Jamie Ross quotes from Law & Order

Ross

I believe in monsters and things that go bump in the night, Jack. May they rot in Hell, along with their attorneys.

Ross

Governments are like elephants. They never forget.

Ross

[to Carmichael, during a lineup] Don't be shy - next time just point to my client.

Ross

Freedom of the press isn't free, Mr. Bailey, but turning over your mailing list won't cost you a cent.

I can't believe this: it's extortion.

Ross

It's leverage.

McCoy

We already got the father.

Ross

But she's guilty too.

McCoy

We put her in jail, her son dies alone.

Ross

Everybody's got a sad story.

McCoy

It won't be an easy case to make. Webber's dead. Her father won't talk.

Ross

We can look for other evidence.

McCoy

You feel burned?

Ross

You feel sorry for her?

McCoy

Call me a sentimental fool. [pause] There's no statute of limitations on murder. We'll keep it. Right on top of the pile.

Ross

I don't know what to do, Jack. [McCoy smirks] What?

McCoy

I'm enjoying the moment, fleeting as it is.

Ross

Where would you go if you needed a hitman?

Curtis

[grinning at Briscoe] I'd find an old cop, preferably one with a lot of alimony.

McCoy

Sometimes you have to make deals with the Devil.

Ross

Just as long as you don't get your eyebrows singed.

Ross

Lanie Stieglitz filed her appeal.

Schiff

She's hoping they'll erect a statue for her on 12th Avenue.

McCoy

Even prostitutes deserve a patron saint.

Ross

It makes me wonder if they convicted her because we made our case or because she's a prostitute.

McCoy

They convicted her. I don't care why.

Ross

I shouldn't have been away from Katie this long. I'm due in family court in three days.

McCoy

We have to go back to Judge Callahan in twelve hours.

Ross

I'm sorry!

McCoy

Where are your priorities?! If Gorton gets ahold of this stuff, he'll come up with some cockamamie alternate theory of the crime. A murderer could walk free!

Ross

And I could lose my daughter! You know what, Jack?! That's an easy decision!

McCoy

Not for an Assistant District Attorney.

Ross

It doesn't look like we're going to get a confession.

Schiff

Why should he confess? You'll probably be arresting someone else tomorrow.

Ross

The Church protects murderers, the law says two people can fire the same bullet, and the victim's mother forgives her son's killers. You figure it out.

McCoy

You don't think you could? Forgive them, I mean?

Ross

No.

McCoy

Neither could I. What does that say about us?

Ross

A baby's dead and no one's responsible.

Schiff

No one was responsible when it was alive, either.

Ross

It's like finding out Amelia Earhart flew to Bakersfield and hid out for fifty years.

McCoy

I got over Pete Rose.

I got bent over a chair by Miss Ross before. Now I'm getting another tingling sensation in my butt. Why is that?

Ross

...wishful thinking?