Top 50 Quotes From Bull

Diana: You're a woman, aren't you?
Jacqueline: Last I checked...

Taylor: Do you think Jackson Martin did it?
Danielle: Well, sounds like he had a nasty temper. His girlfriend dumped him in front of all their friends, humiliated him. And she died that night. Odds are he did it.
Marissa: [clearing her throat] Our potential client, Jackson Martin, is here.
Taylor: It's kind of weird seeing him in person after just thinking of him as a villain in a TV show.
Marissa: If he is innocent, I feel sorry for him. I mean, how must it feel to have the whole world think of you as... a monster?
Danielle: You think the Prince of Park Avenue feels that up in his penthouse?

Jason: Taylor, tell me you hacked into Immunity Insurance e-mail and found a smoking gun that will change everything
Taylor: I hacked into Immunity Insurance's e-mail and found a smoking gun, something that just might change everything
Benny: Really?
Taylor: No

Chunk: Good morning. Show of hands, who here has seen the docuseries "When Rich Boys Kill"?
Jason: [most of the potential jurors raise their hands] Well... this is gonna be like looking for the least stinky t-shirt in a bag of dirty laundry.
Marissa: Never done it. Don't like the idea of it.
Jason: Well, hold your nose. Chunk's diving in.

Jason: We just have to defend them, we don't have to like them

[last lines]
Makya: It's who I am, Bull.
Jason: And I love who you are. But you're never gonna hit that jackpot, man.
Makya: You know a lot of stuff, but you don't know that.
[they hug]
Makya: We're even.
Jason: If you say so. But we're still friends. I'm still taking your calls. I'm still here for you.
Makya: I know that.

Dr. Jason Bull: Don't give up on people. They're all we've got.

Jason: [disingenuously] I sense you're trying to make a point, but it's flying right past me.

Jason: Like George Washington said If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Jason: [Palmer walks up the stairs, looking bad] Good morning
Chunk: Morning
Jason: You look defeated and we'd yet even to begin. You might want to do something about that before we get in front of the jury pool
Chunk: It's that obvious?
Jason: Only to the people who can see

ADA: OK, you know, I hear you selling, but I have no freaking idea what the product is.
Jason: Four women stood up in Court today and said - I did it too. How long do you think that's gonna stay secret?
ADA: Well, the truth is that only one woman is responsible for the death of Roger Navarre.
Jason: The truth. The truth is Roger Navarre ruined lives. And he was poised to ruin many more. He was a very bad man, and there are a lot of men out there just like him. Women know the truth. You know the truth. You're the Prosecuting Attorney and you've just been handed a do-over. Don't you think, knowing what you know this would be a good time to listen to your heart instead of your boss. Do the right thing.

Ron: So, uh, what kind of jurors are we looking for?
Marissa: Well, as you so beautifully explained in your opening statement to our empty chairs, our narrative is that Bull is human. His job isn't to see the future. It's to give the best advice possible with the information he's given. Now, for that to work, we need jurors who can separate certainty from chance, people who understand that there are limits to foreseeability, that choices and outcomes don't always correlate. We want to focus on individuals who judge circumstances only on the factors that they can control.
Ron: I'm sorry. Was that English? I-I-I just I-I don't know what the hell she's talking about.
Benny: Think of, uh, texting and driving. Right? It's illegal, but we've all done it. Now, you got two people driving on the same road. First person finishes their text, puts their phone away, keeps on driving. No one's the wiser. But as the other person is hitting "send," a kid chases a ball onto the street. The car hits the kid. Now, is the second person more culpable than the first because a kid jumped out
Ron: Okay, so what we need is people that understand - that sometimes stuff just happens.
Marissa: Yeah, exactly.
Ron: Well, why didn't you say that in the first place?

Taylor: Well, the good news is it looks like you're right, the bad news is it looks like you're right

Taylor: Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

Jason: Do you lie to hide the truth, or tell the truth to hide your lies?

