The Good Wife Quotes
Kalinda: When you pick up a gun, you shoot to kill. Or you don't pick up a gun at all.
TV Show: The Good Wife
Will: So, are they going to go with electronic monitoring?
Alicia: For Peter? Yes, if he wins the appeal.
Will: Kids are excited?
Alicia: Yeah... but nervous.
Will: And you?
Alicia: Same.
Will: It's going to be weird, huh?
Alicia: What do you mean?
Will: I don't know what I mean. [awkward silence] We said we'd have dinner, didn't we?
Alicia: Yes. We should.
Alicia: For Peter? Yes, if he wins the appeal.
Will: Kids are excited?
Alicia: Yeah... but nervous.
Will: And you?
Alicia: Same.
Will: It's going to be weird, huh?
Alicia: What do you mean?
Will: I don't know what I mean. [awkward silence] We said we'd have dinner, didn't we?
Alicia: Yes. We should.
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Peter: [after Alicia told him he'll be staying in the spare bedroom] Do you ever want to be together again?
Alicia: Peter... I've been hurt, deeply. I imagine I will heal someday, but for now... we need a plan, okay?
Peter: Okay.
Alicia: Peter... I've been hurt, deeply. I imagine I will heal someday, but for now... we need a plan, okay?
Peter: Okay.
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Peter: So, you know the offer you made?
Glenn Childs: What offer would that be?
Peter: Freedom today if I don't fight the conviction. Stay disbarred, can't run again.
Glenn Childs: Yes, that offer. Smart move would be to take it.
Peter: Mm.
Glenn Childs: So I have to imagine you're going to tell me to go to hell.
Peter: You want the longer version?
Glenn Childs: Can't wait.
Peter: I wouldn't get too comfortable in that office of yours.
Glenn Childs: What offer would that be?
Peter: Freedom today if I don't fight the conviction. Stay disbarred, can't run again.
Glenn Childs: Yes, that offer. Smart move would be to take it.
Peter: Mm.
Glenn Childs: So I have to imagine you're going to tell me to go to hell.
Peter: You want the longer version?
Glenn Childs: Can't wait.
Peter: I wouldn't get too comfortable in that office of yours.
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Kalinda: [after being subpoenaed to Peter's appeal] I'm not testifying.
Glenn Childs: Then you're going to jail.
Kalinda: Look, I've got nothing to offer.
Glenn Childs: You have everything to offer. You know you do. Peter Florrick lied on the witness stand. Tell the truth, he spends the next nine years in prison.
Kalinda: Glenn.
Glenn: What?
Kalinda: Don't do this.
Glenn Childs: Come on, Kalinda. What do you care? You're out for yourself. You've always been out for yourself. And either way, you're going to tell the truth.
Kalinda: You don't know that.
Glenn Childs: I know that the sun is coming up tomorrow, and that you are going to tell the truth on the stand. And Peter Florrick is going back to prison. End of story.
Glenn Childs: Then you're going to jail.
Kalinda: Look, I've got nothing to offer.
Glenn Childs: You have everything to offer. You know you do. Peter Florrick lied on the witness stand. Tell the truth, he spends the next nine years in prison.
Kalinda: Glenn.
Glenn: What?
Kalinda: Don't do this.
Glenn Childs: Come on, Kalinda. What do you care? You're out for yourself. You've always been out for yourself. And either way, you're going to tell the truth.
Kalinda: You don't know that.
Glenn Childs: I know that the sun is coming up tomorrow, and that you are going to tell the truth on the stand. And Peter Florrick is going back to prison. End of story.
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Alicia: [Cary is afraid Alicia told Will about his being high] Cary, I didn't tell him.
Cary: Why didn't you? With the contest, you know, why-why didn't you tell him?
Alicia: I... There are so many people lined up against us, I just don't want one more.
Cary: I don't want you to lose.
Alicia: I know. I don't want you to lose, either.
Cary: I kind of like you.
Alicia: I'm surprised, but I kind of like you, too.
Cary: Why didn't you? With the contest, you know, why-why didn't you tell him?
Alicia: I... There are so many people lined up against us, I just don't want one more.
Cary: I don't want you to lose.
