Inspector Morse, Series 5 (1991)

Morse:
People in glasshouses ...

Lewis:
(Looking in his own glass) This is only a little light wine, Sir.

Morse:
I know what it is.

Lewis:
And it's only me second glass!

Morse:
Sanctimony, Lewis (shaking his head).

Morse:
I take it from all the...excitement that you got its number.

Constable:
Yes, Sir.

Morse:
Then deal with it in the normal way. That's quietly, with a certain amount of control.

Lewis:
I could start work on the reports, Sir, if you want.

Morse:
Good man.

Lewis:
I mean, only if you want.

Morse:
Well, why not. Procrastination is the thief of time, since we're swapping proverbs.

Morse:
Really. Well I suppose half a compliment is better than none.

Lewis:
Detective Chief Inspector Dawson, I'm arresting you for the murder of John Mitchell. You do not have to saything, but anything you do say may be given in evidence.

Morse:
That's the worst kind of deception, Lewis

Morse:
Vanity, I suppose. It was my first public speech.

Lewis:
Did you win?

Morse:
No. We lost.

Lewis:
She's a bit, you know ... holier than thou ...

Morse:
She IS a bit holier than thou, Lewis!

Morse:
Thames Valley Police. My name's Chief Inspector Morse. (shows warrant card)

Sister:
Am I supposed to be impressed?

Morse:
I'm making a few enquiries...

Sister:
Then you can make them to thin air - outside the gate!

Morse:
I could compel you to comply.

Sister:
You ridiculous man! I'd like to see you try. I am commanded by a higher authority than the Thames Valley Police!

Lewis:
She lied to you, Sir.

Morse:
Yes, Lewis.

Lewis:
Why's that, then?

Morse:
Lack of sleep.

Radio:
(Static)

Lewis:
Well, black...obviously!

Morse:
A Whistler.

Ian Kerr:
It's awful...where did you get it?

Morse:
At a wake!

Morse:
I rarely watch.

Strange:
Is that one of your quotes?

Morse:
Quotations. Lord Byron.

Morse:
Perhaps they're afraid they'll never get it back.

Tuckerman:
The Frogs got the Mona Lisa back after it'd been to New York.

Morse:
The Italians didn't.

Morse:
Ever heard of Icarus?

Tuckerman:
No, why? Did he work for me?

Morse:
I meant on your wanderings through antiquity. A mythical figure. The first bird-man. Flew too near the sun. Melted the wax on his wings, fell from the sky, and was drowned. In the Aegean.

Lewis:
How old are you, sir?

Morse:
I forget, Robbie.

Episode 16. 'Second Time Around':
Lewis: (Noticing Inspector Hillian's drinking) The way he knocks it back, it's a wonder he lived to collect an OBE.

Episode 16. 'Second Time Around':
Constable: I was over the way ... and there was this car...

Episode 16. 'Second Time Around':
Morse: Well, I think I'll go for a walk. What about you?

Episode 16. 'Second Time Around':
Mrs Dawson: Patrick thinks you're a very good detective. A poor policeman, and a very good detective.

Episode 16. 'Second Time Around':
Morse: Different policemen have different methods, Mrs Lapsley

Episode 16. 'Second Time Around':
Frederick Redpath: My name is Frederick Redpath. It has been for the last eleven years.

Episode 16. 'Second Time Around':
Morse: Get on with it, Lewis!

Episode 16. 'Second Time Around':
Lewis: I think you could have let her win the chess, Sir.

Episode 16. 'Second Time Around':
Lewis: That badge of yours. Why did you keep it?

Episode 17. 'Fat Chance':
Lewis: [Enquiring after the chain-smoking female priest] Who, cigar and cassock?

Episode 17. 'Fat Chance':
Sister: And what, may I ask, are you doing with my patient?!

Episode 18. 'Who Killed Harry Field?':
Harry Field's answering machine: Hello, this is Harry. Health, Wealth and Happiness! Leave a message - for God's sake!

Episode 18. 'Who Killed Harry Field?':
Morse: (Reads) Lignum crucis arbor scientiae... the wood of the cross is the tree of knowledge.

Episode 18. 'Who Killed Harry Field?':
Morse: Hello, Harry - I got your note.

Episode 18. 'Who Killed Harry Field?':
Lewis: Tired, Sir?

Episode 18. 'Who Killed Harry Field?':
Morse: Here we are again, Lewis. Piecing together the last moments of a total stranger.

Episode 18. 'Who Killed Harry Field?':
Lewis: A Vincent 'Black Shadow' motorcycle, registration number Oh Ay Eff ...

Episode 18. 'Who Killed Harry Field?':
Ian Kerr: Right, what have you got for me?

Episode 18. 'Who Killed Harry Field?':
Ian Kerr: What's this?

Episode 19. 'Greeks Bearing Gifts':
Jerome Hogg: You must know her...the face that launched a thousand clips. That's a technical TV term.

Episode 19. 'Greeks Bearing Gifts':
Morse: Watch the mouth: it gives away what the face is trying to hide.

Episode 19. 'Greeks Bearing Gifts':
Tuckerman: Wouldn't you think they'd simply jump at the chance to show it abroad. Think of the media blitz there'd be!

Episode 19. 'Greeks Bearing Gifts':
Tuckerman: This is the time of the high-fliers, Inspector. Only the brain-dead stay on the ground.

Episode 19. 'Greeks Bearing Gifts':
Morse: Almost operatic. Greek Tragedy. You should try the Classice sometime, Lewis. Sex is never simple there: there's pleasure, then there's payment. Retribution.

Episode 20. 'Promised Land':
Morse: They don't spell Australian beer with four X's out of ignorance!

Episode 20. 'Promised Land':
Ann Harding: You're a bastard, Morse.

Episode 20. 'Promised Land':
Lewis: ...and my name's Robert. My friends call me 'Robbie'.