Det. Lennie Briscoe: I'm trying to decide what to arrest you for - obstruction of justice, harboring a fugitive or just being a general pain in the ass.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: I specifically asked for him to be put on suicide watch. Apparently here at Riker's that mean that they watch you commit suicide.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: You know, if I didn't already know you don't have kids, I'd know you don't have kids.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: Boy, I'd hate for somebody to trace me by what I read.
Det. Rey Curtis: You read, Lennie?
Det. Lennie Briscoe: Love - a dangerous disease instantly cured by marriage.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: Even though you are a taxpayer, you know, we don't actually work for you personally.
Lt. Anita Van Buren: I'd like it if you two became real partners.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: And I'd like it if my ex-wives got partners. No more alimony.
Lt. Anita Van Buren: If he's not Fallon, who the hell is he?
Det. Lennie Briscoe: Well the FBI says he's not in the witness protection program but they mighta had their fingers crossed.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: I told you, you should have gone to bed with her. You're getting the grief without getting the gravy.
D.A. Arthur Branch: Sometimes the good you do won't do you any good.
Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers: I got another body coming in. Guy took a javelin to the chest.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: Why are you still in this line of work?
Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers: Free javelins.
ADA Jack McCoy: Sometimes Lennie Briscoe doesn't hit it out of the park.
Adam Schiff: A motive pulled straight from the tabloids. And what about means and opportunity? Are you getting that from comic books?
Adam Schiff: I wouldn't count your chickens. Your omelet just hit the fan.
Arraignment judge: Life is beautiful. All God's children are innocent.
Det. Mike Logan: That really frosts my cookies.
Jack McCoy: You son of a bitch! You played me.
Adam Schiff: Flipped a coin in my head. Came up tails. Talk to the boy.
ADA Jack McCoy: If that's the way you feel, Danielle, move to suppress.
Danielle Melnick: Right. Judge Logan's gonna rule fisa violates the Fourth Amendment. How many beers have you had?
Jack McCoy: Your grief might seem a little more real had you not just admitted you cut off your wife's head.
Answer: He believed that she had become too empathetic towards the defendant they had been prosecuting, and that her actions were driven by her emotions instead of facts. While empathy is a good quality in general, a certain degree of detachment is required in order for a prosecutor to do one's job effectively.
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