Brassed Off Quotes

Nurse Is this man bothering you?

Phil Course he is. He's me dad.

Gloria Do you want to come up for a coffee?

Andy I don't drink coffee.

Gloria I haven't got any.

Andy I'm not a kid any more, Jim, right?

Jim Oh, aye. Old enough to be a scab then?

Ernie It's all right, Andy. He doesn't mean it.

Andy You don't mess around with words like that.

Jim Aye, I'm sorry, Andy. I take it back. You're just a stupid fucker.

Andy That's more like it.

Women on picket line The miners, united, will never be defeated.

Andy Poor old biddies. Don't they know they're pissing in the wind, like the rest of us?

Ernie Can they do that, women?

Andy What?

Ernie Piss in the wind.

Jim No, Ernie. That's just the point.

Ernie No, but on a nice day, you know, when there's no wind about. They can't - you know - get any direction on it.

Jim All right, whatever it is that lasses do that's pointless.

Andy Bloody hell. So much to choose from.

Phil Fart in a force ten?

Jim By god, Phil, you don't half know some funny women.

Harry Steady lads. My missus does that.

Harry You daft bastards. Women Against Closure? That is when she's not farting in a force ten!

Danny This band behind me'll tell you that that trophy means more to me than owt else in the whole world. But they'd be wrong! Truth is, I THOUGHT it mattered. I thought that MUSIC mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter. Us winning this trophy won't mean bugger-all to most people. But us refusing it - like what we're going to do now - well, then it becomes news, doesn't it? You see what I mean. That way, I'll not just be talking to myself, will I? Because over the last ten years, this bloody government has systematically destroyed an entire industry. OUR industry. And not just our industry - our communities, our homes, our lives. All in the name of "progress". And for a few lousy bob. I'll tell you something else you might not know, as well. A fortnight ago, this band's pit were closed - another thousand men lost their jobs. And that's not all they lost. Most of them lost the will to win a while ago. A few of them even lost the will to fight. But when it comes to losing the will to live, to breathe, the point is - if this lot were seals or whales, you'd all be up in bloody arms. But they're not, are they, no, no they're not. They're just ordinary common-or-garden honest, decent human beings. And not one of them with an ounce of bloody hope left. Oh aye, they can knock out a bloody good tune. But what the fuck does that matter? And now I'm going to take my boys out onto the town. Thank you.

Phil What's He doing? He can take ]. He can take those three young lads down at Ainsley Pit. He's even thinking of taking my old man. And ] lives! What's He sodding playing at, eh?

Taglines Fed up with the system. Ticked off at the establishment. And mad about... each other.

Phil I love the band - we all do - but there's other things in life, you know, that's more important.

Danny Not in mine there isn't.

Andy Barrow The only reason I get up in the morning is to see if my luck's changed. And it never bloody has.

Andy Sex, drugs and rock n roll, hey ladies?

Vera Aye, but we can do without the drugs and rock n roll!

Phil So God was creating man. And his little assistant came up to him and he said: "Hey, we've got all these bodies left, but we're right out of brains, we're right out of hearts and we're right out of vocal chords." And God said: "Fuck it! Sew em up anyway. Smack smiles on the faces and make them talk out of their arses." And lo, God created the Tory Party.

Simmo You had her. Behind the bus station.

Andy No, I didn't.

Simmo You told us you did.

Andy No, it were top half only.