The Shield Quotes
Myles Falworth: [Sir James instructs Myles to ride a horse among a series of pells - upright supports - with his hands over his head. When he fails, he complains to Sir James that he cannot control the horse] How is the horse supposed to know, unless he has more sense than I?
Sir James: A possibility not so remote as you might imagine.
Sir James: A possibility not so remote as you might imagine.
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Shane Vendrell: Can I get your autograph, man?
Vic Mackey: Yeah, like on a confession?
Vic Mackey: Yeah, like on a confession?
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Taylor: Are you gonna hold this third strike over me for the rest of my life?
Vic Mackey: I could lie to you. But I have far too much respect for you as a person. Yes I am!
Vic Mackey: I could lie to you. But I have far too much respect for you as a person. Yes I am!
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Vic Mackey: [about Shane's baby, Jackson] Cute kid.
Shane Vendrell: Thanks. He's got his mother's looks.
Vic Mackey: Thank God!
Shane Vendrell: Thanks. He's got his mother's looks.
Vic Mackey: Thank God!
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Rawling: If you can't withstand scrutiny about anything--I need you to step aside.
Vic: I don't step aside. I step up.
Vic: I don't step aside. I step up.
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Lem: [bumping his head on a cross] Jesus Christ. [Looking at Jesus's face on cross] God damnit! I didn't mean that.
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Dutch: [about a dead body] Christ, you don't see a rack like that everyday
Claudette: You wanna give them a squeeze?
Claudette: You wanna give them a squeeze?
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Vic: That's funny. I don't recall having signed up for an ethics lesson from a scumbag defense lawyer.
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Lonnie Reeborg: I killed her. I killed my sweet Nancy! What did I do that for?
Dutch: 'Cause you like crack?
Dutch: 'Cause you like crack?
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Claudette: Right now Vic Mackey may look like a mighty big catch to you. Do the smart thing, son. Cut bait.
David: It doesn't bother you, the things that he does?
Claudette: I don't judge other cops.
David: Mackey's not a cop. He's Al Capone with a badge.
Claudette: Al Capone made money by giving people what they wanted. What people want these days is to make it to their cars without getting mugged. Come home from work and see their stereo is still there. Hear about some murder in the barrio, find out the next day the police caught the guy. If having all those things means some cop roughed up some nigger or some spic in the ghetto...well, as far as most people are concerned it's don't ask, don't tell.
David: It doesn't bother you, the things that he does?
Claudette: I don't judge other cops.
David: Mackey's not a cop. He's Al Capone with a badge.
Claudette: Al Capone made money by giving people what they wanted. What people want these days is to make it to their cars without getting mugged. Come home from work and see their stereo is still there. Hear about some murder in the barrio, find out the next day the police caught the guy. If having all those things means some cop roughed up some nigger or some spic in the ghetto...well, as far as most people are concerned it's don't ask, don't tell.
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Dr. Grady: What's in the bag?
[From a brown paper bag, Mackey pulls a bottle of booze, a phone book, keys, a lighter and box cutter. He then lays them on the table in front of Grady.]
Dr. Grady: What's that stuff for?
Vic: It's what I'm gonna use to get you to tell me where Jenny Reeborg is.
Dr. Grady: Your turn to play bad cop?
Vic: Nah, good cop and bad cop left for the day, I'm a different kinda cop.
Dr. Grady: [To the surveillance camera] I'm ready to see my lawyer now.
[From a brown paper bag, Mackey pulls a bottle of booze, a phone book, keys, a lighter and box cutter. He then lays them on the table in front of Grady.]
Dr. Grady: What's that stuff for?
Vic: It's what I'm gonna use to get you to tell me where Jenny Reeborg is.
Dr. Grady: Your turn to play bad cop?
Vic: Nah, good cop and bad cop left for the day, I'm a different kinda cop.
Dr. Grady: [To the surveillance camera] I'm ready to see my lawyer now.
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[Watching a kid get beat to join a gang.]
