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- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: Anything worth knowing cannot be taught in a classroom.
- Paul Robinette: Oscar Wilde?
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: Sister Mary Frances. She wielded a hell of a paddle.
- Janice Rydell: We have a deal, Stone.
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: Wrong tense, counselor. In my office, two half-truths do not equal a whole! And you better pray that your client here is snowing you, too.
- Janice Rydell: Are you threatening me?
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: As a matter of fact, yes - I am.
- Paul Robinette: You saw where Rydell was going. You should have stopped her cross completely.
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: The more I object, the more it reinforces *her* strategy. The more Roy looks like a victim.
- Paul Robinette: But still, letting her play the jury's heartstrings...
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: We knew it was coming. She's got nothing else.
- Paul Robinette: And if they buy it, he walks. No manslaughter charges, no safety net.
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: Last I looked, you were very adamant about this. You knew that if we included anything less than murder, she'd pull out the sympathy, and the jury would opt for manslaughter.
- Paul Robinette: Ben, I agree I didn't want to give the jury that option. Only...
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: Only you looked over the edge, and you didn't like the view.
- Paul Robinette: I looked at the box; I didn't like the jurors' faces.
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: When I was in school, they taught the ABCs.
- DA Adam Schiff: Now they've added the D, for depravity.
- Aaron Gerstein: You know, New York still requires its, uh, parties to state grounds with, uh, specificity. "I hate your guts" isn't good enough. But it makes for, uh, creative lawyering. On nine out of ten, I go for "cruel and inhuman"; you know, it's easier to, uh, to fudge. "He kicks my dog!" "She burns my toast!" Barbaric, but it's very good for business.
- Detective Mike Logan: I heard she gave you two Gs.
- David Kaufer: Her husband owed me four. King of the welchers. Real cantaloupe - couldn't pick a winner in a one-horse race.