Law & Order (TV Series)

Silence (1992)

Michael Moriarty: Executive ADA Ben Stone

Quotes 

• EADA Ben Stone : My father wanted me to be a doctor. I went so far as to study organic chemistry.

  Adam Schiff : What happened?

  EADA Ben Stone : I grew up.

• Carla Bowman : First of all, you've got to get a jury to buy it.

  EADA Ben Stone : After the judge instructs them about the weight this evidence should be given, your client will be convicted of several counts of larceny by extortion.

  Carla Bowman : You're dreaming.

  EADA Ben Stone : Well, if you want something badly enough, dreams have a way of coming true.

• EADA Ben Stone : You're still an accomplice. I need more than your testimony to convict.

  Peter Colson : You want corroboration? You talk to the old man.

  EADA Ben Stone : [Stunned]  What?

  Peter Colson : Dwyer made a house call.

  EADA Ben Stone : He talked to Edward Vogel?

  Peter Colson : Daddy paid the bill directly. That's when Junior went ballistic and said he'd turn us in. Next thing I knew, I was reading about it in the Post.

  EADA Ben Stone : That son of a bitch!

• EADA Ben Stone : You knew all along. With your testimony, we could have gone to trial three weeks ago.

  Edward Vogel : Watch your tone, sir. I pick up the phone, and your license to be holier than everybody else on this planet can be used to wallpaper the sewer.