Dept. Q Quotes

When facts are being so clearly ignored, it’s never because of incompetence.

There are times when people want to scare someone to be quiet. And there are times when they skip that part and make them quiet.

People have relationships all the time.[Carl Morck]And I’d still expect them to behave professionally.[Stephen Burns]Yeah, well, If people did what we expected of them, you and I would be out of a job.[Carl Morck]

How lucky we are to have men like you out there on the thin blue line, patrolling our dangerous streets and keeping us safe from harm.[Fiona Wallace]Sometimes, the streets aren’t where the real danger is.[Carl Morck]

His name was Rocket?[Carl Morck]This is Scottish slang for “crazy.”[Akram Salim]I thought “Scottish” was Scottish slang for “crazy.”[Carl Morck]

For many people, the truth is simply what it needs to be.

Word has it that your new assistant is running around like a cop.[Moira Jacobson]He is a cop. Or he was, you know, back in Syria.[Carl Morck]Except that, as I’m sure you’re well aware, this isn’t Syria.[Moira Jacobson]No, there’s actual sunshine in Syria.[Carl Morck]

The best answer to anger is silence.

Tell me something. Back home, were you working for the good guys or the bad guys?[Carl Morck]When you know which is which, please do tell me.[Akram Salim]

No matter how many f***ing platitudes you find on the internet, the world is a seriously dangerous place to be, where no one is ever safe from one bad surprise ruining their entire f***ing life. And you know why that is? Because the most dangerous f***ing creatures on this planet are us.[to Martin]

In my experience, it’s usually better for the surveilled not to know they’re being surveilled.[Akram Salim]Yeah, sometimes it’s better to give the cage a good rattle to see how the tiger responds when it wakes up.[Carl Morck]This is how many animal trainers have lost their arm.[Akram Salim]

I’m very good at finding things that don’t want to be found.[Akram Salim]Yeah, outside of your self-control.[Carl Morck]