The Practice Quotes


Bobby Donnell: It's better that ten guilty men go free, than one innocent man suffer.

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Bobby: I'm never gonna stop loving you...
Lindsay: How do you know?
Bobby: Because, I've only just begun to love you.

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Bobby: Let me tell you what I know. I've always known you to be a judge who's about the law. Despite all the wacky stuff you've got going on, when you put that robe on you've always been a judge. A good one, a fair one. You pride yourself on that, where the HELL was your pride today? The district attorney delivered one of the most bigoted closings I've ever seen. And you didn't blink. The prejudice in this trial had been SCREAMING, and the loudest scream came in the form of that verdict. How in God's name can you let it stand?
Judge Kittleson: For the record counsel, what you call bigotry, the district attorney calls motive. And she's free to argue that. Second, circumstantial evidence is enough to convict and the jury found that evidence to be compelling. It is not my function to substitute my judgment. And lastly, off the record, any man whose brother burns women alive, can't be all good. Now please leave.
Bobby: Wow, I guess prejudice is cloaked in black robes sometimes too.

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Bobby: Lindsay, I've only had two dreams my whole life. One was to pitch for the Red Sox, the other was to meet and marry the greatest woman in the whole world... one for two isn't bad... [touching her cheek]
Bobby: Now if I could just get you to take a little medication for your mood swings...
Lindsay: [bending his finger backwards, grinning] Is that so?
Bobby: Ow! Ow! Okay! Okay! Uncle!

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Bobby: Maybe we're bred to fight a little dirty.

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Bobby: Once in a while you get an innocent, and that's why we do this.

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Bobby: What kind of fairness is this? You're putting the system before a person's life.
Judge Hiller: Damn right I am. That's why I wear the robe.

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Bobby: You think it's tough defending the guilty, Lindsay? Try the innocent... it's terrifying.

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Eugene Young: Bobby, if stupidity were a crime, your ass would be in jail for life!

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Eugene: The rot is already in the wood.
Lindsay: So you might as well take your cut.
Ellenor: You pissy little bitch.

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Ellenor: Can't let an innocent man go to jail.
Rebecca: We don't even let our guilty ones go there.

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Ellenor: Has the prosecution paid you for your testimony today?
Witness: I have been paid a small stipend for my expenses.
Ellenor: Would that be more or less than they paid the judge?

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Ellenor: Heads we take the plea, tails we go for it. [flips coin]
Ellenor: Tails. We go for it.
Lindsay: This is why we get paid. To make these decisions.

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Ellenor: This is a no-brainer, what's stopping you?
Lindsay: Some of us have brains.

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Ellenor: Who'd you kill?
Joey Heric: It's nice to see you too, Ellenor.

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Ellenor: You gotta admit, we're pretty good at what we do.

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Lucy: [on Lindsay's mood] Definitely wedding stress. [Lindsay stalks up to her menacingly, and she steps back]
Lucy: My first instinct was to say nothing - honest.

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Lucy: My mother told me two things before she died. One was never let somebody push you around just because they're bigger or richer.
Ellenor: What was the other thing she told you?
Lucy: If you're ever in an argument, you can always trump with a dead mother.

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Lindsay: Bite me.

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Lindsay: Don't 'here we go' me! If you 'here we go' me, one more time...
Bobby: Listen to yourself.
Lindsay: Oh, and I hate that one, too - "listen to yourself". "Here we go" and "listen to yourself". If you say those things, in our marriage, I will scream. Okay? Do you hear me? You know, it's good to know these things before we become husband and wife. This is very, very, healthy.

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Lindsay: Hail, hail freedom of the press. I think it's time to send a message to all the cockroaches.

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Lindsay: If you were in my position...
Helen: I would NEVER be in your position.
Lindsay: Hey!
Helen: Go to hell.
Lindsay: You go to hell.

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Lindsay: What am I, a pineapple?

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Lindsay: You can't just fire me, I'm partner.
Bobby: Yeah, you are. Mine. [They fall back onto the bed, kissing]

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Lindsay: Your style is kind of, you know, Queen Bitch Killer Bee. Doesn't harsh go with that?
Helen: Why yes Lindsay, harsh would go with that...

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Lindsay: You're not senior partner here, Bobby.
Bobby: Well, then, let's put our clothes back on, drive over to the office, and have the conversation there.

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Lindsay: You've made every decision without consulting me, and now you're telling me that I have to wear your dead mother's doily? Well, I'm not. I'm wearing the dress that I picked out. If I have to eat communion, you can swallow this.

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Richard Bay: This is a total gyp.

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Richard Bay: What Mr. Donnell is saying is he doesn't trust juries. Well, that's the system of this country. And if it displeases him, perhaps he should move to Cuba.

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Jimmy Berluti: I've spent my whole life thinking I'm not good enough.
Bobby Donnell: If we lose, you'll at least know your whole life, you've been right.

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