Nelson quotes from Life on Mars

Nelson

I set the rules here.

Nelson

What can I get you, man, raise your spirits?

Sam Tyler

Diet Coke, please.

Sam Tyler

Just kidding, a pint of bitter.

Sam Tyler

Large whiskey please.

Nelson

[With heavy Jamaican accent] Drink ain't gonna fix things. What am I saying? I run a pub. Of course it will fix things!

Sam Tyler

I'm lost, Nelson. I'm really lost.

Nelson

[Suddenly switching to a Mancunian accent] You ain't lost, pal. You're where you are, and you have to make the best of it. It's all you can do.

Nelson

Keep it to yourself, eh? Folks just seem happier with the other Nelson.

Nelson

What're your poisons?

Gene Hunt

Tan and bitter. Sam?

Sam Tyler

Diet Coke.

Sam Tyler

I'm just joking. Pint of bitter.

Nelson

I see a darkness in you, Sam.

Sam Tyler

Oh, you can see into me, can you, Nelson? Well, Come on then. Am I mad? Huh? Is this real? Come on. I just want to know the truth.

Nelson

We all want that, Sam. What's real. What's not. I see folk who walk about in a sunken dream, 'cause they feel nothing. Are they alive?

Sam Tyler

I wake up every morning and I tell myself I am alive.

Nelson

When you can feel, then you're alive. When you don't feel, you're not.