Inspector Steve Keller quotes from The Streets of San Francisco

Inspector Steve Keller

You pick up one more piece of paper and you're gonna be arrested for obstruction of justice.

You have no right to intimidate...

Detective Lt. Mike Stone

You wanna hear all about rights? He'll read 'em to ya.

Will you accept some advice, Mr. Keller?

Inspector Steve Keller

Sure.

Let Fred Marshall rest in peace.

Inspector Steve Keller

That's exactly the same advice I got from Marshall's assistant.

And with good reasons.

Inspector Steve Keller

I'd like to know them.

Oh, come now. You've seen them all your life. The people love a good smear campaign. They delight in having someone's name dragged through the mud.

Inspector Steve Keller

And that's the same public that's elected you to Washington all these years, isn't it, Senator? Just seems strange that you above all people wouldn't respect their ability to tell the difference between a lie and the truth.

Detective Lt. Mike Stone

[Examining a logo on a piece of evidence] Whaddaya call it?

Inspector Steve Keller

It's a unicorn.

Detective Lt. Mike Stone

Unicorn, that's it. What do you know about unicorns, buddy-boy?

Inspector Steve Keller

Unicorn. Singular. Not more than one. Used a lot in ancient myths. There's only one way to catch it.

Detective Lt. Mike Stone

How's that?

Inspector Steve Keller

Well, it lays its head in the lap of a virgin.

Detective Lt. Mike Stone

Well, now, you would know that. Information like that's gonna get you right to the top, buddy-boy!

Inspector Steve Keller

[Discussing Big Jake] Y'know, for a guy who's had his bell rung as many times as this Wilson, he thinks pretty good.

Detective Lt. Mike Stone

If we're on the right track, buddy-boy, he's not the headwork; he's the muscle.

Inspector Steve Keller

[Considering cops to go undercover on skid row] How do you feel about Avarczech?

Detective Lt. Mike Stone

Are you kidding? That fuzz-faced kid? Why, he'd stick out like a harp polisher in a house full of hookers.