Law & Order quotes

She uses an out-of-date prison library, and her work is better than I've ever seen from a Wall Street law firm.

Schiff

"The truth is ugly, so we put our prophets in prison".

Oscar Wilde?

Schiff

Charles Manson.

D.O.D. Department of Doom. It's a local hacker gang. Best known for hacking into the Department of Sanitation's computer. Shut down garbage collection for 2 days.

Briscoe

Probably took that long for anybody to notice.

Schiff

Rock and roll gives me a headache. That doesn't mean I'm part of a conspiracy to kill John Lennon.

I appreciate his efforts in pursuit of the American Dream, but murder simply is the wrong approach.

They say a boy doesn't become a man until his father passes away. Leon took care of that in one fell swoop.

So, let's suppose that it's true what Defense Attorney Schell implies that each of you, all of you, sympathize with the defendants, trapped as they are in their fears; that, in fact, more people hate homosexuals than are willing to admit, then I venture to say that somewhere in your family history, someone somewhere hates you or your relatives for no other reason than that they are black or white, Slovak instead of Czech, Protestant instead of Catholic, left-wing not right. And are you going to let officers of the law determine which of you they will help based on who and what you are? If so, then don't dial 9-1-1, even if you think you're one of them because you may end up being Officer Newhouse. These defendants let a man die and, for all of us, you must hold them responsible.

Logan

You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. And if you move funny, I'll blow your head off.

Briscoe

How many apartments are in this building?

Logan

30.

Briscoe

Do they all have to eat eggs?

I taught her to speak. I taught her to present herself. She couldn't even order a meal in a restaurant.

Mr. Bryce, please, you talk about her as if she was a trained seal.

Ben, I'd love to stay and discuss altruism with you, but I'm late for a charity dinner at the Plaza. There's still some tickets available. 500 bucks a plate.

Robinette

And every penny of it tax deductible.

Somebody shot an animal. Call a vet.

Schiff

We look like carnival hucksters. "Want a deal? Take a number. You too can have a piece of the movie rights."

This trial's a hummer. I don't know how you look yourself in the mirror.

I'm Catholic, I can feel guilty about anything. But I bet my conscience is easier to live with than yours.

Your Honor, my client is a respected oral surgeon...

No dice, counselor. I've seen Marathon Man.

Mr. Kirk, when you leave the hospital, where are you going to go?

My sister said I could stay with her.

But things didn't work out the last time you stayed there.

That was her fault.

And when you left her house, where did you go?

Where I live, Bedford Street. See, there's this sonic convergence...

And when you go there, you get high, don't you?

Yes. I have to. I feel better.

And you buy the crack using money you won from suing the residents of Bedford Street, isn't that right?

They harassed me!

They say they're the victims.

I'm the victim! He tried to kill me! I may never walk right again!

You're gonna sue 'em again, Mr. Kirk?

You better believe it! I'll get enough crack to last me a lifetime! And every time that son of a bitch walks out of his apartment, he'll see me, sitting in my Rolls Royce wheelchair, getting high and getting in his pudgy little face!