Yes Minister (TV Series)
The Quality of Life (1981)
Paul Eddington: James Hacker
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Quotes
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[On Hacker's planned visit to a inner city farm]
Bill Pritchard : The Sun specifically asked if you could be photographed amongst the donkeys.
James Hacker : I'm not sure about the donkeys. What do you think, Bernard?
Bernard Woolley : Well even if the Sun has no ulterior motive, it will be a gift for Private Eye. You with a crowd of other donkeys. I mean, that's what they would say, Minister. Or: "A meeting of the Inner Cabinet."
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[talking about a bank's building plans for a new skyscraper]
James Hacker : I see, it's just profits, isn't it, Sir Desmond?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Not just profits, it's profits.
James Hacker : Don't you think of anything but money?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : No, why?
James Hacker : What about beauty?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Beauty? This is a building, not an oil painting.
James Hacker : And the environment?
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Oh yes, I promise you we'll make sure it is part of the environment. It's bound to be once it's there, isn't it?
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James Hacker : After all, Humphrey, who are you serving: God or Mammon?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : I'm serving you, Minister.
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James Hacker : This is the greatest disaster of this century, Bernard!
Bernard Woolley : There were two world wars.