Inspector Morse (TV Series)
The Way Through the Woods (1995)
John Thaw: Chief Inspector Morse
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Quotes
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Chief Inspector Morse : The glass is always half-full to you, isn't it, Lewis?
Detective Sergeant Lewis : "If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two imposters just the same".
Chief Inspector Morse : Kipling.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : No, All England Lawn Tennis Association, sir. It's written up above the players' entrance, Centre Court.
Chief Inspector Morse : So it is.
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Dr. Laura Hobson, pathologist : [Meeting Morse for the first time] Do you know where I might find a Detective Chief Inspector... looks like "Mouse"?
Chief Inspector Morse : Morse. Detective Chief Inspector Morse.
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : Death would have been instant, would it not?
Chief Inspector Morse : [Annoyed] "Occurred instantaneously", Lewis, or "was instantaneous" if you must. Coffee may be instant, death may not.
Dr. Laura Hobson, pathologist : Yes, Sergeant, it would have been instant.
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Chief Superintendent Strange : Well, you better walk out of the woods with something more than just a shovel in your hand, matey, or you'll be the laughingstock of Thames Valley.
Chief Inspector Morse : It won't be the first time.
Chief Superintendent Strange : No, but it might just be the last!
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Detective Sergeant Lewis : [Surprised as Morse is pulling up] Morning, sir.
Chief Inspector Morse : [Dryly] Lewis.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : I didn't expect you back in for a few weeks, yeah?
Chief Inspector Morse : A man can see enough of his own four walls.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Perhaps it's time to go, but be careful what you wish for.
Detective Sergeant Lewis : How's that?
Chief Inspector Morse : There's always a price to pay, Lewis... always.
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Chief Inspector Morse : Once upon a time we solved crime with a brain and a notebook. These days it's pie charts and a notebook. The romance is gone.