10-8 - Officers on Duty Quotes

Deputy Rico Amonte: I remember when I saved up everything I earned to buy my mom a lilac bush when she was sick. I just knew that she'd get better if she had her favorite flower beside her. I went to the nursery, I bought the plant, she died that afternoon. Some matters are just out of our hands.

Movie: 10-8 - Officers on Duty
Deputy Rico Amonte: I'm not saying I didn't get along with my dad. We got along... like a New York cabbie and the English Language.

Movie: 10-8 - Officers on Duty
Man in jail: I'm sad! [crying]
Deputy Rico Amonte: Well, why are you sad?
Man in jail: Larry!
Deputy Rico Amonte: Larry?
Man in jail: The guy you found in my truck. How is he?
Deputy Rico Amonte: Well, you know he's dead, so there's that.
Man in jail: I know, but they'll bury him proper, won't they?
Deputy Rico Amonte: Of course they will.
Man in jail: Good. He was like my family.
Deputy Rico Amonte: You didn't kill him, did you?
Man in jail: No. He just up and died. He had a weak heart. I was his only friend. Bikers are people too, you know.
Deputy Rico Amonte: Of course.

Movie: 10-8 - Officers on Duty