Quotes from Tom Selleck movies and TV shows

Beau Dorn: You shot me.
Rafe Covington: Just when things were going so good for you.

Struts: Hey, ace, would you do me a little favor, please?
Patrick O' Malley: Yeah, sure.
Struts: Just remember that, uh, remember the - the ox is slow, but the earth is patient.

Jimmie Rainwood: All right, you talked and I listened.
Virgil Cane: Hey! HEY! Don't be talkin' out the side of your neck while I'm trying to do you a solid.

Chief Jesse Stone: He probably wouldn't be the town hero if he were ugly.
Lilly Summers: Well that's cynical.
Chief Jesse Stone: I prefer observant.
Lilly Summers: And being observant would make you cynical, wouldn't it?
Chief Jesse Stone: You seem observant.
Lilly Summers: I try.
Chief Jesse Stone: But you don't seem cynical.
Lilly Summers: Well, I'm in the hope business.

Chief Jesse Stone: Want to make some overtime?
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Sure.
Chief Jesse Stone: Walk the perimeter.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Looking for anything special?
Chief Jesse Stone: A clue would be good.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Such as?
Chief Jesse Stone: Anything that looks like a clue.

Jesse Stone: I'd rather regret the things I've done than the things I haven't done.

Jesse Stone: I'm jogging.
Dr. Dix: Jogging clears your mind?
Jesse Stone: I hate jogging.
Dr. Dix: Why bother?
Jesse Stone: It clears my mind.

Jesse Stone: If you come near this woman again, if anything happens to her, or her kids, no matter what, no matter whose fault it is, I will kick you around this town until you look like roadkill. And if you're annoying, like you were today, I just might shoot you.

Abby Taylor: You really need to take this more seriously.
Jesse Stone: You really need to take this more seriously, Jesse.
Abby Taylor: You really need to take this more seriously, Jesse.
Jesse Stone: No I don't, Abby.

Abby Taylor: Have you had much experience with people like Mr. Genest?
Jesse Stone: People in South Central L.A. would keep Joe Genest for a pet.

Abby Taylor: Jesse, what's going in with you and Joe Genest? No shrugging. I asked you a question, and I expect an answer. Are you afraid of him?
Jesse Stone: Joe is stupid and mean, and he doesn't like me. On the other hand, if I had to, I could shoot him just as easy as if he were smart and kind.

Jesse Stone: I don't think I smell like a brewery. I was drinking Scotch.

Abby Taylor: Do you have anything to say on the matter of your assault on Mr. Genest?
Jesse Stone: The restraining order wasn't working. Think of me as implementing it.

Abby Taylor: Do you still love her?
Jesse Stone: I'm not a good basket to put all your eggs in at the moment.
Abby Taylor: Am I too young for you?
Jesse Stone: Is that another way of saying I'm too old for you?

Michelle Genest: You gonna kick me in the nuts?
Jesse Stone: That would be difficult.

Chief Jesse Stone: I'm just a small town cop, mostly I give out parking tickets.

Joe Marino: You son of a bitch!
Chief Jesse Stone: Chief son of a bitch, to you.

Chief Jesse Stone: In all the years I've been a cop, I've never heard the police chief referred to as skipper.

Abby Taylor: I hope you don't take this in any negative way, but you may be the simplest person I've ever met. You know what you know, and you do what you do, and you just keep doing it. Like a mule.
Chief Jesse Stone: Or a jackass.

Chief Jesse Stone: Suit. Write me up statement for the local paper about how we have this all under control.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: Me?
Chief Jesse Stone: Yeah, you're good at that.
Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson: I am?