- Sir George Howard: Did you have breakfast ?
- Joe Blake: No. I'm not hungry.
- Sir George Howard: Oh come on now. There's many a crisis been solved with a clean shave and a full breakfast.
- Susan: You don't understand - neither of you do. We've only got a small flat. It's not easy to live in it. We work all day and we get tired. We want to go home. We want peace. We don't want other people. I only see Guy in the evenings. Even when he's home at the weekend, there is no quiet because of the baby. You don't understand. You don't know what it is to have children in the flat this size. They are there all the time - you can't get away from them - you can't get any peace, even from your own kids.
- Mrs. West: Lucky for you Barney didn't get his face hurt. Might have spoilt your film. Mightn't it, Mr Blake?
- Steven Marlow: I don't paint portraits. Only landscapes.
- Michele Blanchard: No?
- Steven Marlow: No. I find them more interesting.
- Michele Blanchard: Really?
- Steven Marlow: And less demanding.
- Harry: It's Bert. He says the tin of film has fallen out of the van?
- Joe Blake: Where?
- Harry: He doesn't know. It could be anywhere between here and the labs.
- Joe Blake: Steady Kurt.
- Kurt Vorn: This is Kurt Vorn speaking. Now listen carefully. You are an incompetent drivelling lunatic. You are a criminal amateur. You are an English idiot. You are a soft-brained saboteur. You are a menace to the whole industry. You should be deported for crass stupidity. You overawed delinquent. I never want to see your stupid face again. Goodbye.