Arthur Seaton: Get out, come on, or else you'll get another one. In your fat gut this time, go on, take laughing boy with you.

Arthur Seaton: How's Johnny getting on in Australia?
Aunt Ada: Well you know Arthur, I reckon Johnny's a lot better off out there, he never did well in this country, did he.
Arthur Seaton: No, he always was a good worker though, I know that.

Arthur Seaton: I dunno, work next week. I'll be hard at it, sweating me guts out at that lathe. It's a hard life if you don't weaken.

Arthur Seaton: I got beat up by 2 soldiers.
Doreen: What for?
Arthur Seaton: Well I've been knocking around with a married woman and her husband set them onto me, 2 onto 1, so they beat me. I'dve flattened them if they'd been one at a time.

Arthur Seaton: I take a tip from the fishes, never bite unless the bait's good. I won't get married till I'm good and ready.

Arthur Seaton: I thought I'd come and see you, I'm a bit worried about something.
Aunt Ada: Why, what would a good-looking chap like you have to worry about?
Arthur Seaton: It's not that I'm worried Aunt Ada, I never worry - you know that. But it's this mate of mine at work, he's got this woman in trouble and he don't know what to do about it.
Aunt Ada: That's a daft thing to do, couldn't he have been a bit more careful? Well he'll just have to face the music like our Dave did.
Arthur Seaton: But isn't there something that could be done, I mean sometimes people get rid of it by taking things don't they?
Aunt Ada: What do you know about that?
Arthur Seaton: I read about it in Sunday papers.

Arthur Seaton: I'll have a fag in a bit, no use working every minute God sends. I could get through it in half the time if I worked like a bull, but they'd only slash my wages so they can get stuffed!

Arthur Seaton: I'm out for a good time - all the rest is propaganda!

Arthur Seaton: I've still got some fight left in me, not like most people.
Bert: Not saying you ain't, but where does all this fighting get you?
Arthur Seaton: Have you ever seen where not fighting get you?

Arthur Seaton: It's not the first time that bastard's called me a red though. Not that I wouldn't vote communist if I thought it would get rid of blokes like him.