[To Sgt. Gabriel] I should probably explain that I do not form my relationships with people based on how they're treating you. That would be your mother, maybe.

As hard as a secret is to uncover, it's even harder to keep.

Brenda: Are you trying to encourage me or make me nervous?
Pope: I'm just trying to figure out why you're so damn confident you can get this woman to help you.
Brenda: Well, because Will, I know a little something about admiring the boss and finding out he's not the guy you thought he was.

Brenda: What do you suppose Heather would have done if she figured out what Dean was up to?
Lindsay: I hope she would have taken him for everything he's worth.

I was promised a crew of elite detectives, and what Capt. Taylor here has given me is a bunch of junior varsity wannabees... and Provenza.

The Constitution entitles you to a lawyer, Mr. Kingsley, not a firm.

Look, I have another issue I have to discuss with you. The Priority Murder Squad got its stationery yesterday, and I just got a look at it this morning.

Brenda: I can't make the pieces fit together in this case and every other street in the hills is called Mulholland somethin'.
Fritz: I thought you had a driver.
Brenda: Oh, I did. But I got mad at him and now I'm late everywhere.

Fritz: Okay, maybe I shouldn't have said anything.
Brenda: No, no, no. You know what? It's fine. Really. Are you still not drinkin'? Because I could use a drink. [to server] Excuse me. Hi there. May I have a huge glass of merlot, please? Thank you.

Oh no, no, no. You don't need an attorney because if you get an attorney I plan to sit down with your fiancee and have a nice long chat with her about what you've been doing with your penis.

Brenda: Low functioning autistics have no language skills; they cannot survive independently by themselvles. Keith is not like that. According to his school records, he's very intelligent but he does have issues : he's unemotional, frequently says inappropriate things, he's literal-minded, he gets fixated on minor details, he gets agitated when his routine is altered and he's extremely uncooperative when anything or anyone gets in the way of him doing what he wants.

If I liked being called a bitch to my face, I'd still be married.

The Closer Quotes

[To Sgt. Gabriel] I should probably explain that I do not form my relationships with people based on how they're treating you. That would be your mother, maybe.

Brenda

If I liked being called a bitch to my face, I'd still be married.

Brenda