Law and Order - Criminal Intent Quotes

Deakins: If a guy was picking my wallet and my bed, I'd want him whacked, too.

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[Eames and Goren review the record of a con.]
Eames: Conviction for assault, assault, assault--
Goren: A collector.

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Carver: Charge them for a murder they didn't commit of a person who isn't dead? I can't begin to count the number of violations that would entail.
Deakins: Mr. Carver. This man Dupont, or whatever his name is, has had us chasing our tails for a couple of weeks now. I don't know about you, but I do not like being made a fool of.
[Carver looks like he's wavering. Goren looks encouraging.]
Goren: Payback is the healthy human response here.

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Goren: 10 to one he'll call me back. He has something to prove to me one.
Carver: 10 to one?
Eames: I've taken him on before, Mr. Carver. I'm down 18 bucks.

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Carver: Don't tell me you feel sorry for this guy.
Goren: Someone to teach you how to ride a bike, two people that think you're special, makes a difference.
Carver: Some people get by on a lot less.
Goren: They shouldn't have to.

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[An anonymous phone call reporting murders at a hospital lead detectives in search of an angel of death, and cause them to accidentally discover a case of OTC drug tampering.]

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Eames: For once, I was really hoping you were wrong.

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Eames: Here it comes, Necedrol headache number 14.

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Eames: The FDA analyzed the cyanide. it's all from the same batch, but they're still trying to get a line on where it came from.
Goren: I put out the word to my own sources.
Deakins: What sources?
Goren: Watchdog groups who keep track of shipments of dangerous chemicals.
Eames: Tree-huggers.

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Goren: What about the great American pastime?
Eames: Which one? Dieting or cheating on your taxes?
Goren: Suing.

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Eames: No traces of cyanide in the apartment.
Goren: Something here stinks.
Eames: Too bad it's not almonds.

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[Goren and Eames talk to one of Goren's sources about cyanide shipments.]
Tree-hugger: Didn't Bobby tell you? We got alternative methods of gathering information.
Eames: You hack into the companies' computers?
Tree-hugger: Well, if you're going to make it sound illegal--

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Lawyer: You think this old lady with one and a half lungs ran around the hospital like a tooth fairy from hell?

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[Deakins passes by and watches Goren staring at a piece of paper.]
Deakins: You going to share with the rest of the class?

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Goren: Get an indict against the mother.
Carver: For what?
Goren: Murder.
Carver: With what?
Goren: With whatever. C'mon. Don't you have the grand jury eating out of your hand?
[Goren gestures wildly at the wall.]
Goren: I bet you could indict that clock.

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Carver: The evidence passed muster with the grand jury.
Lawyer: Oh, right. Was my client indicted before or after the ham sandwich?

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[A reporter who has a history of uncovering police corruption is gunned down in the street and the case leads to the buying and selling of pardons.]

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Goren: I got to see a buddy about a '71 Malibu. Want to come?
Eames: Sure. I love meeting your buddies.

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[Goren and Eames go to question a buddy of Goren's, an auto-mechanic.]
Lewis: I still can't get used to seeing you in a suit.

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[Lewis works on an engine while he talks to Goren. Eames stoops to look under the hood while he talks.]
Eames: 351 four-barrel. Who are you trying to outrun?
Lewis: Whoa. I think I'm in love.

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Greg: I should've shot you when I had the chance.
Goren: I've heard that.

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[To a witness.]
Goren: Boo! --Made you look.

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Assistant: Here, let me highlight for you--
Eames: That's okay. The search warrant doesn't stipulate highlighting.

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Eames: Last December, Wieger and Nawrocki both made calls to the Development Office of Pelham University.
Deakins: Development? Isn't that the Ivy League word for hitting people up for money?

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Eames: There they go, down the rabbit hole.

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[With no body and no evidence, Goren and Eames try to put together a case against a plastic surgeon who might have killed his wife.]

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Goren: But from Saturday afternoon, not a peep from her.
Deakins: Maybe she had laryngitis.

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Judge: It's the fourth amendment, detective. Not the 3 and 2/3rds amendment.

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Goren: You know us. We're like dumb dogs. We catch a scent and we follow it.

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Deakins: So let's check our status here. No corpus delicti, no evidence of foul play, no evidence Dr. Kelmer is guilty of anything except being a son of a bitch. I miss anything?

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