Inspector Morse Quotes

Adele Cecil: This anagram: "Around Eve"? I've tried and I've tried, but all I can come up with is "Endeavour". And no-one's called Endeavour. Surely?
Chief Inspector Morse: I told you, my mother was a Quaker. And Quakers sometimes call their children names like Hope and Patience. My father was obsessed with Captain Cook, and his ship was called Endeavour. Why aren't you both laughing?
Detective Sergeant Lewis: [mutters] You poor sod.
Adele Cecil: I'm not calling you "Endeavour".
Detective Sergeant Lewis: Call him "Sir". He likes that.
Adele Cecil: Oh no. No, I'll stick to "Morse" - like everyone else.
Chief Inspector Morse: [raises beer glass] Cheers.

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Chief Superintendent Strange: I suppose you'll be wrapping up the case now. Is that the file?
Chief Inspector Morse: No, this is something else.
DS Cheetham: [Peering over Morse's shoulder] Charlie Bennett. Wife-murderer, locked up in Farnleigh. Due for release.
Chief Inspector Morse: He still claims he didn't do it.
Chief Superintendent Strange: As I recall, he was found brick in hand, covered in blood. Mind you, it was Frampton who nicked him. [Cheetham looks puzzled]
Chief Superintendent Strange: DI Frampton, currently serving five years for corruption.
Chief Inspector Morse: He was a real high-flyer, Cheetham.

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Chief Inspector Morse: Nothing is trivial about fornication. It's a great pity, but there you go.

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Chief Inspector Morse: They don't spell Australian beer with four Xs out of ignorance - they mean what they say. And *light* beer is an invention of the Prince of Darkness.

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Hilary Stephens: [Meeting Morse as he leaves choir practice] I knew about the beer. I didn't know about this.
Chief Inspector Morse: It's just an excuse for more beer.

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[Morse denies that he is deliberately avoiding a senior officer]
Chief Inspector Morse: I'm not running away from Superintendent Dewar, Lewis - I'm just respecting his space.

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Morse: I told you — my mother was a Quaker, and Quakers sometimes call their children names like 'Hope', and 'Patience'. My father was obsessed with Captain Cook, and his ship was called Endeavour. Why aren't you both laughing?
Lewis: You poor sod!
Adele Cecil: I'm not calling you "Endeavour".
Lewis: Call him "Sir". He likes that.
Adele Cecil: Oh, no, no,— I'll stick to "Morse", like everyone else.
Morse: [Raises his glass of beer.] Cheers!

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