Lovejoy (TV Series)

The Firefly Cage (1986)

Ian McShane: Lovejoy

Quotes 

• Lovejoy : [Aside to camera]  If home is where the heart is, then this is home to me, an auction room, an auction day when the old ticker beats faster with the slender possibikity that somewhere, just somewhere among the birdcages, silver spoons, commerative medals, roll top desks and castoffs from Grannie's attic, somewhere amongst that lot, a genuine authentic antique will appear shining with all the love that made it.

• Lovejoy : [to Nicola]  Nobody should be allowed to spoil a work of art... even a spoiled bitch like you!

• 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 : [Philosophically]  Yes, drink does deaden pain. That's one of the reasons I imbibe so frequently.