The Good Wife quotes

Peter

Mom tells me you're working on a hard case.

Alicia

Yep.

Peter

I guess you're putting in a lot of hours with Will. (she gives him an interrogative look) A lot of time to think about things in here.

Alicia

A lot of time out there, too.

Peter

He's not what he seems, Alicia.

Alicia

Peter, if it's one thing I'm learning... nobody is.

Peter

Gardner acts like he's this good guy and he's everybody's best friend, but I could tell you a few things about him. [she laughs softly] What?

Alicia

Can we... Can we at least acknowledge how ironic this conversation is? [he laughs]

Kalinda

[after making her report about Malcolm Overby] Are you sure that's what you're looking for?

Diane

I... don't know. Should I be looking for something else?

Kalinda

Well, that's like asking the dentist whether you should brush.

Mr. Gardner, how long would it take to depose these witnesses?

Will

To properly prepare and depose, I would say one month.

You have three days.

Will

Three? But, Your Honor, that isn't...

Now you have two days. Want to try for one?

Will

No, thank you, Your Honor.

Your Honor, if I could just interject here. These executives are very busy people. Even two hours out of their work day...

Ms. Nyholm, you just gave Mr. Gardner back his third day. Would you like to give him a fourth?

No, Your Honor. I'll stop.

Good.

Kalinda

Do you know how much you pay jury consultants?

Diane

No.

Kalinda

A hundred thousand dollars for three months work.

Diane

That sounds about right.

Kalinda

Do you know how much I make?

Diane

I have a feeling I'm finding out.

Kalinda

A fourth of that.

Diane

That sounds outrageous.

Kalinda

Yeah, it does, doesn't it?

Alicia

You don't supervise my kids spontaneously. You don't take them to prison. You don't just try and phone me. You phone me. You respect me as a mother or you leave!

Jackie

I am doing the best I can.

Alicia

Well, join the club!

Kalinda

We'll split the interviews.

Cary

How long you been working at Stern and Lockhart?

Kalinda

No.

Cary

What?

Kalinda

Ask them about the M.O., the Bulls sweatshirt, anything that's remotely similar to Clarence.

Cary

What did I do?

Kalinda

Uninterested.

Cary

You're uninterested in talking?

Kalinda

How much would you imagine we'd have in common?

Cary

I don't like talking to people I have a lot in common with.

Kalinda

Okay, I have a proposition for you. Find this person, I'll tell you whatever you want to know.

Cary

Whatever I want to know?

Kalinda

And more.

Cary

Okay, you just saved Clarence Wilcox's life.

Kalinda

You know what I like about you? You're three months into a ten-year sentence, and you're plotting your political comeback.

Peter

Politics is just a game of Chutes and Ladders. Right now, I'm at square one.

Alicia

I've got to get this to Will. It's enough for evidentiary appeal.

Kalinda

Probably, but if you're going to go all the way with this, you're going to have to talk to your husband.

Alicia

My husband? Why?

Kalinda

He knows where the bodies are buried.

Cary

[after agreeing to do pro bono work] What? It's a good cause.

Alicia

I'm just trying to fit this into the fuller Cary picture.

Cary

Hey, there aren't that many generations left. You've taken the greatest generation, the lost generation, the Pepsi generation, so what do we have left? The surprise generation? So, surprise.

Alicia

[running as a team to make their point to Will's office] This is odd.

Cary

Yeah, we can compete tomorrow.

Will

Nothing here is pure, and nothing here is simple.

Will

You have a lifeboat that holds 15 people or one person... who do you put in it?

Diane

Is one a priest and one a rabbi?

Will

It's not like law school, is it?

Alicia

It's better. I always felt unsure in law school.

Will

Really? Could have fooled me.

Alicia

I did fool you.

[about the firm's offices] A lot of glass here.

Alicia

Yes, every time we sell a piece of our souls, we buy glass.

Alicia

Does anyone ever surprise you?

Kalinda

No.

Alicia

Even me?

Kalinda

Especially you.