Alfie – Character Quotes

It seems to me the problems you worry yourself sick about never seem to materialize. It's the ones that catch you unexpectedly on a Wednesday afternoon that knock you sideways.

In every doomed relationship, there comes what I like to call "The uh-oh moment". When a certain little something happens, and you know you've just witnessed the beginning of the end. And suddenly you stop and you think, "Uh-oh, iceberg ahead".

What have I got? Really? Some money in my pocket. Some nice threads, fancy car at my disposal, and I'm single. Yeah... unattached, free as a bird... I don't depend on nobody. Nobody depends on me. My life's my own. But I don't have peace of mind. And if you don't have that, you've got nothing. So...

— Is your husband a lot older than you?
— He's not my husband.
— He's wearing a wedding ring.
— Well, I never said he wasn't somebody else's husband.

But I don't have peace of mind. And if you don't have that, you've got nothing.

Whenever you meet a beautiful woman, just remember somewhere there's a man who's sick of shagging her.

It's been said that clothes speak the international language.