Tinker Dill quotes from Lovejoy

Tinker Dill

There is nothing wrong with good, honest forgery.

Tinker Dill

Only a man with the quirks of a collector would kill for a pair of bloody guns.

Tinker Dill

That fifth scotch made me playful.

Tinker Dill

If it wasn't for the fact that I gave up worrying years ago, I'd worry about you, Eric.

Tinker Dill

[In a cautionary tone] Don't let a whiff of buried treasure and a pretty ankle turn your heads.

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Few people can resist a pit bull tax collector when he has his teeth firmly embedded in your bottom.

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[Looking at a tableful of half-finished liquor bottles in the dead artist's studio] Well, I think he was a better drinker than a painter.

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[Nearing a pub] Well, I can feel a glass of lunch coming on.

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[Lifting a particularly heavy piece of furniture] Come into the land of hernia.

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The world of art, Mr. Taylor, is connected to the highest aspirations of man.

Tinker Dill

Lovejoy had a conscience bypass years ago.

Tinker Dill

What the eye don't see, the heart don't grieve.

Tinker Dill

You know, Lovejoy, you'll have so few friends you'll only have one handle on your coffin, and that'll be on the inside.

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If only the moon were made of green cheese, then rockets would be shaped like fondue forks.

Tinker Dill

[after Lovejoy has been beaten] Well, they didn't mark the face too much, dear heart. You look no worse than you usually do.

Lovejoy

They must have marked me everywhere else. Mind you, I didn't feel much last night because I was pissed on Lady Jane's champagne.

Eric Catchpole

[defensively] You told me to pick a name at random.

Tinker Dill

Yes, drink does deaden pain. That's one of the reasons I imbibe so frequently.