Dr. Barney Barnes:
I gave nitrous oxide at first, to get him under.
Inspector Cockrill: Oh yes, stuff the dentist gives you, hmmm -- commonly known as "laughing gas."
Dr. Barney Barnes: Used to be -- actually the impurities cause the laughs.
Inspector Cockrill: Oh, just the same as in our music halls.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in Green for Danger
Inspector Cockrill: Oh yes, stuff the dentist gives you, hmmm -- commonly known as "laughing gas."
Dr. Barney Barnes: Used to be -- actually the impurities cause the laughs.
Inspector Cockrill: Oh, just the same as in our music halls.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in Green for Danger
Dr. White:
I do hope everything can be arranged discreetly.
Inspector Cockrill: Umm, shouldn't think so for a moment.
Dr. White: Why not? Press? Do they have to be seen?
Inspector Cockrill: Can't keep 'em out.
Dr. White: Oh, dear.
Inspector Cockrill: I don't mind; they always give me a good write-up.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in Green for Danger
Inspector Cockrill: Umm, shouldn't think so for a moment.
Dr. White: Why not? Press? Do they have to be seen?
Inspector Cockrill: Can't keep 'em out.
Dr. White: Oh, dear.
Inspector Cockrill: I don't mind; they always give me a good write-up.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in Green for Danger
Sheila Birling:
[about the girl who commited suicide by drinking disinfectint] Was she pretty?
Inspector Goole: She wasn't very pretty when I saw her last in the infirmery.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in An Inspector Calls
Inspector Goole: She wasn't very pretty when I saw her last in the infirmery.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in An Inspector Calls
Commodore Gill:
I never hope to be appreciated. Yes, your mother cured me of that. That's why I could never be bothered with your mother.
--Alastair Sim (as Commodore Gill) in Stage Fright
--Alastair Sim (as Commodore Gill) in Stage Fright
Commodore Gill:
More than a friend, eh?
Eve Gill: When I'm with him, I get a feeling in here that... that's sort of...
Commodore Gill: Yes, well, we'll go into the symptoms later. Meanwhile, I take it you're either keen on him, or still hungry.
--Alastair Sim (as Commodore Gill) in Stage Fright
Eve Gill: When I'm with him, I get a feeling in here that... that's sort of...
Commodore Gill: Yes, well, we'll go into the symptoms later. Meanwhile, I take it you're either keen on him, or still hungry.
--Alastair Sim (as Commodore Gill) in Stage Fright
Inspector Cockrill:
In view of my failure - correction, comparative failure - I feel that I have no alternative but to offer you, sir, my resignation, in the sincere hope that you will not accept it. Full stop.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in Green for Danger
--Alastair Sim (as ) in Green for Danger
Mr. Potter:
Just remember, if you're not one up on the other fellow, then he's one up on you.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in School for Scoundrels
--Alastair Sim (as ) in School for Scoundrels
Mr. Squales:
[to himself looking in mirror] Can you do such a thing? Yes, you can.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in London Belongs to Me
--Alastair Sim (as ) in London Belongs to Me
The Laird:
Never shoot Kestrels, George. They're wonderful birds and do a power of good.
--Alastair Sim (as ) in Geordie
--Alastair Sim (as ) in Geordie
