Minder (TV Series)

The Wrong Goodbye (1989)

Simon Cadell: William Pierce

Quotes 

• William Pierce : With the greatest respect, none of us are getting any younger

  Arthur : [Said in a reflective tone]  How true. How very true.

  Arthur : [Said with some indignation]  You mean me!

  William Pierce : It has to be a factor you know. If you were a younger man at the start of life's great adventure, I'd be able to take a more lenient view of the situation, but based on the available data, at your age you are a bad risk.

  William Pierce : [Later]  Are you seriously asking me to loan you fifty thousand pounds when you only earn a hundred and fifty pounds a week?

  Terry : Well, yeah.

  William Pierce : What assets do you own, house, shares?

  Terry : Shares, me? No, no, I haven't got any of those, no. Well, I've got my flat, but that's rented

  William Pierce : The trouble is it's all against you, isn't it, particularly your age.

  Terry : My age?

  William Pierce : If you were an older man well on the way in life's great adventure, I might be able to take a more relaxed view, but you're young and that makes you a bad risk.