- Roger Walker: Where is father's ship?
- Mrs. Walker: Hong Kong.
- Roger Walker: Where's Hong Kong?
- Susan Walker: The South China Sea.
- Roger Walker: Where's the South China Sea?
- Susan Walker: South of China.
- Mrs. Jackson: No wonder he's single. Even his own sister finds him impossible. Who knows what's going on in that boat? Something fishy, and I don't mean with nets.
- Miss Crummock: Back from your travels, Mr Turner?
- Captain Flint: Full marks for observation.
- Miss Crummock: Leningrad, wasn't it? That's in Russia, isn't it? Is that because that's where Lenin came from? Did you ever meet him? You go there a lot. Anyone would think you had a woman there.
- Roger Walker: [on his sister gutting a fish] Your making a real dogs dinner of it
- Tatty Walker: [on the cut up fish] It looks like Vickie's sick
- Lazlov: Flying that's the future mister Turner
- Captain Flint: Well call me a dinosaur but I prefer travel to be more down to earth
- Captain Flint: I object to weapons that can wipe out whole cities
- Lazlov: Well I'm afraid neither of us is in charge of what our governments do