Slow Horses Quotes (Season 1)

I don’t normally do these kind of speeches, but this feels like a big moment, and if it all turns to s***, I might not see any of you again. You’re f***ing useless. The lot of you. Working with you has been the lowest point in a disappointing career.

You people are slow. Bringing you up to speed is like trying to explain Norway to a dog.

What do I do about the body on my staircase?[Jackson Lamb]Moody?[Diana Taverner]Yeah.[Jackson Lamb]He’s dead?[Diana Taverner]It’s hard to tell, given his IQ, but yes.[Jackson Lamb]

Two mobiles. Jed, Jed, Jed. I’m surprised you had enough friends to carry one.

She told me she’d been put in Slough House to watch me.[River Cartwright]Was that before or after she got shot in the head?[Jackson Lamb]

She thinks she’s the exception. That’s what everybody thinks. Everybody’s always wrong.[about Diana]

If people are happy to spend time in this building after 5:00 p.m., then I’m not really doing my job.[to River and Sid]

I’ve got other things I could do tonight. I’ve got a really massive s*** brewing. I could sit and read a book and birth that beauty.[to Diana]

I didn’t mean to kill him.[Min Harper]Of course you didn’t. If you meant to kill him, he’d still be alive.[Jackson Lamb]

God, you really care about them, don’t you?[Diana Taverner]Nah. I think they’re a bunch of f***ing losers. But they’re my losers.[Jackson Lamb]

Did you find anything?[Jackson Lamb]I don’t know what I’m looking for.[River Cartwright]The remnants of a once-promising career.[Jackson Lamb]