Mac Taylor quotes from CSI: NY

Mac

(To Reno Martell) You know... the good thing is you won't be having any more of those days for a long time.

Mac

It's all over the news, and now half the community is outside. There's maybe 1,500 people out there.

Mac

Respectfully, Sir, I think locking him up and letting the grand jury sort it out is a cop-out. I realize the political implications of this, but we deserve more time, and Hopkins deserves better than punting to the grand jury.

Mac

(To Tori Bell) I want you to hear the truth. Before you read some version of it in the papers or hear it on the news.

Mac

(To Tori Bell) I'm not asking you to excuse what happened, I just want you to understand why.

Mac

As police officers in this big, complicated city we see so much bad. So many souls filled with hatred and violence. And it's our job to look for them, chase after them and confront them. Over time, they can become all we see. As with all evil, some good will always come from it. It can bring us together with some of the most dedicated, honorable, kind-hearted people we could ever hope to meet. It can fill hearts with a love so strong that it will endure forever... and create unbreakable friendships that will last even in the face of life's most difficult challenges.

Mac

Sometimes, the good comes when we most need it and least expect it. If we are lucky enough to notice it, set our eyes upon it and appreciate it, it can almost make us forget all of the bad. Today is life. The only life you're sure of. Make the most of today. Words of wisdom. A slice of goodness passed on by an innocent soul whose life was cut short by an errant bullet. These are words that will always stay with me, words that are about to change the course of my life forever.

Stella Bonasera

What time did you get in?

Mac Taylor

I never went home.

Stella

Can't sleep?

Mac

What's sleep?

Mac

Detective Flack…

Called you the second I got word. Caucasian female, late 20s, no I.D. Some guy jogging his dog found her and called 911. Ran his name… He's harmless. I think he's all about the dog, you know.

Mac

Where is she? [sees the body] Body's in a characteristic position… supine. Legs are crossed over, arms flailed out to her sides. Dump job.

Rape, dump?

Mac

She wasn't killed here. There's no scuff marks on the knees. Nails are intact. It appears putrefaction has set in. She's starting to bloat up a bit. Which could explain the inconsistency of her belt. See the wear? It's two notches off. If the killer re-dressed her, he did it at considerable amount of time after death.

Why would he dress her back up?

Mac

I don't know. What I do know is… he took the time. Someone out there is missing a wife.

Stella

She was in Central Park.

Mac

Looks like we've got ourselves an 800-acre crime scene.

Mac

Aiden's on rodent patrol, I'm waiting to do a rat-topsy.

Stella

Rape and rats. Worlds apart.

Stella

Playing hangman?

Mac

Actually, yes. But I've run out of letters.

Aiden Burn

[Aiden is explaining the term "grand master" to Mac] Yeah, like a deejay legend: Grand Master Flash or a Jam Master Jay. They paved the way for guys like 'Dre and Cube, Eminem and Jermaine Dupri. You like music like that?

Detective Mac Taylor

I prefer Crunk myself.

Detective Mac Taylor

You should hear Aiden talk about this hip-hop world. Close your eyes, she sounds like Queen Latifah.

Dr. Sheldon Hawkes

What do you know about Queen Latifah?

Danny

I don't know how these guys work down here.

Mac

The same way we're going to. Rock by rock.

Detective Mac Taylor

Are you bathophobic?

Detective Danny Messer

I'm not anything-phobic. There are just a few things that shake me up. 700 feet of granite between me and daylight is one of them.