: The death of a comrade is a particularly effective motivator.
Coulson: It wasn't that big of stretch, I stopped breathing for 40 seconds
Hill: That time gets longer each time you tell it.
Coulson: You get shanked by the Asgardian Mussolini and you can tell it your way.

We don't want to hurt you Chin. I'm sorry, but we have too.

You should know, I'm not a fan of being poked.

Couslon: Not a grenade exactly. It might be some type of cloaking mechanism.
Ward: Maybe it created some kind of portal.
Coulson: Let’s hope not. I can’t deal with Asgard today.

Here I am telling her something that could destroy her faith in humanity; somehow she repairs a little piece of mine.

Coulson: I can’t think of a single time when anything alien in human hands ended well.
Skye: Wouldn't mind getting my human hands on Thor. He’s so dreamy.
Coulson: Sure he’s handsome but
May: No he’s dreamy.

Geese? I have zero geese. We are goose-free.

Coulson [to Director Mace]

The skull on fire presents a pretty compelling argument for "Hail Satan."

Coulson [on Ghost Rider]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Quotes

Hill: Then New York was invaded by aliens, and they were beaten back by among others, a giant green monster, a costumed hero from the 40s, and a god.
Ward: I don't think Thor is technically a god
Hill: You haven't been near his arms.

Hill: What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for Agent Ward?
Ward: Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
Hill: And what does that mean to you?
Ward: That someone really wanted our initials to spell SHIELD.