- Mr. Johnson: [Last lines] Won't they try to escape ?
- Governor: Well, of course they'll try to escape, and why not? Aren't we all of us trying to escape from some prison of our own making ?
- [Looking out of the window]
- Governor: There is it Johnson, the wheat and the chaff.
- Mr. Johnson: Yes sir. But the thing is, which is which ?
- Governor: No, Johnson, the thing is to find out what is the chaff, and why.
- Mr. Johnson: Now then. I want you to remember this. You're not in prison. You're in Borstal. And the sooner you learn to behave yourselves, the sooner you'll get out of here.
- Sparrow: How soon do you think I'll get out, cocky, I've got a lovely nature.
- Mr. Johnson: Any more of that kind of cheek and you'll find yourself on report. And when you speak to me, say 'Sir'.
- Sparrow: I thought there weren't no class distinctions here?
- Mrs. Knowles: You will be sensible won't you, Jackie. Do everything they tell you. And be a good boy.