Very sad to hear this, and also to learn that in her final years she was living with Alzheimer's. John Finnemore is asking for recommendations for a very brief clip (15-20 secs) from Cabin Pressure for a longer piece he wants to write about Stephanie Cole for Substack: https://substack.com/@johnfinnemore/note/c-340234611
A lot of the obvious ones have already been mentioned. So many candidates! I'm hearing all of these in her voice.
“Gordon, how necessary to see you” talking to her ex-husband.
"... when Douglas and Martin say they have a complaint and she says “Oh dear me. Tell you what: why don't you write it down, put it in an envelope, tear it in half, throw it away, and shut your face?"
‘“because you are lazy, lazy pilots”
“Martin. Only Father Christmas cares about what you want.”
"I don’t have an airline. I have one jet. You cannot put one jet in a line. if MJN is anything, it is an airdot."
“I paid you to use it to fly a franking machine to Paris, not to fly a multi-coloured confectionery brick to Cumbria and drop it on a fish!”
“Ladies and gentlemen, the captain has now illuminated the seat belt sign, so please ensure your baggage and duty-free are safely stowed, your tray tables are folded away, and your seat is returned to the upright position. Or, as they say in Limerick ...
The captain has turned on the signs,
So stow away bags of all kinds.
Then make sure your tray
Is folded away
And your seatback no longer reclines.”
“Martin, you are many things but, believe me, you are not ‘Sir.’ If anyone is Sir, I am Sir; and as Sir I am telling you from now on diversions are out.”
I'm with the person who says Unhelpful, I know, but you could stick a pin in any 15-20 seconds of Stephanie Cole delivering your words and they would be perfect. She will be so missed.