- Martin Frazer: [Describing his estate] It's just a little old place out in the country. It's been in the family since God was in short trousers.
- Martin Frazer: [Commenting on the judge as he walks by] Imagine him in women's underwear.
- Rosemary Boxer: Does it work for you?
- Martin Frazer: A bit too well. I had to stop.
- Rosemary Boxer: [On the phone] Just one more thing... Is there any place decent we could stay?
- Martin Frazer: [laughing] Well, that depends on what you class as decent.
- Rosemary Boxer: Walls and a roof.
- Chris Stevens: I'd like to know how you do a post-mortem on a tree.
- Rosemary Boxer: [Cupping her hands around her mouth sarcastically] With a chainsaw.
- Laura Thyme: What's your experience with goats?
- Rosemary Boxer: None.
- Laura Thyme: Chickens?
- Rosemary Boxer: Only in soup or sandwich form.
- Rosemary Boxer: It's hard to sleep easy when you have been burnt out of hearth and home.
- Laura Thyme: [Exasperated] It's a tent!
- Martin Frazer: [Offering advice on how to deal with grumpy Warwick Jardine] Here's a trick the rest of us use... imagine him in women's underwear.
- Laura Thyme: Does it work for you?
- Martin Frazer: A bit too well. I've had to stop.
- Laura Thyme: [In the context of a discussion about amorous artists, recites a limerick] While Titian was mixing rose-madder, His model reclined on a ladder. Her position, to Titian, Suggested coition, So he ran up the ladder and 'ad 'er.