Kelly McGillis Quotes

Rachel Lapp He's leaving, isn't he?

Eli Lapp Tomorrow morning. He'll need his city clothes.

Rachel Lapp But why? What does he have to go back to?

Eli Lapp He's going back to his world, where he belongs. He knows it, and you know it, too.

Rachel Lapp Are you enjoying your reading?

John Book Oh yeah. I'm learning a lot about manure. Very interesting.

Charlie Eh, Lieutenant, what were you doing there?

Goose Communicating.

Maverick Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations. I was, you know, giving him the bird.

Goose You know, the finger!

Charlie Yes, I know the finger, Goose.

Goose Sorry. I hate it when it does that.

Charlie So you're the one.

Maverick Yes, ma'am.

Kathryn Murphy Listen again..."A person is guilty of criminal solicitation if he commands, induces, entreats or otherwise persuades another person to commit a felony-

Paul Rudolph You can read it to me until you're blue in the face, I am not gonna let you prosecute a bunch of spectators -

Kathryn Murphy They're not spectators. They solicited the rape.

Paul Rudolph Do you really want to ask a jury to lock up a bunch of people for clapping and cheering?

Kathryn Murphy Clapping? Cheering? Pushing? Goading? Getting the rape going and keeping it going!

Paul Rudolph And what happens if you lose? You'll look like an incompetent. If you win, you'll look like a vengeful bitch. Either way, you'll hurt yourself and this office. Now, drop it. You've got more important things to do.

Kathryn Murphy No I haven't.

Paul Rudolph You haven't got more important things to do than go to trial with a sure loser? What the hell's gotten into you?

Kathryn Murphy We owe her.

Paul Rudolph Owe her what? We put the rapists away.

Kathryn Murphy I owe her.

Paul Rudolph I see. You wanna spend my money to put a bunch of spectators on trial - a trial that you'll lose - because you owe her? No! You don't get to use this office to pay your debts!

Kathryn Murphy I am going to try this case and you are not going to stop me.

Paul Rudolph Kathryn, you're an ace. You've got a great future. Don't put it in jeopardy.

Kathryn Murphy What are you going to do, fire me? Go right ahead. My first case will be a civil suit against the rapists, the solicitors, the Bar and the State. I will show that Sarah Tobias ended up in a hospital bed because this office sold her out. I will personally subpoena your records, put you on the witness stand and cross-examine you about every single sleazy plea-bargain this office has ever made.

Paul Rudolph Go ahead! Try your case! Have a good time! Because win or lose, you're through! What are you lookin at? Get back to work!

Jennie Adamson When there's something you've adapted to, accepted - you'd just want to change it without even thinking about it?

Kathryn Murphy This is what the jury is going to see. And they are going to see the girl too and you can't tell it from these. But she's tiny. She's the most defenseless looking thing you you ever saw.

Rachel Lapp Your sister says you don't have a family.

John Book No, I don't.

Rachel Lapp She thinks that you ought to get married and have children of your own, instead of trying to be a father to hers.

John Book Yeah.

Rachel Lapp Except she thinks you are afraid of the responsibility.

John Book That's interesting... anything else?

Rachel Lapp Mm hm... she thinks you like policing because you think you are right about everything and you're the only one who can do anything, and when you drink a lot of beer you say things like none of the other police know a crook from a bag of elbows!'. At least I think that's what she said.

Cliff Scorpion Albrect No, I don't know her. She's a whore, the last time I saw her she was doing a sex show.

Kathryn Murphy You watched?

Cliff Scorpion Albrect You bet your ass I watched she put on a great show!

Kathryn Murphy I thought she was raped?

Cliff Scorpion Albrect Raped? She fucked a bar full of guys then she turns round and blames them for it? Listen lady, she loved it, she had an audience, she did the show of her life!

Rachel Lapp We're all very happy that you're going to live, John Book. We didn't know what we would do with you if you'd died.

Sarah Tobias What are our chances?

Kathryn Murphy 50-50 at the most. Good night.

Sarah Tobias Good night.

Jennie Adamson Hope is like fire, it can keep you warm - or it can burn you.

Rachel Lapp When can we leave the city?

John Book We're trying to get this done as quickly as possible, then you can go. But, Samuel's probably gonna have to come back to testify. I'm sorry.

Rachel Lapp No, you are not, you are glad.

John Book Huh?

Rachel Lapp Because now you have a witness.

John Book Yeah, now I got a witness.

Rachel Lapp I just don't like the idea of my son spending all this time with a man who carries a gun and goes around whacking people!

John Book Whacking?... whacking?

Jennie Adamson Amy - when Virgil was very young, he couldn't see those close to him - so he never learned to reach out. Don't expect him to reach out when he's in pain, or confused, or unhappy. If you really care about him you have to just be there for him.

Kathryn Murphy Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Paulsen has told you that the testimony of Sarah Tobias is nothing. Sarah Tobias was raped, but that is nothing. She was cut and bruised and terrorized but that is nothing. All of it happened in front of a howling crowd and that is nothing. Well, it may be nothing to Mr. Paulsen, but it is not nothing to Sarah Tobias and I don't believe it is nothing to you. Next, Mr. Paulsen tried to convince you that Kenneth Joyce was the only one in that room who knew that Sarah Tobias was being raped - the only one! Now you watched Kenneth Joyce, how did he strike you? Did he seem especially sensitive, especially observant? Did he seem so remarkable that you said to yourselves, Of course! This man would notice things other people wouldn't. Do you believe that Kenneth Joyce saw something in that room that those three men didn't see? In all the time that Sarah was pinned down on that Pinball machine that other people didn't know? Kenneth Joyce confessed to you that he watched a rape and did nothing. He told you that everyone in that bar behaved badly - and he was right. But no matter how immoral it may be, it is not the crime of criminal solicitation to walk away from a rape. It is not the crime of criminal solicitation to silently watch a rape. But it is the crime of criminal solicitation to induce or entreat or encourage or persuade another person to commit a rape. Hold her down! Stick it to her! Make her moan! These three men did worse than nothing. They cheered, and they clapped, and they rooted the others on. They made sure that Sarah Tobias was raped, and raped, and raped. Now you tell me, is that nothing?

Maverick JESUS CHRIST, AND YOU THINK I'M RECKLESS? WHEN I FLY, I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT MY CREW AND MY PLANE COME FIRST!

Charlie Well, I am going to FINISH MY SENTENCE, LIEUTENANT! My review of your flight performance was RIGHT ON!

Maverick Is that right?

Charlie That is right, but I held something back. I see some real genius in your flying, Maverick, but I can't say that in there. I was afraid that everyone in the TAC's trailer would see right through me, and I just don't want anyone to know that I've fallen for you.