Law & Order quotes

Green

Found this under the front seat of her car.

Briscoe

A parking stub from A&M.

Green

The lot where Ronnie Buck was killed.

You didn't find that in my car, you put it there!

Briscoe

I knew those fake parking stubs would come in handy some day.

How could you have killed him?

The man was a thug! Every time I turned around he was there with his hand out.

I'm not talking about Buck, I'm talking about Allan. I thought you loved him!

Sweetheart, you didn't have to sleep with him. Let's just drop this whole subject, okay? That part of our lives is over with!

You're wrong.

What are you talking about?!

Look at the dock, mother.

You little bitch!

I had a good teacher.

Briscoe

[holds up Gasana's machete, which he used to kill someone] It's a jungle out there, huh?

McCoy

Don't pretend your hands are clean, Mr. Girard. Not unless you're willing to risk losing them.

Dr. Rodgers

[on what blade made the stab wounds] Probably pinking shears.

Briscoe

I'm not even going to ask what pinking is.

McCoy

$362 a month for a 3-bedroom apartment? I'd kill for it.

Green

Vega hasn't had a gig in 10 years and he socked away millions of dollars. Maybe I should get a manager.

Briscoe

Singing in a karaoke bar doesn't count.

Grand jury is just another audience.

Van Buren

Closing that case got me noticed, Lennie. And I used to hear the whispers and the chatter behind my back. "She got it 'cause she's black, she got it 'cause she's a woman." And I never listened to that crap because I knew I had earned it.

Briscoe

You made lieutenant because you're a great cop. All the drսg collars you made, all the killers you put behind bars. This one case isn't gonna undo all of that.

Van Buren

I'm not so sure, Lennie. I'm not so sure.

Van Buren

I want to know why you did it. Those were people's lives you were playing with,

You know, I don't recall you crying so hard when you made first grade off this case.

Van Buren

I never knew you lied!

Oh, please! You people come in, you give me the evidence. You tell me, "See what you can come up with, Lisa." And I gave you exactly what you wanted. And you know what? You are the worst kind of hypocrite. And are you really gonna sit there and tell me that you don't blur the boundaries? Go home and look in the mirror, Anita. And when you do, you ask yourself is it right that I'm in here and you're not?

We're losing our wetlands, our wilderness! Every day, we are paving over nature!

Briscoe

Aw, you think Manhattan's a wasteland? Wait 'til you see Riker's Island.

I don't regret anything I do, Mr. McCoy. I hope you never do. [leaves]

McCoy

Letting that man walk out the door is a start.

Serena

Do they really think he's innocent?

McCoy

I don't think they care.

Serena

In a weird way, the dismissal hurt Collins more than the indictment. When his fans found out he wasn't the killer, his CD dropped 10 places in the charts.

McCoy

At this rate, he might have to go out and actually shoot somebody.

I know first-hand what it is to be discriminated against. But as long as we treat it as a social problem instead of as an illness, we lose all chance of treating it.

McCoy

No, sir. As long as we provide an excuse, we lose all chance of punishing it.