- [Peggy has arranged a delivery of plants and bushes to brighten up the boat. She gives the delivery man two coins as a tip, and he looks disdainfully at her lack of generosity]
- Peggy: [referring to the flower display] You don't think I've overdone it, do you?
- Flowerman: [referring to the tip] No, ma'am, I'd say you've judged it to a nicety: *you* won't miss it and *we* won't feel the impact of sudden wealth.
- [Watson and Jack have made a wager as to who can get back to England first]
- Watson: Is that the best you can do? My last skipper could make this thing move twice as fast. Call yourself a skipper? You couldn't drive a bus!
- [Watson storms off in a temper]
- O'Malley: [to himself] "Couldn't drive a bus", huh! Didn't I drive one for four years from Dublin to Dundalk - and back. And hardly a crash at all.