Alicia: I know. I don't want you to lose, either.
Cary: I kind of like you.
Alicia: I'm surprised, but I kind of like you, too.
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Will: I don't understand marriage.
Diane: It's a mysterious institution.
Will: You never wanted it?
Diane: Is that a proposal?
Will: [ironically] Yes. I've been watching you from afar. [she chuckles]
Diane: It's a mysterious institution.
Will: You never wanted it?
Diane: Is that a proposal?
Will: [ironically] Yes. I've been watching you from afar. [she chuckles]
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Will: Nice work on Broussard today.
Diane: Thanks.
Will: Look, I know we're going through a lot of turmoil here over the direction of the firm, with Stern gone and all, but wherever we end up... I respect you, Diane.
Diane: Didn't they say that to Secretariat before they put him down?
Will: I don't think they said "Diane".
Diane: Thanks.
Will: Look, I know we're going through a lot of turmoil here over the direction of the firm, with Stern gone and all, but wherever we end up... I respect you, Diane.
Diane: Didn't they say that to Secretariat before they put him down?
Will: I don't think they said "Diane".
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Alicia: I'm better than Cary. On the Broussard homicide. On the eyewitness cross. I've been working on this for three months, intensely, and Cary is just coming on.
Diane: I agree.
Alicia: You... Well, then, why? Why... why was I pulled off it?
Diane: I don't know. It wasn't my idea.
Alicia: Whose?
Diane: Will's.
Diane: I agree.
Alicia: You... Well, then, why? Why... why was I pulled off it?
Diane: I don't know. It wasn't my idea.
Alicia: Whose?
Diane: Will's.
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Kalinda: [about Will and Alicia] You two do have a complicated relationship. You know, an unrequited thing.
Alicia: What does that even mean? An unrequited thing?
Kalinda: Look, I don't really deal well with all this high school stuff.
Alicia: And wouldn't that make him want me on the case, not off it?
Kalinda: I don't know. Alicia, complicated relationships are a breeding ground for misinterpreted action.
Alicia: What does that even mean? An unrequited thing?
Kalinda: Look, I don't really deal well with all this high school stuff.
Alicia: And wouldn't that make him want me on the case, not off it?
Kalinda: I don't know. Alicia, complicated relationships are a breeding ground for misinterpreted action.
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Eli Gold: You know, you and I are going to be the best of friends, Mrs. Florrick. And you know why?
Alicia: I have no idea.
Eli Gold: Because you're cautious, and so am I. Your husband isn't.
Alicia: I have no idea.
Eli Gold: Because you're cautious, and so am I. Your husband isn't.
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Alicia: I checked with Diane. Why I'm no longer on the Broussard homicide. She said it was your decision.
Will: Yes.
Alicia: I just wanted to make sure I hadn't done anything wrong.
Will: No, no, no, no. Of course not.
Alicia: Then I don't get it.
Will: Maybe it was a mistake. I... I've been feeling guilty lately about pulling you away from the Rucker defense and the Memorial North suit. I just thought that... I just thought with Peter coming home... your life's complicated enough. I should give you a break.
Alicia: But I don't want a break. I want to be here. I want to be doing a good job.
Will: You are doing a good job.
Alicia: Then use me. Peter can take care of himself. He's irrelevant to this. I want to be here.
Will: I want you to be here.
Alicia: Then... then I'm here.
Will: Okay.
Will: Yes.
Alicia: I just wanted to make sure I hadn't done anything wrong.
Will: No, no, no, no. Of course not.
Alicia: Then I don't get it.
Will: Maybe it was a mistake. I... I've been feeling guilty lately about pulling you away from the Rucker defense and the Memorial North suit. I just thought that... I just thought with Peter coming home... your life's complicated enough. I should give you a break.
Alicia: But I don't want a break. I want to be here. I want to be doing a good job.
Will: You are doing a good job.
Alicia: Then use me. Peter can take care of himself. He's irrelevant to this. I want to be here.
Will: I want you to be here.
Alicia: Then... then I'm here.
Will: Okay.
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Will: We represent murderers. We get them off.
Diane: No. We keep the courts honest.
