The Firm Quotes

Son of a bitch! I mean your Honor, that was a hell of a shot.

Hey Ray, wouldn't it be funny if I went to Harvard, you went to Jail and we both ended up surrounded by crooks.

You sick son-of-a-bitch!

Somewhere, inside, in the dark, the firm is listening.

Abby, the girl on the beach was a setup. They do things like that, in case the other enticements don't work.

Being a tax lawyer's got nothing to do with the law. It's a game. We teach the rich how to play it so they can stay rich. The IRS keeps changing the rules so we can keep getting rich teaching them. It's a game...

Ray McDeere : How'd you land a job like that with a brother in the slammer?
Ray McDeere : I get it. Don't worry, I'd probably have done the same thing.
Mitch McDeere : You're always there for me, Ray...
Ray McDeere : I'd have done the same thing. You think I want to tell the guys around here that I got a brother at Harvard?

Wayne Tarrance : How about you get down on your knees and kiss my ass for not indicting you as a co-conspirator right now, you chickenshit little Harvard cocksucker?
Mitch McDeere : I haven't done anything, and you know it!
Wayne Tarrance : Who gives a fuck? I'm a federal agent! You know what that means, you lowlife motherfucker? It means you've got no rights, your life is mine! I could kick your teeth down your throat and yank 'em out your asshole, and I'm not even violating your civil rights!

Wayne Tarrance : Man, I don't understand you. What'd you do it for? You didn't win a thing.
Mitch McDeere : Oh, yes I did. I won my life back. YOU don't run me, and THEY don't run me!

Avery Tolar : Do you think l'm talking about breaking the law?
Mitch McDeere : No, I'm just trying to figure out how far you want it bent.
Avery Tolar : As far as you can without breaking it.

You want to know something funny? You actually made me think about the law. I managed to go through three years of law school without doing that.
Mitch McDeere : It's you at the track. I could have gone public with it.
Wayne Tarrance : Then why didn't you?
Mitch McDeere : It's against the law.