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Mondays 9:00 PM on CBSPopular Leroy Jethro Gibbs Quotes
You don't waste good. (Season 8, Episode 22)
Rule #5
Never apologize. (Season 7, Episode 12, but referenced previous times without a number attached)
Rule #6
Always be specific when you lie. (Season 1, Episode 23)
Rule #7
Never take anything for granted. (Season 3, Episode 10)
Rule #8
Never assume. (Season 9, Episode 21)
Rule #8
Never go anywhere without a knife. (Season 1, Episode 13)
Rule #9
Never get personally involved on a case. (Season 7, Episode 21)
Rule #10
When the job is done, walk away. (Season 6, Episode 24)
Rule #11
Never date a coworker. (Season 1, Episode 15, and referenced on other occasions)
Rule #12
Never, ever involve a lawyer. (Season 6, Episode 7; Gibbs is said to have other rules involving lawyers, but according to Tony, this is the "umbrella" one)
Rule #13
Bend the line, don't break it. (Season 11, Episode 4)
Rule #14
Gibbs: (as he and Quinn look at the Vietnam Memorial Wall) No matter how many times I come here, it still gets to me. You look at a name, and you have to look at a reflection of yourself. You are among the fallen.
Quinn: Yeah. Difference is, you can leave. The names don't.