You're all in big, fucking trouble.

Della

Matthew: You really think Emily was a part of it?
Herman: She laid with the man who killed your son. You heard her say guilty. Consider the cold light, Matthew.
Matthew: I came home mean sometimes. Maybe that's why she went with that guy.
Herman: It's in our blood. We have a weakness for degenerate femininity.
Matthew: My mother is not a degenerate. While you were here, living it up, my mother and me? We did with nothing. It's not easy. What we've been doing here. It's not easy, this deal.
Herman: It was cowardly of me. It was not Christian, and I would like to atone for that.

Sometimes I think this is no longer my world.

E.B.

They're squeezing the negro cop, E.B. He's sitting on something. I'd bet my house on it.

There are a lot of Georges in the world, and a lot of women like you and me.

Sister Alice

Drake: Private white folk mostly avoid this neighborhood. I haven't seen more than one chalky fella in a cheap-ass suit lyin' in the gutter with his throat cut.
Perry: Well, fortunately, you're here to make sure that doesn't happen.
Drake: Mister, you only think you see me.

If she's feeling guilty, it's because every man around her is saying she is.

Della

Perry: I forgot to mention how fetching I find your shoes.
Nina: Uh-huh. What do you want?

Nina: The crime scene report you wanted.
Police Chief: It's for this asshole.
Perry: I like your nails.
Nina: I like 'em too.
Police Chief: Nails? What are you? A fag?

Justice for Charlie Dodson; the noose for his mother.

Maynard

Emily, whoever took your son never meant to hurt him. They just wanted money. And something went horribly wrong.

Perry: Do you know how many different types of thread there are in this city?
E.B.: You'll find it, boy-o. That's the kind of thing you're good at.

Perry Mason Quotes

I'd have said it was over when the talkies came, but clearly, the man still has a lot to offer the world.

E.B.

That's your problem; you get no fun out of life.

Pete