Quotes from James Bolam movies and TV shows

Terry Collier: That's just one of life's bitter ironies Bob.
Bob: I suffer a lot from those.

Bob: When it comes to women you're hardly Omar Sharif.
Terry Collier: If Omar Sharif lived in Gateshead I doubt he'd be Omar Sharif.

Terry Collier: I'd offer you a beer, but I've only got six cans.

Bob: Of course you always had an irresistible sexual magnetism.
Terry Collier: True but its not just that.
Bob: What is it then, I'm dying to know.
Terry Collier: Well once I've got them up here, there's no way they're going to risk leavin this dodgy area after dark.

Terry Collier: Back in time for a drink, watch the box this afternoon - that's what a weekend should be - sport, sleep, slippers and sex.
Bob: Not necessarily in that order.

Terry Collier: You kicked it up there.
Bob: Not on purpose, was only making a strong clearance.

Fireman: We've got better things to do with taxpayers money.
Bob: I'm sorry, when I get to the top I just lost me nerve.
Terry Collier: Keeps your hand in doesn't it, better than polishing your bell up all afternoon.

Terry Collier: Oh Chris, I can't stand saying goodbye like this.
Christina: You really mean that?
Terry Collier: Yeah - you finish packing, I'm going to the pub.

Bob: These streets are ugly, but they have a kind of beauty.
Terry Collier: Working class sentiment is the indulgence of working peopled created through football and rock-and-roll or people like you who moved out to the elm lodge housing estate at the earliest opportunity.
Bob: Well I didn't want my kids growing up in these streets.

Superintendent Sandra Pullman: She's not my girlfriend, she's my shrink.
Gerry Standing: A shrink.
Brian Lane: Why does she need to see a shrink?
Jack Halford: You're the expert, you tell us.