“ Humphrey Not another czar, please, Prime Minister. In the last three years we’ve appointed an Enterprise Czar, a Youth-Crime Czar, a Welfare Supremo, a Pre-School Supremo, an Unemployment Watchdog, a… Jonathan Lynn & Anthony Jay
“ Jim Is there no other way? Claire We could just say no to him. Jim Can’t risk that. Collapse of conference, collapse of backbench support, collapse of Cabinet. Collapse of my career. The biggest disas… Jonathan Lynn & Anthony Jay
“ Humphrey Well, Prime Minister … one hesitates to say this but there are times when circumstances conspire to create an inauspicious concatenation of events that necessitate a metamorphosis, as it were… Jonathan Lynn & Anthony Jay
“ I went on to explain that it is an honour, and also that we need a transport policy."If by 'we' you mean Britain, that's perfectly true," he acknowledged. "But if by 'we' you mean you and me and this… Jonathan Lynn & Anthony Jay
“ Clarification is not to clarify things. It is to put one’s self in the clear (Sir Humphrey Appleby) Jonathan Lynn & Anthony Jay
