Lifeline to Victory (1993 TV Movie)

David Hemblen: Oldbest

Quotes 

• [HMCC Fireweed's re-fit has been approved] 

  Oldbest : [seeing Deveraux's surprised expression]  I wanted to sound you out first. See if you'd make the intelligent choice.

  Oldbest : [in perfect, refined French]  Therefore, good luck with Fireweed, Mister Devereaux.

  Oldbest : [dryly]  Oh, and I do hate to see good money wasted. So try not to sink her.

• [Oldbest has accused Fireweed of stealing his figurehead] 

  Paul Devereaux : You know something, I wish I *did* have your damn figurehead. We need to repair our leaking oil pans and my engineering teams could *use* the sawdust!

  Oldbest : DOVER!

  Paul Devereaux : DEVEREAUX, SIR! My name is DEVEREAUX! That's *French Canadian*, which I assume should be a *DOUBLE pain in the ass* for you, sir!

• Oldbest : STAND STILL! And LISTEN! I dislike and distrust Reservist amateurs, Colonial or *otherwise*. Especially jumped-up Merchant Marine types who think just because they've mucked about on a tramp steamer that it qualifies them for the bridge of a fighting ship! In my day, we had to *prove ourselves* capable of command!