Sgt. T.J. Hooker quotes from T. J. Hooker

Sgt. T.J. Hooker

T.J. Hooker is the name. But you don't have to lose any sleep wondering what the T.J. stands for, as far as you're concerned, my first name is 'Sergeant'.

Sgt. T.J. Hooker

Cops and robbers isn't a game to me, Ms. Hill. I've seen too much life and death. Too many alcoholic cops because they're shaking inside. Too many divorces and suicides because of stress. Too many good men given a cop's funeral because some unthinking, unfeeling scum pulls a trigger on 'em.

Sgt. T.J. Hooker

Most perpetrators do what they do because they hate. They want. They do things to other people because it's easier to rob them than it is to work.

Sgt. T.J. Hooker

[after apprehending the criminal who threatened his daughter] Resist arrest! Please, resist arrest!

Sgt. T.J. Hooker

[to the scared, young crook pointing a gun at him] You're not in real trouble yet. Not if you drop the gun. Try shooting it out, and you'll be dead. And being dead is as much trouble as there is.

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[bartender Megan is not cooperating] Now listen, Megan, without even looking I know that girl in the corner there is underage. And I'll just bet there are a couple of whiskey bottles in the trash that haven't been broken so you could do some whiskey watering. I'd just guess the alcoholic beverage control boys could at that to assorted other offences and come up with a three-month closure.

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[to the discouraged Romano] If guys like you and me aren't out there cleaning the sleaze and slime off the streets, everybody would have to stay locked up in their homes. Those vermin multiply; they feed on decent people. Cops, good cops, keep them in their holes. And you're a good cop, Romano.

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[to Vega] You just got knocked off your horse, cowboy. For good.

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[about Venus the Orangutan] Romano finally got himself a girlfriend I approve of.

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Stacy, the day you were born, your father was somewhere on a narcotics stakeout and couldn't be reached. On the first day of your life, I was the first one to hold you. In addition to your experience, I gotta tell ya, I can't let you go out on the street and be the target for some deranged animal.

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[after unpacking the gift that comes with opening a new bank account] This is a teddy bear. I'm a tough policeman.

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Father, I've never met Star, but I know her. I've seen the places she's been and the kinda human being she's trying to become. And believe me, there's nothing I want more than to protect her. But she's gotta help me do that.

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Were those people squatting or were they paying rent to live in that rat invested fire trap?

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[slamming Lou the tattooist against the wall and grabbing his face] Now listen, you. I got a friend in the hospital because of this guy. Now you tell me his name right now or I'm gonna play tic-tac-toe all over your face. You understand?

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Now you listen to me good. Those three slugs that destroyed your radiator and cut your engine in half were .357 Magnums. What they did to this pile of junk they can do to you.