Will: And why shouldn't the courts be kept honest about Bishop? Everybody deserves representation. Does that stop suddenly when it comes to--
Diane: A criminal organization whose sole purpose is to sell drugs and to murder to control territory?
Will: Sure. Put it any way you want, it's still a true statement.
Diane: We're doing this for the money.
Will: Of course we are. We're not a charity! We do this or we lay off half of Acquisitions. That's ten lawyers and ten families.
Diane: Not to mention your season tickets.
Diane: No. We keep the courts honest.
Will: And why shouldn't the courts be kept honest about Bishop? Everybody deserves representation. Does that stop suddenly when it comes to--
Diane: A criminal organization whose sole purpose is to sell drugs and to murder to control territory?
Will: Sure. Put it any way you want, it's still a true statement.
Diane: We're doing this for the money.
Will: Of course we are. We're not a charity! We do this or we lay off half of Acquisitions. That's ten lawyers and ten families.
Diane: Not to mention your season tickets.
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Peter: I found condoms in your bedside table. I was looking for your letter opener. I thought maybe they belonged to Zach. You know, you found them in his room. But then I thought you wouldn't take them. You'd have a sensible conversation with him about responsibility. So then, I thought they were yours. But that didn't make sense because you have an IUD.
Alicia: I had it removed.
Peter: Oh, really? So condoms do make sense?
Alicia: They do.
Peter: For who? [she snorts and empties her handbag on the bed]
Alicia: Check it, Peter.
Peter: I said I was looking for your letter opener.
Alicia: I have other drawers, too. Did you check these ones? [she opens the wardrobe]
Peter: I said that I was looking...
Alicia: How about over here? Did you check this drawer?
Peter: What is it you need to hear from me? I will never touch another woman again.
Alicia: What do you want, a prize, Peter? It seems to be the minimum prerequisite.
Peter: For both of us.
Alicia: I had it removed.
Peter: Oh, really? So condoms do make sense?
Alicia: They do.
Peter: For who? [she snorts and empties her handbag on the bed]
Alicia: Check it, Peter.
Peter: I said I was looking for your letter opener.
Alicia: I have other drawers, too. Did you check these ones? [she opens the wardrobe]
Peter: I said that I was looking...
Alicia: How about over here? Did you check this drawer?
Peter: What is it you need to hear from me? I will never touch another woman again.
Alicia: What do you want, a prize, Peter? It seems to be the minimum prerequisite.
Peter: For both of us.
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Diane: Didn't we agree to not take this?
Will: No, we agreed to cut the flowers and the paper cups. The least I can do is take the cases I want.
Diane: You sure this isn't pride?
Will: Of course, it's pride. What's wrong with pride? Pride built the pyramids.
Diane: And Watergate.
Will: No, we agreed to cut the flowers and the paper cups. The least I can do is take the cases I want.
Diane: You sure this isn't pride?
Will: Of course, it's pride. What's wrong with pride? Pride built the pyramids.
Diane: And Watergate.
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Will: I would like a ruling on my objection.
Judge: You are trying my patience...
Will: I understand that, Your Honor, but we both know if you don't use the proper form of 'sustained' or 'overruled', the matter can't later be appealed. And I was surprised in reviewing your past court cases, how often you encouraged lawyers to move on without actually ruling, therefore avoided having your non rulings overturned on appeal. [he pauses] In my opinion.
Judge: Mr. Gardner, I have never been quite so offended in all my years on the bench.
Will: I understand that, Your Honor, but I still want a ruling. A ruling I can appeal.
Judge: You are trying my patience...
Will: I understand that, Your Honor, but we both know if you don't use the proper form of 'sustained' or 'overruled', the matter can't later be appealed. And I was surprised in reviewing your past court cases, how often you encouraged lawyers to move on without actually ruling, therefore avoided having your non rulings overturned on appeal. [he pauses] In my opinion.
Judge: Mr. Gardner, I have never been quite so offended in all my years on the bench.
Will: I understand that, Your Honor, but I still want a ruling. A ruling I can appeal.
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Will: [about having a third partner] You're okay with giving up a third?
Diane: Of what, a sinking ship? Sure. We'll kill each other if we don't find a referee.
