Francis Li Quotes in Tiger on Beat (1988)

Francis Li: Bruce Lee taught Jackie Chan... Jackie Chan taught Alain Delon... Alain Delon taught Stallone... Stallone taught Ti Lung. Ti Lung told me. Didn't he tell you? Oh, well.

Police inspector: [as Francis and Michael learn they are partners] That's more like it. You two are partners now. Do you know how I managed to go from being a constable to a chief inspector?

Francis Li: By kissing ass and telling tales?

Police inspector: Don't say that loudly! Your father taught me to do that.

Francis Li: What have you heard around town, Brother Loong?

Loong: Lots. A rookie cop held a gun to you and you pissed your pants in fright. How can you show your face around town?

Francis Li: Miss, where's Marydonna?

Receptionist: She should have finished her class. Maybe she's taking a shower. May I ask who's asking for her?

Francis Li: Mark Gor.

Receptionist: Well, Mark Gor, please fill out this survey.

[Ping holds two women captive, forcing Francis and Michael to give him a pair of pants]

Francis Li: Michael Tso! Take off your trousers!

Michael Tso: [without thinking, and in English] Yes, sir!

[pauses]

Michael Tso: Why me?

Francis Li: I'm the sergeant. Take off your pants!

[assuring Ping]

Francis Li: They're on the way!

Michael Tso: How I face people?

Francis Li: You're responsible for two innocent lives!

Michael Tso: I can shoot him dead with one shot!

Poison Snake Ping, Marydonna's brother: Hurry up! Remove your pants!

Michael Tso: Fine! I'll do it, then!

Poison Snake Ping, Marydonna's brother: Hurry up!

Francis Li: He's taking them off right now. Don't hurt the girls!

Poison Snake Ping, Marydonna's brother: Throw them down!

[Michael throws his pair of pants onto a tree]

Poison Snake Ping, Marydonna's brother: You want to play tricks on me? I'll kill them!

Francis Li: There's still one more pair. Wait a second, okay?

[to Michael]

Francis Li: You little shit! You set me up, didn't you?

Michael Tso: No, sergeant. It's windy.

Francis Li: Windy, my ass! I haven't felt the wind today.

Michael Tso: Even the desperate need to catch their breath.

Francis Li: How can I face the citizens of Hong Kong now?

[first lines]

Francis Li: Hey, wake up! Wake up! Hey, wake up, and put on your clothes! My wife's home! Hey!

Dummy's Wife: You have a wife?

Francis Li: Whatever. Put on your clothes! I'll explain it to you another day.

Dummy's Wife: What do you mean "Put on my clothes?" This is my home!

Francis Li: Your home? Then, who's the person trying to get in?

Dummy's Wife: Oh! My husband's back!

Francis Li: Your husband? Why didn't you tell me earlier?

Dummy's Wife: I told you! You just pretended not to understand.

Francis Li: I'm deaf! When I hit on you, you should've said something!

Dummy's Wife: Hurry up! My husband hates cops!

Francis Li: I hate other people's husbands, too!

Dummy: I'm Dummy.

Francis Li: You sure look like one.

Police inspector: Someone points a gun at you, and piss in your pants! Now, the whole station knows about it!

Francis Li: Don't shout! Even those who didn't know about it know now!

Francis Li: And don't bother going after my sister.

Michael Tso: I won't. I haven't even thought about it.

Francis Li: That's good. My sister is expensive goods. You look too much like a thug.

Michael Tso: Ok, Sergeant.

[after Michael tries to arrest someone who looks like a thug]

Francis Li: What are you doing?

Michael Tso: He looks like a thug!

Francis Li: He's my neighbor!

Francis Li: [talking in his sleep] Don't fish in troubled waters. Go back...

Department store staff: Gentlemen, what can I help you with in the lingerie section?

Francis Li: Ah, I need to buy a bra.

Department store staff: A bra? Is it for your home use, or for going out?

Francis Li: No, it's for my wife.

Department store staff: What's the size, then? How big is she?

Francis Li: I forgot to measure.

Department store staff: Like Elsie Chan?

Francis Li: Not that big!

Department store staff: Then Pat Ha?

Francis Li: She doesn't have any!

Department store staff: Anita Mui?

Francis Li: Her breasts change!

Department store staff: Then is she as big as me?

Francis Li: You're too much!