Terri Stivers quotes from Homicide: Life on the Street

Stivers

John Munch without a newspaper? That's like a drug dealer without a pager.

Lewis

I'm looking for Stivers. I'm gonna smack him.

Stivers

Take your best shot, pal.

Lewis

Terri Stivers? You a woman.

Stivers

You homicide guys, always pickin' up on small details.

Stivers

Luther Mahoney. What do you say? You in?

Lewis

You mention Luther Mahoney, we'll follow you to the ends of the earth.

Stivers

You partnering with Lewis?

Falsone

Yeah, just started. Two days.

Stivers

So, you sleep together a few times, and as soon as he goes to the john, and leaves his pants behind, you're in his wallet, checking the receipts, seeing where he's been and what he's done. Either you trust a man or you don't.

Falsone

So you're saying all black people are hip?

Lewis

Name one who ain't.

Falsone

George Washington Carver.

Michael Giardello

Please. How many things can a white man do with a peanut?

Munch

Shelled or unshelled?

Falsone

I got one. Meldrick Lewis.

Munch

Well, he is black.

Bayliss

Yep.

Michael Giardello

But not particularly hip.

Bayliss

Nope.

Lewis

What you talkin' about Willis?

Sheppard

Point taken. I guess Sammy Davis goes back on the list.

Lewis

No no no, hold on, let's just stop the game right here. I can be accused of a lot of things, but falling off the cutting edge is not one of 'em. Terri- am I down or am I down?

Stivers

What?

Lewis

Am I hip? Tell these fools.

Stivers

Uh, you have your moments.

Lewis

Moments?

Stivers

I don't know, maybe, you try too hard.

Lewis

I'm not playin' no more.

Falsone

There are moments when I actually begin to believe.

Stivers

Believe what?

Falsone

That we work for God.

Falsone

[the detectives are discussing Baltimore landmarks] Baltimore is a city of many splendors but the greatest architectural feat: Madonna's bra.

Stivers

[incredulous] What?

Lewis

Yeah, Madonna's bra. The sewage treatment plant on East Point. Them two golden cones just stickin' up outta nowhere.

Stivers

Madonna's bra.

Gharty

[chuckling] That's what the East Siders call it.

Falsone

Two golden orbs shimmering in the moonlight, towering over the landscape.

Stivers

I don't think I've ever seen it.

Falsone

Are you serious?

Gharty

To die without viewing it would mark an incomplete life.