‘I had to get up at five in the morning to push that man around the market and the only reason why I do this job, my only motivation, is that I don’t have to get up early – and I didn’t even get a free apple. Bastards.’
‘The city of Washington was built on a stagnant swamp some two hundred years ago and very little has changed; it stank then and it stinks now. Only today, it is the fetid stench of corruption that hangs in the air.’
‘Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.’
Withnail: ‘Vegetables again. I’ll be sprouting bloody feelers soon. Must be 20,000 sheep up there on those volcanos, we’ve got a plate full of carrots.’ Marwood: ‘There’s black puddings in it.’ Withnail: ‘Black puddings are no good to us. I want something’s flesh.’