Inspector Morse (TV Series)
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1987)
John Thaw: Chief Inspector Morse
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Quotes
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : [Lewis walks in as Morse is fighting with the killer] Need a hand, sir?
Chief Inspector Morse : GET THIS BASTARD OFF ME!
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : We should have arrested Donald Martin straightaway.
Chief Inspector Morse : Why?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Morse's Law. You said there's a 50:50 chance that whoever finds the body did the deed.
Chief Inspector Morse : That isn't Morse's Law. Morse's Law is "There's always time for one more pint".
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[Dr Bartlett has just admitted that he nearly went to see "Last Tango in Paris" at the cinema]
Doctor Thomas Bartlett : I was wondering if I shouldn't tell my wife.
Chief Inspector Morse : Tell her what? That you *didn't* see the film? Adultery in the heart is not really the same as adultery. Or "who shall 'scape whipping?".
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Chief Inspector Morse : The secret of a happy life is to know when to stop - and then go that bit further.
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Chief Inspector Morse : [standing in front of movie poster for The Last Tango In Paris] You ever seen this?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : No!
Chief Inspector Morse : Me neither.
[guilelessly]
Chief Inspector Morse : My doctor says I should lose some weight, stop eating butter, start eating, uh, polyunsaturates, whatever they are. Not quite the same though, is it, Lewis?
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Chief Inspector Morse : I sometimes - sometimes - get things arse about face.
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Chief Inspector Morse : I always drink at lunchtime. It helps my imagination.
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[last lines]
Chief Inspector Morse : Oh, no, they've changed the bloody film!
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Woah, '101 Dalmatians'. Great! I might pop home and fetch the wife and kids.
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Philip Ogleby : A woman would get in the way of my work. That's my excuse. What's yours?
Chief Inspector Morse : Oh, no woman'd put up with me - I play my records too loud.
Philip Ogleby : You could get her earplugs!
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : So he did kill Nicholas Quinn.
Chief Inspector Morse : Or did he, did he? Nah! How could he have done? He set the best crosswords in England.
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Chief Inspector Morse : [while helping with a crossword puzzle] I like all sorts of puzzles. Brain-teasers, anything where you have to use your logic. My weakness is guesswork. I leap to conclusions... sometimes.
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Chief Inspector Morse : I want to see them at 10-o'-clock for a most important announcement.
Doctor Thomas Bartlett : I hope it proves more important than your announcement at the inquest. I understand Mr. Roope is considering suing for wrongful arrest!
Chief Inspector Morse : Then he'll do it from jail; we've just arrested him again.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Who's this bloke who found him?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : A Mr. Martin, sir, one of his chums from the foreign whatsit.
Chief Inspector Morse : Chums, Lewis? You know Morse's law, there's always a 50 /50 chance that the man who found the body did the deed.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Well, I was going to arrest him on the spot, sir, but I thought I'd let you have the pleasure.
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : Chap named Quinn, sir. He works for Foreign Academics Examinations.
Chief Inspector Morse : Worked.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : Sir?
Chief Inspector Morse : Worked, Lewis - he's dead, isn't he?
[Looks admiringly at the deceased's property]
Chief Inspector Morse : These academics do themselves alright, don't they?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : [Tartly] Did.