"Space, you see, Michael, is all expanding at the speed of light. It's a mathematical certainty that among all those millions of stars, there's another planet where they speak English."

"Paradise is for the blessed. Not for the sex-obsessed."

"[to Mick] Go on. Look at me. Look at my eyes. I'll kill you. Sometimes I stand in front of the mirror and my eyes get bigger and bigger. And I'm like a tiger. I like tigers. Rrrrah!"

"Boys! Boys! I understand you! Listen to reason and trust me! Trust me! [the Girl pulls out a pistol and shoots him in the forehead]"

"Education in Britain is a nubile Cinderella: sparsely clad and much interfered with."

"One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place. [deals out Bren gun ammo] Real bullets."

"[making a blood pact with Wallace and Knightly] Death to the oppressor!"

"We're on our own now."

"[to Wallace, watching as Knightly is being flogged] Christ, that was a bit low!"

"[to Rowntree, after being told that he, Wallace and Knightly are to be punished for their behaviour] The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you give Coca-Cola to your scum and your best teddy-bear to Oxfam and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the rest of your frigid life."

"[to Denson, after being told he knows nothing of the school's motto] You mean that bit of wool on your tit?"

"[to Rowntree] What do you mean, being a nuisance? What have we done?"

"[discussing horrible ways to die] Being flayed alive. That's what the Crusaders did to their enemies. Used to send their neatly folded skins back to their victims' wives."

"[at dinner] Dead man's leg today, Mrs. Kemp. Do you need this, Mrs. Kemp?"

"[after receiving an injury on his hand during the fencing duel] Blood! Real blood!"

"[quoting Rudyard Kipling] What stands, if freedom fall? Who dies, if England live?"

"[during a fencing duel with Wallace and Knightly] War... even to the knife!"

"[to Denson, having a cold shower] My time's up, you bastard!"

"[to Denson, about his necklace] They're my teeth; they're my good luck charm."

"[looking at a model in a magazine] There's only one thing you can do with a girl like this. Walk naked into the sea together as the sun sets. Make love once... Then die."

"War is the last possible creative act."

"There's no such thing as a wrong war. Violence and revolution are the only pure acts."

"The whole world will end very soon - black, brittle bodies peeling into ash..."

"[to Stephans] Excuse me, you mind not picking your shag-spots in here?"

"[after lights-out, whispering] Stephans. Whatever you're doing now... don't."

"[clapping slowly, facetiously] Jolly, jolly good, Stephans."

"[telling Knightly of his summer activities] I...met this fantastic bird in the East End, went round all the pubs. You ever been to those pubs? You should see those old loves dancing...showing their knickers. Take 'em off near the end. [Chuckles] She had a weird religion - only kiss on Thursdays. [Chuckles] Took me home to meet her mum and dad. Well, that finished it. Practically married us off, they did, over the Sunday joint. [School bell rings] When do we live? That's what I want to know."

"[trimming his mustache] My face is a never fading source of wonder to me."

"[voiceover] When I was young I had such a vision of myself. I dreamed I'd be someone to be reckoned with, you know, in the world. But one learns one's scale. I've such a dread of ending my days alone. But recently, I've allowed myself to think that I may not be. Am I wrong?"

"Claire Bloom - Queen Mary"

"Ramona Marquez - Princess Margaret"

"Freya Wilson - Princess Elizabeth"

"Eve Best - Wallis Simpson"

"Anthony Andrews - Stanley Baldwin"

"Derek Jacobi - Cosmo Gordon Lang (Archbishop of Canterbury)"