- Claire Kincaid: [to McCoy] Admit it, Jack, you were a little tough on that priest.
- Jack McCoy: When you're raised by the Jesuits, you end up obedient or impertinent.
- [the waiter sets a drink down in front of McCoy]
- Jack McCoy: I didn't order this.
- Waiter: It's on the gentleman at the bar.
- [points to the bar and McCoy turns to see Fineman raising a glass to him]
- Jack McCoy: [to the waiter] Take it back.
- Claire Kincaid: Can't forgive anyone, eh?
- Jack McCoy: No, I can't. Besides, that was bourbon. I'm drinking scotch.
- Jack McCoy: Doesn't the Bible tell us not to kill, Mrs. Coleman?
- Leah Coleman: I am already suffering for what I did.
- Jack McCoy: So now you know what you did was wrong?
- Leah Coleman: Yes.
- Jack McCoy: Did you know it was wrong when you woke up that morning?
- Leah Coleman: Yes.
- Jack McCoy: Did you know it was wrong when you ate your cereal?
- Leah Coleman: Yes!
- Ross Fineman: He's badgering, Your Honor!
- Jack McCoy: Sit down and shut up, Mr. Fineman!
- Judge Rebecca Stein: Overruled. And you will address the court from now on, Mr. McCoy.
- Jack McCoy: Maybe she was just downright bad.
- Dr. Elizabeth Olivet: You actually believe that?
- Jack McCoy: With all due respect to your profession, Liz, I think it's been overplayed in the courtroom.
- Dr. Elizabeth Olivet: So people are just good or bad, period.
- Jack McCoy: It's better than healthy or sick. Deny evil, you deny responsibility. Open up the jails. Send everyone to a shrink.
- Rey Curtis: I'm telling you, my daughters aren't going to be old enough to marry until they graduate college.
- Lennie Briscoe: Well, I'm not old enough to marry and I'm a grandfather.
- Lennie Briscoe: Kidnap a kid from a church? How many Hail Marys does that get you?
- Rey Curtis: Somehow, I don't think this guy was counting.
- DA Adam Schiff: In this case, I doubt if an abuse excuse would fly anyway. Considering we got a bunch of Einsteins on our jury.
- Jack McCoy: No. But the Orpah-fication of America ended when the Menendez brothers weren't convicted. The pendulum has swung, Adam.