Clockwise (1986) quotes

Director
Christopher Morahan.

Cast
John Cleese.
Penny Leatherbarrow.
Howard Lloyd-Lewis.

An obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters’ Conference.

LEFT, no RIGHT, no LEFT…
– Brian Stimpson

It’s not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It’s the hope I can’t stand.
– Brian Stimpson

Isn’t that lovely!
– Mrs. Way

We don’t need a track. It’s grass.
– Brian Stimpson

Well where is she now?
– Brian Stimpson

My office – 9:20 – Executions!
– Brian Stimpson

And now they’ve made you headmaster. It’s like putting a shark in charge of a swimming pool.
– Pat

The first step to knowing who we are… is knowing where we are and… WHEN we are.
– Brian Stimpson