Nick Vera quotes from Cold Case

Vera

Busy. People keep killing each other, so, you?

Same. People keep getting sick.

Vera

Never changes.

Nothing ever does.

Vera

[after interviewing a conspiracy theorist.]] Is the boss punishing us for something?

Kat

Told you not to steal his paperclips.

Lilly Rush

There's no water in her lungs. Not likely she drowned.

Nick Vera

Saying she was dead when she hit the water? No one caught it back then?

Lilly Rush

Wasn't going for a midnight swim in this red dress.

Nick Vera

So somebody dumped her?

Lilly Rush

Tough to kill yourself if you're already dead.

Nick Vera

Maggie Lafferty! Philly PD.

Would've never guessed; cheap suit and all.

Nick Vera

My point is, sometimes women say 'no' when they don't mean it. Cause if they didn't, they'd be thought of, you know...

Kat Miller

Hoes?

Will Jeffries

Digging that ditch deeper...

Nick Vera

I would never call a woman a ho. All I'm saying is what's a guy to do? Back off at the first no? Human race would go extinct.

Kat Miller

No means no! How many ways you need that spelled out?

Nick Vera

The name of the game is pursuit. You run, I chase.

Kat Miller

You ain't chasing me anywhere.

Nick Vera

Sayin' we got a serial rapist?

Lilly Rush

Saying we got a new pool of targets.

Kat Miller

And any one of them could have killed him.

Vera

Could have had a nosebleed playing piano.

Stillman

Deaf kid playing the piano, Nick?

Vera

Spot of blood ain't conclusive, Boss.

Stillman

[Gestures to man] James. [James turns out the lights showing large amounts of blood in the room.] Conclusive enough for you?

Vera

That ain't a nosebleed.

Jeffries

Hey, hey, hey, hey. [Take milk off Vera and gestures to his name on it] Can't you read?

Vera

Since when is milk private property?

Lilly

Louie! You didn't have to dress up for us.

Well, if not for you, then who, Rush?

Vera

Me, clearly.

Eddie Saccardo

(running into Lilly and Nick in the hallway) Hi.

Lilly Rush

Hey.

Eddie Saccardo

Good to see you.

Lilly Rush

Yeah. I mean...

Eddie Saccardo

Right.

Lilly Rush

Well...

Eddie Saccardo

Well. Scuse me. (walks off with a suspect)

Nick Vera

Speak English much?

Lilly Rush

What!?

Vera

Hey, how you doing Carla? I got a cold one, needs running through IVIS ASAP.

Two weeks.

Vera

It's kinda important.

Aren't they all?

Vera

Ha-ha, yeah, I hear you. I'm talking special circumstances, uh, the victim was a teacher, you know what I mean? Remember your favorite teacher? Imagine if she got killed.

I hated my teachers.

Vera

Ballistics report on .22 that killed Laura McKinney. [Lilly goes to take it] Ah, this cost me big. Two tickets to Wicked and dinner. I need you to appreciate that.

Lilly

You're my hero.

Vera

Well, it had to be one of ya. Just didn't get up and walk away.

Lilly

What's missing now?

Kat

His cinnamon roll. [Vera shoots her a glance] Don't look at me, I don't eat breakfast.

Vera

You ate my coffee cake.

Kat

Two years ago!

Lilly

Least someone's eaten it. Gotta be food in there older than our cold jobs.

Will

My tie!

Vera

That's for aiding and abetting in a decapitation of my best tie last week!

Will

What makes you think that I had anything to do with that... incident?

Vera

I hate cars salesman.

Will

You could use a new ride.

Vera

What's wrong with my car?

Will

Nothing. If you like being single.