Will: A third partner? Someone neutral, someone we both agree on? [she nods and they clink glasses] An optimism fills the void.
Diane: I think that's alcohol.
Will: Just as good.
Diane: Of what, a sinking ship? Sure. We'll kill each other if we don't find a referee.
Will: A third partner? Someone neutral, someone we both agree on? [she nods and they clink glasses] An optimism fills the void.
Diane: I think that's alcohol.
Will: Just as good.
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Eli Gold: Religion is like a drug, in small doses it's curative, in large, it's addictive.
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Will: [after losing his case] Let's make a deal.
Patti Nyholm: You just lost at craps, Will. You don't make a deal with the croupier; you just go home.
Patti Nyholm: You just lost at craps, Will. You don't make a deal with the croupier; you just go home.
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Will: We can't drop our class action.
Alicia: I know.
Will: There are 68 other couples just like them. [she gives him a look] Yes, it's about the firm, too. But we can't drop the class action.
Alicia: I understand.
Will: Don't you like this? Being a lawyer? Isn't it fun?
Alicia: It has its moments.
Alicia: I know.
Will: There are 68 other couples just like them. [she gives him a look] Yes, it's about the firm, too. But we can't drop the class action.
Alicia: I understand.
Will: Don't you like this? Being a lawyer? Isn't it fun?
Alicia: It has its moments.
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Will: Please, tell me you have something good.
Kalinda: Well, I'm not sure what it is. And my method for obtaining it is not exactly legitimate.
Will: Illegitimate as in "I can't use it in court", or... we can go to jail?
Kalinda: I downloaded firmware and cloned Patti Nyholm's phone, in order to intercept her text messages. [he chuckles] What? You wanted something. I got you something.
Kalinda: Well, I'm not sure what it is. And my method for obtaining it is not exactly legitimate.
Will: Illegitimate as in "I can't use it in court", or... we can go to jail?
Kalinda: I downloaded firmware and cloned Patti Nyholm's phone, in order to intercept her text messages. [he chuckles] What? You wanted something. I got you something.
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Will: You came into my office. Last night, after you left, you came back to my office-- why?
Alicia: Will... help me out, please? I mean, we had... We had... whatever we had at Georgetown, and I just...
Will: But you came back.
Alicia: I know. It was wrong.
Will: Because you're married? [she remains silent] Okay, I have a suggestion.
Alicia: I like work. I like working here. I don't want everywhere I go to be a mess.
Will: We're not going to talk about this. We're not going to say any more, okay?
Alicia: Good.
Will: We're going to go to dinner in one week's time and we'll talk then.
Alicia: Please don't end up hating me. I need this job. I mean, I'm... I-I, I mean that... I'm sorry.
Will: [softly] Alicia. It's fine. We have bad timing. [he starts to walk away] We've always had bad timing.
Alicia: Will... help me out, please? I mean, we had... We had... whatever we had at Georgetown, and I just...
Will: But you came back.
Alicia: I know. It was wrong.
Will: Because you're married? [she remains silent] Okay, I have a suggestion.
Alicia: I like work. I like working here. I don't want everywhere I go to be a mess.
Will: We're not going to talk about this. We're not going to say any more, okay?
Alicia: Good.
Will: We're going to go to dinner in one week's time and we'll talk then.
Alicia: Please don't end up hating me. I need this job. I mean, I'm... I-I, I mean that... I'm sorry.
Will: [softly] Alicia. It's fine. We have bad timing. [he starts to walk away] We've always had bad timing.
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Coach: [about Kalinda who wants to open a locker] Don't you need a warrant or something?
Kalinda: Yeah, if I were a cop. I can't get bolt cutters in here, but it'd be easier if you just opened it.
Coach: So you're not a cop?
Kalinda: No.
Coach: And you're not with campus police?
Kalinda: Mm-mmm.
Coach: So who are you?
Kalinda: Kalinda.
Kalinda: Yeah, if I were a cop. I can't get bolt cutters in here, but it'd be easier if you just opened it.
Coach: So you're not a cop?
Kalinda: No.
Coach: And you're not with campus police?