Jason: [Benny knocks on his office door] I'm in the middle of some very important procrastination.

Benny: [after meeting their client] I don't know, Bull, I have the same problems I had before we went in there, plus a few more

Jason: Who authorized the extra drops? Tell Cable she has dish duty all next week!

Captain: Dr. Bull, how did you know I was Captain Mathison and not him?
Dr. Jason Bull: Well, you don't bounce when you walk. So clearly you're former military, and you're wearing aviator sunglasses, so I figured pilot. Plus, one look at Oscar, and there's no way he's a pilot.

Marissa: Who gave you a check for a quarter of a million dollars?
Jason: The Clayton family estate. They're pressuring the D.A. to try the young widow Clayton for the murder of her husband.
Marissa: Murder? Based on...
Jason: Based on the fact that she shot him. A fact she does not dispute. Can you say "money in the bank"?
Marissa: Okay. But according to the paper, the late Mr. Clayton was attempting to slice and dice his dearly beloved just prior to her deciding to use him for target practice. I believe they call that "self-defense".
Jason: Maybe. Or maybe she shot first and he stabbed her in self-defense. Who cares? It's a quarter of a million dollar retainer, and another quarter of a million if we actually go to trial and find Mrs. Clayton guilty.
Marissa: Wow. I had no idea the famous Dr. Jason Bull can be bought.
Jason: For a quarter of a million dollars, not only can I be bought, you can gift wrap me. Which reminds me, guess who's in town?
Marissa: I'm sorry, did I miss a change of subject?
Jason: The best un-wrapper in the world. Ms. Diana Lindsay, attorney-at-law. Single woman at large.

Jason: You know, this'd be a whole lot easier if you didn't carry that face around with you every time we did business.

Cable: [Comes back with an extra coffee for Dworkin] Where's the douche?
Marissa: Looking for Taylor.
[Picks up the coffee]
Marissa: Did you spit in this?
Cable: No!
[Danny starts drinking the coffee]
Cable: But don't drink it

Benny: Now, bear with me. I'm gonna show you three pictures that tell a story. Okay? Here we go. Now, as you can see, these kids are getting bullied. Then one of them fights back. Here they are in the principal's office. And here's the bully, nursing his black eye. Okay, now, as a show of hands, what was the color shirt of the kid who confronted the bully? Was it a blue shirt? Okay, well, let's take a look, see if we're right. If you all guessed blue, you were wrong. The kid who confronted the bully was wearing the red shirt. See, I never specified which kid confronted the bully. You all just assumed it was the boy. Now, come on, I admit I failed the test, too. See, it's hard to imagine a girl being the hero of the story. Just like it's hard to imagine Captain Mathison being the hero of the one in this court. But she is. She doesn't deserve to be punished for our failings. She deserves to be thanked for the lives that she saved. We need to find her not guilty.

Jason: Okay, just between us: how close do you think our mirrors are to the actual jurors?
Marissa: Well... they're all people
Jason: [Cynical] Fantastic

Jason: Hire this man. What'd you say your name was again, son?
Isaiah: Isaiah. I know it's a little unusual.
Jason: Oh, relax. The woman you are replacing is named after wire, and we got a guy around here named after a kind of peanut butter. You'll fit right in.

Dr. Jason Bull: Why are you smirking?
Brandon: I'm not smirking.
Dr. Jason Bull: [to Chunk, the tailor] He smirked. Did you see that? He's a smirker.

Marissa: This case, maybe it's not a good fit right now. But I get why you wanted to meet with Jackson Martin. It's a high-profile trial. It could bring a lot of media attention to TAC. Not to mention, the man has money. But there are a lot of other cases out there. A missing girl who wound up dead... it's just too soon after Astrid's kidnapping, Bull.
Jason: His ringtone's the same as the kidnapper's burner phone. It just...
Marissa: Okay. I'm gonna tell him we're passing. I'll say our case load is too heavy right now.
Jason: When he refers to Sarah, he says she disappeared. Never says "murdered." He says "disappeared."
Marissa: Why does that matter?
Jason: He's still processing her death. If he had murdered her 22 years ago, he... he wouldn't be referring to her as if she was still alive. I think he's innocent. I'm not letting some ringtone... keep me from doing my job. We're taking this case.

