Jimmy quotes from The Practice

Jimmy

I tell ya, I was nervous. I think the defendant blew it though when he called one of the jurors a possum. You can't predict how things are going to go, but insinuating that one of the jurors is a member of the rodent family is not an accepted tactic.

Jimmy

[To Lindsay] Anyway, uh, I'm between relationships. And, uh, just as friends, nothing more, I thought you might want to go [to the Halloween party]. [whispers] I promise not to dream about it after.

Jimmy

I'm only saying this cause guys like me, and there's a lot of them, we're never going to get the girl of our dreams. Never going to come close. So, the dream itself becomes kind of important. To turn on a TV or go to a movie and pretend the girl is somebody you might be with, that's as good as it gets.

Jimmy

I've waited my whole life for this case.

Jimmy

You don't know me, Mr. Flood.

Really. Tell me about yourself.

Jimmy

I'm just a Joe with a long memory.

Funny, so am I.

Bobby

Am I to understand that instead of accepting two hundred thousand, you settled on one forty, plus hospital care?

Jimmy

Yeah.

Bobby

You realize that we can't take a contingency on a girl's smile? If you had settled on two on a straight cash deal, this firm would have made an extra sixteen thousand dollars. You do know that.

Jimmy

It crossed my mind.

Bobby

Jimmy, you said you don't know what this place is. What you just did, I'd like to think that's, exactly what this place is. Good job.

Ow!

Jimmy

Move to strike!

Is it a good sign that they came back this quick?

Jimmy

It's a very good sign if we win, but not if we lose.

That was helpful.

Jimmy

Objection! That's a legal conclusion.

No, it isn't. But I'll sustain the objection anyway.

Jimmy

On what grounds?

I just ruled in your favor, counsel.

Bobby

Jimmy, if you're not going to be OK with this...

Jimmy

No, I'll be fine.

Bobby

Good.

Jimmy

I love babysitting murderers. Hey, you said be candid. Pay no attention to the cameras.

Jimmy

Ellenor, tell them this is something that's done. Lawyers can't be too proud these days.

Ellenor

I don't believe in lawyers advertising, Jimmy.

Jimmy

You advertised for a date.

Ellenor

Yeah, well, I don't believe in that anymore, either.

May I clarify?

Jimmy

No. I think you came off good and clarified, Mr. McGovern. And it's my turn now.

I see. Well, you've dropped a bomb on my desk. There's absolutely no chance of me ruling on this ex parte. I'm going to notify the attorney general's office so I can hear oral arguments from both sides.

Jimmy

In wide open court?

Yes, council, wide open court. That's the way I like to do it.

Jimmy

What do I call her? Do I have to call her mom? Dad?

Michelle will be fine. Are you OK?

Jimmy

I'm fine. But I don't want to hear nothing about the honeymoon.

Lindsay

I have a client who could be perceived as um, a little too quick to sue. I'm worried one or more of the jurors may have seen your commercial.

Jimmy

And?

Lindsay

And, um, with a litigious plaintiff I don't think it helps our cause to be associated with Jimmy The Grunt.

Jimmy

Go to hell.

Eugene

Jimmy, she's not wrong.

Jimmy

Well you go to hell, too.