- Squadron Leader Jimmy Briggs: It's odd, isn't it? D'you know, I've waited for a lot in my time: women, fast horses, a credit balance - never before for the guillotine. Most extraordinary sensation. Bit like zooming up to ten thousand feet and finding you've got no gas.
- [TO NINA]
- Squadron Leader Jimmy Briggs: "Illegitimus non carborundum", old thing: don't let the bastards get you down.