John's Quotes

Below is a listing of everything John Constable says during The Night Watch.

## Start of a Round

* And now, the shift hits the fan. Ha ha ha ha.
* England expects every man to do his duty.
* It's not every time a man finds his true calling.
* Now, let's see who's been playing silly buggers tonight.
* Right then. Time to guard the sheep and hunt the wolf. Ha ha ha.
* Roll up for the magical mystery tour. Step right this way.
* That's right you cockroaches. Scuttle back under your rocks.
* They only have to win once. We have to win every time.
* Time to bring forth order out of chaos.
* We're a thin blue line, we are. A bloody thin blue line.
* Well, practice makes perfect

## Rage Mode

* All fall short for the glory of the Lord!
* And I behold a pale horse, whose name was death!
* He who believeth not shall be damned!
* I am full of the fury of the Lord and I am right weary holding back!
* Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord!
* The Lord judgeth thee, and he is angry every day!
* Ye shall be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the lamb!
* Ye shall drink the wine of God's wroth, poured in the cup of his anger!
* Ye shall not decieve me with empty words, for God's wrath falls upon the sons of disobedience!

## Entering Withdrawal

* All we're doing is subduing them, right?
* I don't hit them that hard, do I?
* I feel worse than I did in the occupation. I think.
* I need Blackberry.
* I need Blackberry, to clear my mind. Oh god.
* Oh, god I'm thinking terrible thoughts. Where's some Blackberry?
* Where did all the fun go? Where's my blackberry?
* Where'd all the flowers go?
* Why did everything turn so grey? Oh, I need Blackberry that's why.

## Mood Booths

### Purchasing Joy

* Blackberry never used to cost so much. Did it?
* I do hope we don't run put of our pharmaceuticals. Or I won't know what to think.
* I remember when Blackberry was free.
* If Sally Boyle's getting rich on this... well, it ain't right, that's all.
* If you run out of money, lad, you're fucked.
* It'd be cheaper to chuck diamonds down me throat!
* It's not fair! Charging so much for elementary provisions.
* Please sir, may I have some more? MORE?
* Tell me the brass ain't takin' a cut.

### After Joy Intake

* And to think that all we had once, was whiskey.
* Feels like Victory Day.
* Funny. I can really feel my teeth.
* I bet that if we'd had Blackberry, we could've really beat the Germans! Err...I hope no one heard that.
* I feel like a lion, meeting Christians, for the very first time. Ha ha ha.
* Makes you feel ten foot, that does.
* Right, let's have some fun!
* Takes ten years off your knees.
* Thank heavens for Sally Boyle.

## Opening a Chest

* Do what you love best, and the money will follow.
* From each according to her ability, to each according to his need.
* I perceive a bit of contraband! Which my duty obliges me to confiscate.
* Well, thank you for your 'donation' to the constabulary.
* You can hardly expect a decent level of city service without a decent level of taxation. Now can you?

## Time Requirement Completed

* Ah, marvelous. I'm gonna get an earful for all these bloodstains.
* Hope we left enough of them sleeping for the doctors.
* I must go in, for the fog is settling.
* It's always nice when dawn breaks before I do.
* Knock 'em all down. Let the doctors sort 'em out.
* Right, you lot are someone else's problem 'till nightfall.
* And then dawn appeared, her fingers ripe with flowers.

## Returning Home

* And still no nearer to Tippe-fucking-rary.
* Bombs away!
* I don't see why we can't just walk back to the station like normal people.
* I wonder what the missus has made for breakfast.
* Like the hangman's bloody drop.
* Right, time of a nice hot bath and some shut-eye.
* Oh, and how was your day, Mrs. Constable,
* Over the top.
* Take her down under, Number One. But Captain, we're not a submarine!
* That's a good day's work.
* Time for a lovely wank.
* Try not to throw up.

## Death

Note that these phrases arent covered by the game's built in subtitles, so they might be slightly inaccurate.

* "Well, I guess im off the clock now..."
* "Are those children?... and dogs?"
* "Bloody downers, always making trouble."
* "I guess you can't catch 'em all."
* "Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do, and die."
* "This may be the last time, I don't know..."
* "Dying is easy, comedy's hard..."
* "Well, glad thats sorted..."
* "A man chooses, a bobby obays."
* "Goodnight ladies... Goodnight sweet ladies... goodnight, goodnight."
* "I suppose, now is when I.. find out..."
* "All those moments lost, but tears in a bloody rain..."
* "Oh, fuck, I left the stove on..."
* (theres a phrase thats either in greek or in latin that I can't translate)

## Trivia

* "*England expects every man to do his duty.*" is the signal that Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson sent.
* "*Over the top.*" is an idiom that essentially means 'to go beyond reasonable or acceptable limits'.
	+ "*Over the top."* was also a phrase used in World War I that refers to climbing out of the trench and charging into No Man's Land, a dangerous area in between the trenches.
* *"And still no nearer to Tippe-fucking-rary."* is a reference to the song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary."
* "*Now, where is your box, miss Pandora.*" refers to Pandora's Box, the ancient Greek artifact and myth.
* "*Please sir, may I have some more? MORE?*" refers to Oliver Twist's line, "*Please, Sir, I want some more.*
* "*Roll up for the magical mystery tour. Step right this way.*" refers to The Beatles song, *Magical Mystery Tour*.
* "*We're a thin blue line, we are*" refers figuratively to the position of police as the force which holds back chaos.
* "*They only have to win once. We have to win every time*" refers to a similar quote that the American writer Dan DiDio said, "*The heroes have to win every time. The villain only has to win once.*"