Jason: You want to tell me what I'm looking at here?
Tally: I was just doing what you taught me. Fill in the blanks. When you have a blackout, sketch the things you know, and then try and sketch the things you don't. Make the unconscious conscious, isn't that what you always told me? The only things I know are the things I'm hearing in court, so I started there. Just trying to process the memory loss, see if it would jog something. For the record, it didn't.
Jason: Mm-hmm. Oh, Tally. I think I may have given you some horrible advice.
Tally: What do you mean?
Jason: I think I inadvertently had you draw yourself into a guilty verdict.

Marissa: According to Bull, she has suffered from fugue state blackouts since she was a child.
Benny: Fugue state blackouts? Was she asleep? Was she awake?
Marissa: A fugue state is a dissociative episode where sufferers experience temporary amnesia and a lack of awareness of themselves or their actions.
Chunk: Okay, so what's the big guy say? Does he think that this fugue thing is a credible defense? Does he think that the jury will buy into it?
Marissa: No. Bull wants to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. If Tally was in a fugue state during the murder, she lacked the substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of her conduct when she killed her brother.
Benny: Terrific. I'm gonna go back to the conference room, comb through my law books, see if I can find any insanity plea precedents. With any luck, I'll fall into a fugue state.

Benny: Captain Mathison, what were you thinking when the plane lost power in the wind shear?
Attorney: Objection. That is not the NTSB's video.
Benny: Your Honor, the video has been modified in one specific way, and that is to show the jury what was on the ground.
Judge: I'll allow it, but only for that reason. Watch your step, Mr.Colon.
Captain: I don't remember, actually, due to head trauma from the crash.
Benny: You flew a simulation earlier that replicated the conditions. And you performed the same maneuver. Why?
Captain: It was the only way to get a few more seconds flight out of the plane.
Benny: But it wasn't protocol. Even your copilot asked what you were doing.
Captain: It would have taken too long to explain. He was never a military pilot. Anyway, there was nothing for him to do. I was in full command of the aircraft.
Benny: Why was it important for the plane to stay in the air a few extra seconds?
Captain: To veer the plane to an unpopulated area. If I couldn't save the lives of the people on board, at least I could save lives on the ground.

NTSB: When a pilot encounters wind shear, one advances the power, retracts the speedbrakes and retracts the gear to reduce drag, build speed and maintain altitude.

Dr. Jason Bull: Didn't see that coming

Marissa: [He] understands that outside forces sometimes shape outcomes.

Taylor: [to Bull] You want the good news, the bad news or the good news?

Marissa: Kind of addictive, huh?
Taylor: Totally.
Marissa: Last night, I ordered a pie from Joe's, cracked open a bottle of rosé, binged the entire docuseries.
Taylor: I had Mauricio. I couldn't start doing my homework until this morning, and now I can't stop.
Danielle: You guys are eating this show up like it's candy. You know it's about a real girl, right? She's dead.

Perry: Dr. Bull, Perry Sinclair.
Jason: Hey.
Perry: Thank you for joining us.
Jason: Well, how could I resist? Look at this room. Who do we have here?
Perry: This is George Donahue, Clayton Communications' COO.
George: Doctor.
Jason: It's an honor. And look at this. Six different law firms represented here. It's like the New York Yankees of attorneys. What happened? Bill Gates run a traffic light?
Perry: [the group shares a laugh] Have a seat, Dr. Bull.
Jason: All right, but only 'cause you outnumber me.

ADA: To be clear, while I do not condone Miss Kerrigan's actions, it became apparent over the course of the trial that her victim, Mr Navarre, was in fact an extremely dangerous predator. The kind of man who takes pleasure in laying waste to young women's lives and futures. And while that does not excuse what happened here, it does provide context for Miss Kerrigan's actions. That we were heretofore unaware of. And for those of you who've never met a man like Roger Navarre, just ask your wives, your daughters, your mothers, your girlfriends. I'm reasonably certain that they have.

Marissa: Her name is Tally North. Since the age of ten, she has been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. She lacks empathy for others, exhibits severely stunted emotions, and is prone to violence.
Benny: Isn't that what we used to call a sociopath in the good old days?
Marissa: Actually, she used to be his patient, so this is kind of personal.
Benny: It's gonna be tough trying to get a jury to sympathize with a sociopath. Juries usually like to see remorse in their killers, and there's not gonna be any.

Jason: She's a real piece of work, our Ms.Kress
Benny: You can say that again
Jason: She's a real piece of work
Benny: Now that we've got that out of the way, how do you suggest we curate a jury?

Danielle: I don't think Jackson did it. Check out this photo. Look at his right shoulder.
Jason: He's wearing a brace?
Danielle: A torn rotator cuff. An injury he got a few weeks before Sarah disappeared.
Chunk: Is he right-handed?
Danielle: Yes.
Chunk: I know that injury. It's bad. That fresh, there's no way that Jackson would have been able to carry Sarah's body, let alone dig a hole at that construction site deep enough to dump it in.
Danielle: We could get an expert witness to testify to that, right?
Chunk: Yeah, yeah, but the prosecutor's just gonna assert that he could've had someone help him get rid of the body, someone like his father or his brother.
Jason: Well, if Jackson's innocent, why would his father go to pay off the cops? Why would his brother make up an alibi?
Danielle: Well, maybe they knew that he would look guilty after that fight with Sarah. They were trying to protect him.
Jason: Maybe they weren't trying to protect Jackson. Maybe somebody else needed an alibi.
Chunk: You think Billy did it?
Jason: Well, you saw him. He is certain that Jackson is innocent, and he is desperate to keep him out of prison. And maybe that's because he knows who really killed Sarah.
Chunk: That's a hell of a theory. Any idea how we prove it?

Weber: Why isn't she in her uniform?
Chunk: Oh, we can do that, if you want to make this look like a military tribunal.
Dr. Jason Bull: In court, we want her to look like a human being, not a pilot. Mr.Weber, I heard you were in the office.
Weber: Taylor, I know Dr. Bull has convinced you that he has some sort of magic formula that will make a jury see past the facts and exonerate you.
Dr. Jason Bull: Chunk, would you give us a second? And, uh, - tell Benny I need to see him.
Weber: While Dr. Bull has been searching for biases, I've been in touch with the airline, who are negotiating a settlement with the plaintiffs.
Captain: A settlement?
Weber: Yes. It's a very generous offer to the victims' family, as it should be, and it protects you from any financial liability.
Captain: What do you need from me?
Weber: I need you to agree to the findings of the NTSB report.
Dr. Jason Bull: The report that finds her at fault.
Captain: And if I do that, I'll be reinstated?
Dr. Jason Bull: No. Fired. And unemployable and never able to fly again.
Weber: She killed 62 people.
Dr. Jason Bull: No, Oscar. An airplane crash killed 62 people, not your client. Marissa mentioned you were pushing for a settlement. That struck her, because even though she's a woman, she's quite good with numbers. So, she had Cable, also a woman, also good with computers, do some digging. It seems that your contract with Taylor stipulates the less the airline pays the families, the more your firm makes. That seems like a conflict of interest, but then again, you have all that office space to pay for. That's why I hate lawyers. That's my bias.
Captain: So you have a financial incentive for me to settle?
Dr. Jason Bull: It's called a reverse contingency fee. It's how the airline controls damages.

Makya: Hey everybody, hide your endorphins. The fun police are here.

Cable: I just think the world must have been an easier place to navigate when everything we did, every secret we have, everything we ever looked up, wondered about, dreamed about, wasn't preserved online where someone else could find it

Diana: I am not talking to you. You are not a good friend.
Jason: Why? Because I won't renege on a professional commitment the second you snap your fingers? And for the record, I am a great friend. I am a fantastic friend. I am the Rachel of friends, if Rachel were a boy.
Diana: You used to be so smart.
Jason: That notwithstanding, I'd like to proffer a settlement from Clayton Communcations and the Clayton family
Diana: Well, you can save your breath because we are not interested in settling.
Jason: But you haven't heard the offer.
Diana: I don't need to hear the offer.
Jason: Take a million dollars...
Diana: Ha! You take a million dollars.
Jason: ...and multiply it by 500. Wait, my mistake. Let me put it another way. Take a billion dollars and divide it in half.
Diana: Is this for real?
Jason: Doesn't get any realer.

Brandon: You're supposed to be on my side.
Dr. Jason Bull: I may be the only one who is.

Benny: Reasonable doubt. Uh, you look up in the dictionary, and there'd be a picture of all of us sitting here today. There'd also be a definition. Something along the lines of... "Lack of proof that prevents a judge or a jury from convicting a defendant for the charged crime." Only Torin North and his killer know exactly what happened in that room. But you've heard all the evidence. Or have you? I've yet to hear a single piece of evidence that points to my client having done this. But I've heard a great deal to suggest an alternate theory. I believe that... Torin walked in on his best friend, Blake Lambert, standing over his semi-conscious sister. Her shirt ripped, her arms bruised. And he was fiercely protective of his sister. So he did what any brother would do. Blake fought back. Grabbed the scissors from Tally's desk and plunged them into his best friend's neck. And as Torin's blood spilled on an unconscious Tally, he had a moment of regret. He doesn't suffer from ASPD, anti-social personality disorder. No. No, no. He's just an old-fashioned rapist who suddenly realized that he might have killed his best friend, so he tried to stop the bleeding. Realized that wasn't going to work, so he wiped the murder weapon, and left Tally passed out on the bed. So that when she came to, confronted with her brother's slain body, and having no memory of what happened due to the flunitrazepam, she'd be forced to carry around the knowledge that she might have done this. That it was her fault, her doing, her crime. But she didn't. She didn't do it. Tally is simply just another victim, and-and... what an obscene joke that is. You know, the person responsible for this crime is trusting that you, the jury, will lean on your own preconceived notions on what it means to be a sociopath, what it means to be devoid of emotion, what it means to be mentally ill. The killer's counting on it. And so is the ADA. But Tally and I know you know better. In fact, she's betting her life on it.

Jason: Who's Mr Skinny Tie?
Chloe: Garrett Gatewood. He's the CEO of Spark4U.
Jason: Never trust a man in a skinny tie.

Jason: I'll explain everything, but I need you to listen.
Amaya: I'm listening.
Jason: Your son is on his way home. And his father is awaiting trial in Ethiopia.
Amaya: Okay.
Jason: You know how much it hurt you to be away from your son, that's how much it hurt his father for the past five years. You can make this right. Let Abel come to the States. Don't press charges. Let him be a part of Alexander's life in some way.
Ron: A-And you know what? Here's another thought. Maybe consider starting a foundation. You're good at getting the media's attention. And it might be nice to focus on something other than yourself for a change.
Amaya: Excuse me?
Jason: Ignore the presentation, focus on the message. It's why he works in the outer boroughs.

Chunk: This all the discovery from the defamation suit?
Taylor: Yeah. We got all their raw footage and research. Bad news is most of it makes Jackson look guilty.
Chunk: Now, see, why you always got to greet me with bad news?
Taylor: Okay, see, now you're making me want to keep my good news to myself.
Chunk: No, no, no. