The Mentalist quotes

Kimball Cho: You did good work today, but Abbott says he never approved you leaving the office. You said he did. Did you lie to me?
Michelle Vega: Sir, I...
Kimball Cho: Answer the question.
Michelle Vega: Yes. I'm sorry. I know that... I just got excited, I guess, and I thought that I'd be a lot more help...
Kimball Cho: That's not your call. Now, I can't work with someone I can't trust.
Michelle Vega: You can trust me.
Kimball Cho: No, I can't. You're not going out in the field with me again.
Michelle Vega: For how long?
Kimball Cho: We'll see.

Kimball Cho

Teresa Lisbon: I wanna get Harry Lashley's killer as much as you do. But we cannot go after Arlov. The State Department...
Patrick Jane: A fig to the State Department.
Wayne Rigsby: I agree. Screw 'em.
Teresa Lisbon: That attitude is why *I'm* in charge and you guys aren't.

Teresa Lisbon, Patrick Jane

Now like I say, there's no such thing as psychics. Let's be clear about that. But the human mind is amazingly powerful. It can do things for real that sometimes feel like magic.

Patrick Jane