"So, the doctor says, 'Listen, John, I've got some bad news and worse.' And John says, 'Oh, no. What's the bad news?' And he goes, 'Well, you've only got 24 hours to live.' John says, 'That's, that's awful. What could be worse than that?' Doctor says, 'Well, I've been trying to get ahold of you since yesterday.'"

"Jude Hill - Buddy"

"Drew Dillon - Mr. Kavanagh"

"Miss Lewis: Well, I'm pleased to say your times tables were a lot more impressive to hear than your test scores were to read. The whole point of these weekly tests is to monitor your progress. The best will sit directly by my desk, the seat of learning, and the rest of you will view your Sisyphean struggles from the distance you have imposed upon yourself by a lack of application."

"Victor Alli - Soldier"

"No matter how far you go, you never forget where you came from."

"Judi Dench - "Granny", Buddy's grandmother"

"Conor MacNeill - McLaury"

"Michael Maloney - Frankie West"

"She never sees me. She's always doing her bloody homework. If she were a wee bit more stupid like me, we'd be sitting together by now."

"Ian Dunnett Jnr - Uncle Tony"

"Colin Morgan - Billy Clanton"

"Josie Walker - Aunt Violet"

"Our memories make us."

"Jamie Dornan - "Pa", Buddy's father"

"Belfast 1969. Everything was about innocence. Everything was about family. Everything was about to change."

"Gerard Horan - Mackie"

"Vanessa Ifediora - Miss Lewis"

"Gerard McCarthy - Bobby Frank"

"Mark Hadfield - George Malpass playing Ebenezer Scrooge"

"Pop: Oh, that puts me in mind of a great wee system we had in the old days for paying the rent. The rent man would come round and collect the money for every house in the whole street, and once he had done and all the rent books were marked up to date, one of the boys would hold him up at gunpoint in the back entry and take all the money back off him, and then he'd hand it straight back to all the residents in the street, with a little commission for the service. Yeah, it was a very effective system. And the rent man was so good about it in the end that eventually they cut him in for a wee bit, too, and everybody was happy. Except for the council, I suppose."

"Every night, before I go to sleep, when I say my prayers, I ask God if He could fix it so that when I wake up in the morning, I'm the best footballer in the world. And then I also ask another thing as well. That when I grow up .. Can I marry Katherine? Even if she loves Ronnie Boyd. But she could still see 'im. But she'd marry me. That's what I want."

"Lara McDonnell - Moira"

"John Sessions - Joseph Tomelty playing Jacob Marley"

"Ciarán Hinds - "Pop", Buddy's grandfather"

"Lewis McAskie - Will, Buddy's older brother"

"Folks always have a problem with change. But you'd better get used to it, mister. People like me run this town now. And it's people like you that bring us all down."

"Turlough Convery - Minister"

"Olive Tennant - Catherine"

"Caitríona Balfe - "Ma", Buddy's mother"

"Granny: I'm always saying to your man there, what's yours is mine, and what's mine's me own."

"Alfie Bass - Harry Clamacraft"

"Denholm Elliott - Abortionist"

"Graham Stark - Humphrey"

"Shirley Anne Field - Carla"

"Julia Foster - Gilda"

"Eleanor Bron - the Doctor"

"Murray Melvin - Nat"

"Millicent Martin - Siddie"

"Jane Asher - Annie"

"Sydney Tafler - Frank"

"Vivien Merchant - Lily Clamacraft"

"Is every man an Alfie? Ask any girl."

"If a bird ain't got you one way, she's got you another."

"You know what? When I look back on my little life and the birds I've known, and think of all the things they've done for me and the little I've done for them, you'd think I've had the best of it along the line. But what have I got out of it? I've got a bob or two, some decent clothes, a car, I've got me health back and I ain't attached. But I ain't got me peace of mind - and if you ain't got that, you ain't got nothing. I dunno. It seems to me if they ain't got you one way they've got you another. So what's the answer? That's what I keep asking myself - what's it all about? Know what I mean?"

"What's it all about... Alfie."

"It don't do to get dependent on nobody in this life."

"When a married woman gets too hot on, it's time to cool off."

"You've got to live for yourself in this world, not for others."

"If you lose a bird you can always replace her. But with a child it's different."