Frost quotes from A Touch of Frost

Frost

(Desk Sgt walking in with files) Don't give me anymore of that stuff, just burn it.

Frost

Cover your animals eyes and lock up your children, Mr Mullett is making another one of his television appearances.

Frost

You seem to have a nice little insurance policy, in a bloody big file!

Frost

Quite frankly my dear, I don't think you give a damn about anything else!

Frost

Clark, tragic news I'm afraid. Your goldfish is about to OD on cocaine.

Frost

Here, by the way, what do you think of me new jacket?

Frost

(Sheepishly) I need to talk to him about Ben Cornish.

Frost

(Sarcastically) Well if you'd like to send me the bill sir I'll make sure it goes through the proper channels.

Frost

And you don't know him very well?

Frost

Look at that! It's either blood or a messy eater, eh?

What you make of that phone call?

Frost

What phone call?

There's a note on your desk here somewhere.

Frost

Well what did it say this note?

Here we go. Caller wanted to talk to you about the missing girl, wouldn't leave his name. Just said, tell him her mother withdrew a large sum. Then he rang off.

Frost

Why didn't you tell me this before?

It's been sitting around here for god knows how long. If you cleaned up that desk once in a while you might be able to find something. It's a bit of paper it's not the Queen.

Frost

He's quite right of course?

Frost

He could be in there with his head bashed in.

He could be out.

Frost

There is that certainly.

It's not my job to go and upset him. His mothers a member of parliament you know.

Frost

Get away.

Comes here quite often, real lady she is, always give me a friendly like. Who would climb these balconies from the outside?

Frost

Um these cat burglars they can get up anywhere when they put their mind to it.

Frost

Don't worry, we'll give it a decent burial.

Superintendent Mullett

What?

Frost

The goldfish, after the postmortem of course.

Superintendent Mullett

Goldfish are not my prime concern at the moment as you well know.

Frost

Nor mine, sir. At least this one died happy.

Superintendent Mullett

Jack, I think you better step into my office.

Frost

Yes sir.

You see Jack, a lot of people whinge about positive discrimination. But if you don't have positive discrimination you're left with negative discrimination and that leads to inertia, perpetuating the status quo.

Frost

I used to quite like them.

You've got to get proportional representation.

Frost

What are you talking about now, politics?

In all ranks. When you got a black superintendent that's when you don't need to push the Tanners of this world through the system anymore cause it will happen naturally.

Frost

How did Mullett get there then? He's not black, and he's certainly not natural.

Frost

Well why sir? I haven't had a chance to teach him any of my bad habits yet?

Superintendent Mullett

The placement was misguided. To be frank, I now realize officers such as DC Turner need to be nurtured and protected not exposed to the prejudiced, insensitive and downright offensive attitude, which is what you seemed to have ingrained.

Frost

Well, as long as it was nothing personal, sir.