- Det. Mike Logan: Somebody heard that shot?
- Policeman #1: In this neighborhood? You couldn't get a witness to a sunrise.
- [the trial of a policeman has just ended in his suicide]
- Ben Stone: It's the last one, no more cops, it's too hard.
- D/Sgt. Max Greevey: Know why I wouldn't let go? Because there but for the grace of God go I, or any cop. You get caught, you get prosecuted.
- Ben Stone: Didn't know you were a philosopher, Max.
- D/Sgt. Max Greevey: Just an ex-altar boy with a gun.
- Freddo Parisi: Who do you wanna trust? Me or some eggplant?
- D/Sgt. Max Greevey: [sarcastic] Oh gee, he seems pretty trustworthy to me. What about you, Mike?
- Det. Mike Logan: Max, you're drawing conclusions.
- Sgt. Max Greevey: Let's just say I heard a dog bark.
- NYPD Lieutenant Gowdy: We're all one family here, Sergeant.
- Sgt. Max Greevey: You an only child? I got people in my family, I wouldn't believe 'em they told me the sky was blue.
- Captain Donald Cragen: If you're wrong, and you go after cops...
- Sgt. Max Greevey: If I'm wrong, I'll go to the grand jury and say I killed the kid.