Gangbanger: Bienvenido a La Vida!
Julien: What's he saying?
Danny: Welcome to the life.
Gangbanger: Bienvenido a La Vida!
Julien: What's he saying?
Danny: Welcome to the life.
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Danny: Where the hell were you last night?
Julien: What do you mean?
Danny: Detective Crowley got shot. I left you a message.
Julien: Yeah, I got it.
Danny: So?
Julien: So...you didn't say anything about me having to come down.
Danny: I shouldn't have to. A fellow officer was dying in that hospital.
Julien: I said a prayer for him.
Danny: A prayer?
Julien: Yeah.
[Danny stares at him]
Julien: What? I've been on the job three weeks, I didn't even know that guy.
Danny: Rule number one, he was a cop. That means you knew him.
Julien: What do you mean?
Danny: Detective Crowley got shot. I left you a message.
Julien: Yeah, I got it.
Danny: So?
Julien: So...you didn't say anything about me having to come down.
Danny: I shouldn't have to. A fellow officer was dying in that hospital.
Julien: I said a prayer for him.
Danny: A prayer?
Julien: Yeah.
[Danny stares at him]
Julien: What? I've been on the job three weeks, I didn't even know that guy.
Danny: Rule number one, he was a cop. That means you knew him.
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Dutch: What do you do for fun with all that free time?
Richard: I have some hobbies.
Dutch: I know, nice sperm collection.
Richard: I have some hobbies.
Dutch: I know, nice sperm collection.
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Lem: That is the hottest chick there ever was, man!
Tripp: Her? That's a par. Got me another in Detroit, goddamn BIRDIE.
Shane: Big deal, she's probably spread her legs for half the league.
Tripp: Too bad you can't make a jump shot.
Tripp: Her? That's a par. Got me another in Detroit, goddamn BIRDIE.
Shane: Big deal, she's probably spread her legs for half the league.
Tripp: Too bad you can't make a jump shot.
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Vic: They stitch you up okay?
Connie: Between this and my cesarean, I'm a god damned road map.
Connie: Between this and my cesarean, I'm a god damned road map.
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Vic: [on the phone] Come on Captain, you know how those rich pricks are, he probably has his face snorkel deep in some broad's snatch. In a few hours he'll come up for air.
Aceveda: [to the lawyer] You know how those celebrities are, he's probably with a female admirer. Give it a few hours. He'll turn up.
Aceveda: [to the lawyer] You know how those celebrities are, he's probably with a female admirer. Give it a few hours. He'll turn up.
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[Dutch is ogling a stripper's bare behind, where she has sustained a minor bullet wound]
Vic: Dutch, how many times I gotta tell you--you can't feel up the women.
Dutch: She took one in the ass, but it's--
Vic: --not the first time. Right. That's a good one.
Vic: Dutch, how many times I gotta tell you--you can't feel up the women.
Dutch: She took one in the ass, but it's--
Vic: --not the first time. Right. That's a good one.
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[Ronnie sneezes]
Vic: Is there anything you're not allergic to?
Ronnie: Sheet metal.
Vic: Is there anything you're not allergic to?
Ronnie: Sheet metal.
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[While observing Vic and Danny kissing from his car]
Dutch: Oh, you've gotta be shittin' me.
Dutch: Oh, you've gotta be shittin' me.
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[After Shane gets his vehicle containing drugs stolen because he stopped by his girlfriend's house to get laid]
Lem: We're all gonna crash and burn because of you! I mean...Christ, dude, Amy's not even that hot!
Lem: We're all gonna crash and burn because of you! I mean...Christ, dude, Amy's not even that hot!
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Vic: You stopped to get laid? What the hell were you thinking?
Shane: About getting laid.
Shane: About getting laid.
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Dutch: This investigation runs through me. You find anything, report it immediately!
Vic: If I bring the guy in, you'll be the first to know, Dutchboy!
Vic: If I bring the guy in, you'll be the first to know, Dutchboy!
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