Kalinda: Mm-mmm.
Coach: So who are you?
Kalinda: Kalinda.
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Detective Burton: So, you enjoy tarnishing my reputation?
Kalinda: Best part of my day.
Kalinda: Best part of my day.
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Will: [over the phone] We're in a weird place, I know.
Alicia: It's okay.
Will: No. I don't like being in a weird place.
Alicia: I know. Me neither.
Will: When I look at you during the day, I want to know what you're thinking.
Alicia: Sometimes I don't even know what I'm thinking. Will...
Will: Yeah?
Alicia: If it had been differently... at Georgetown, if... if it had been us and not Peter, we would've lasted a week.
Will: No, we wouldn't have.
Alicia: We would have. It's romantic because it didn't happen. If it had happened, it would have just... been life.
Alicia: It's okay.
Will: No. I don't like being in a weird place.
Alicia: I know. Me neither.
Will: When I look at you during the day, I want to know what you're thinking.
Alicia: Sometimes I don't even know what I'm thinking. Will...
Will: Yeah?
Alicia: If it had been differently... at Georgetown, if... if it had been us and not Peter, we would've lasted a week.
Will: No, we wouldn't have.
Alicia: We would have. It's romantic because it didn't happen. If it had happened, it would have just... been life.
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Will: [about Diane sleeping with McVeigh] Did it even occur to you to tell me?
Diane: Not, it didn't. I was under the mistaken impression that it was my life.
Will: It's your life when it doesn't impact our clients.
Diane: It didn't impact our clients.
Will: Diane, the jury ate it up. It was sex. It wasn't GSR or ballistics; it was sex.
Diane: I'm going home.
Will: If you had just told me. If you had just given me a sign!
Diane: Come on! Don't be a hypocrite.
Will: A hypocrite? How am I a hypocrite?
Diane: Alicia.
Will: [he pauses] That's supposed to what, make me quake, make me humble?
Diane: Make you honest.
Will: There's nothing going on with Alicia.
Diane: That's not true.
Will: It is true.
Diane: Will... I have two eyes.
Will: Then use them. Watch me. Watch us. There's nothing going on with Alicia. [she chuckles]
Diane: Not, it didn't. I was under the mistaken impression that it was my life.
Will: It's your life when it doesn't impact our clients.
Diane: It didn't impact our clients.
Will: Diane, the jury ate it up. It was sex. It wasn't GSR or ballistics; it was sex.
Diane: I'm going home.
Will: If you had just told me. If you had just given me a sign!
Diane: Come on! Don't be a hypocrite.
Will: A hypocrite? How am I a hypocrite?
Diane: Alicia.
Will: [he pauses] That's supposed to what, make me quake, make me humble?
Diane: Make you honest.
Will: There's nothing going on with Alicia.
Diane: That's not true.
Will: It is true.
Diane: Will... I have two eyes.
Will: Then use them. Watch me. Watch us. There's nothing going on with Alicia. [she chuckles]
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Jackie: [to Peter] You are a good man. You want to blame yourself. But you apologized. You apologized again, and again. Anybody who wants another apology from you only wants you to be weak. So stop this. Stop this now. My son will not be made weak.
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Kalinda: The fact is, you know something about Stern no one else knows.
Alicia: I can't use it, Kalinda.
Kalinda: You can't not use it.
Alicia: It violates attorney-client privilege.
Kalinda: Only if you tell someone. So don't tell someone.
Alicia: I can't use it, Kalinda.
Kalinda: You can't not use it.
Alicia: It violates attorney-client privilege.
Kalinda: Only if you tell someone. So don't tell someone.
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Alicia: It's over.
Peter: What is?
Alicia: Us. Me caring. Me actually thinking that you're changing.
Peter: I am changing.
Alicia: No, you're not. You want to think you are so you can go back to what you did before.
Peter: Then, help me. Help me. If you're right, help me.
Alicia: No.
Peter: What is?
Alicia: Us. Me caring. Me actually thinking that you're changing.
Peter: I am changing.
Alicia: No, you're not. You want to think you are so you can go back to what you did before.
Peter: Then, help me. Help me. If you're right, help me.
Alicia: No.
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