McGee: Boy, it would be cool if it were aliens, right?
Palmer: Beyond cool.

Jimmy: I'm sure he's fine, Jess.
Jessica: Of course he's fine.
Jimmy: I just mean I'm sure there's an explanation for all this.
Jessica: Of course there's an explanation.
Jimmy: Exactly. Any idea what it is?

Change is the essence of life.

Ducky [to Palmer]

Palmer: You are one in a million, doctor.
Ducky: True.

Jessica: Ducky's handwriting. Not that great.
Palmer: Well, he's a doctor.

You knew the man like no one else, Jimmy.

Jessica [to Palmer]

Oh, come on. This is the indomitable Abby Scuito we’re talking about. I don’t care what the odds are. You can never count her out.

Jimmy [about Gibbs]: Camera adds ten pounds to his temper…
Gibbs [behind him]: Wanna make it twenty?

Picture this. You and me, subterranean coworkers, dining in ice chairs. It’s just so *right*.

Jimmy: What’d I miss?
Torres: Just McGee’s sad childhood.

Ducky: He’s *dead*, Doctor Palmer.
Jimmy: Yeah, I noticed that when I removed his spleen and he didn’t complain!

Jimmy: I mean, I guess I can see how some lawyer could use the confusion of an evacuation to call into question the chain of evidence, but, well, Autopsy *and* Abby’s lab have secure storage. These new rules clearly are written by some out-of-touch bean counter!
Bishop: I helped write the protocol when I was at NSA.
Jimmy: You used the words “evacuation” and “evidence” twice in the same sentence.

NCIS Quotes

Bishop: Seriously? How'd you get that?
Tony: Well, it's like Gorillas in the Midst. You'll get to understand his grunts.

Torres: When I break out the glass, maybe I can rip out the bars.
Bishop: With what? Your superhuman strength?