Life on Mars quotes
179 total quotesRay Carling: I think it was a heart attack.
Gene Hunt: Then it must've exploded out of his arse, there's blood all down his back.
Gene Hunt: Then it must've exploded out of his arse, there's blood all down his back.
Ray Carling: I'm arresting you for the theft of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest... and driving like a div.
Sam Tyler: We need to start a dialog with the hostage taker.
Gene Hunt: We need the hostage taker in handcuffs or dead on the floor
Gene Hunt: We need the hostage taker in handcuffs or dead on the floor
Sam Tyler: His only way of talking to the outside world will be through-
Gene Hunt: Us
Sam Tyler: Me. I'm the negotiator.
Gene Hunt: I'll make you a hat.
Gene Hunt: Us
Sam Tyler: Me. I'm the negotiator.
Gene Hunt: I'll make you a hat.
Sam Tyler: I need a drink.
Gene Hunt: That's the first sensible thing you've said since you got here.
Gene Hunt: That's the first sensible thing you've said since you got here.
Sam Tyler: If it was to do with football, he'd have serious injuries.
Gene Hunt: He's dead! That's quite serious.
Gene Hunt: He's dead! That's quite serious.
Sam Tyler: If we can't police ourselves, how are the public supposed to trust us?
Gene Hunt: The public don't give a damn what we do, as long as we get results.
Sam Tyler: You're wrong.
Gene Hunt: The public don't give a damn what we do, as long as we get results.
Sam Tyler: You're wrong.
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.
[Sam looks surprised]
Nelson: Keep it to yourself, eh? Folks just seem happier with the other Nelson.
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.
[Sam looks surprised]
Nelson: Keep it to yourself, eh? Folks just seem happier with the other Nelson.
Sam Tyler: Look, I was thinking, guv. I know having me here is difficult for you. What if I went back?
Gene Hunt: To Hyde?
Sam Tyler: Is that possible?
Gene Hunt: I'll get on the blower.
[Gene picks up the phone]
Sam Tyler: You can do that? You can just send me back to where I came from?
Gene Hunt: [on phone] Hello, is that the Wizard of Oz? [to Sam] The Wizard'll sort it out. It's because of the wonderful things he does.
Gene Hunt: To Hyde?
Sam Tyler: Is that possible?
Gene Hunt: I'll get on the blower.
[Gene picks up the phone]
Sam Tyler: You can do that? You can just send me back to where I came from?
Gene Hunt: [on phone] Hello, is that the Wizard of Oz? [to Sam] The Wizard'll sort it out. It's because of the wonderful things he does.
Sam Tyler: This place is like Guantanamo Bay.
Gene Hunt: Give over, it's nothing like Spain.
Gene Hunt: Give over, it's nothing like Spain.
Sam Tyler: We havent got any plates.
Gene Hunt: Improvise!
[a little while later]
Gene Hunt: Improvise!
[a little while later]
Sam Tyler: We need an inner cordon as well as this one. Think of it as two circles, one inside the other. The area in the centre is out of limits to everybody but us.
Gene Hunt: Fair enough.
Sam Tyler: Call it the doughnut.
Gene Hunt: Jam or custard?
Sam Tyler: Now you're just being silly.
Gene Hunt: I'm not the one calling it a doughnut
Gene Hunt: Fair enough.
Sam Tyler: Call it the doughnut.
Gene Hunt: Jam or custard?
Sam Tyler: Now you're just being silly.
Gene Hunt: I'm not the one calling it a doughnut