Law & Order Season 1 quotes

Greevey

What if it was just you and Walker, alone in an alley, he had no gun, and was willing to surrender?

I'd shoot him in the face.

You know, when I was a little girl, mama used to tell me that you do good? You'll be okay. [pauses] I guess kids got to believe that. 'Else they'd never grow up.

I never got the fuss when a cop gets killed. You guys get paid to deal with scum- Whatcha think's gonna happen, you do that? Two weeks, three weeks... you'll be gone. But I'll still be here, and so will the company that pays my salary.

Do you know what this is?

It's a gun.

[sarcastically] Very good, can you spell gun?

Sure. D-E-A-L.

I see you've passed the spelling test.

I'm going to show you something that may belong to your ex-cellmate, Mr. Walker. Do you recognize it?

It's a gun.

[sarcastically] Very good, Cistal, can you spell gun?

Sure. D-E-A-L.

One drug arrest five years ago? That's like another lifetime. But now, because it's on Page Six, I can be raped without penalty.

Schiff

She's what, a reporter?

Reporter? She does exploitive crap. All sizzle and no steak.

I can't prosecute on instinct.

D.A. Adam Schiff

I don't photograph well with egg on my face, how about you?

Look man, you know how hard it is to get work? I keep my eyes closed, I keep my job.

Greevey

What about your ears?

Sure, I hear stuff.

Greevey

What kind of stuff?

Like guys that talk don't talk for very long. Look, I've seen Godfather I, II, and III.

This is New York, remember? Sometimes people get beat up just for the hell of it. Sometimes they even get dead, it's a fact of life.

Logan

Hey, they don't play by the rules, why should we?

Because that's our job.

'Big Frankie', ha, ‘Dandy Don.'

D.A. Adam Schiff

You too can have monogrammed socks.

Logan

Let me ask you something. If you liked Isaac so much, why'd you clean his register?

Didn't look like he was gonna need it.

Greevey

Did you see anything unusual in the neighborhood this morning?

It's Greenwich Village, man. You tell me.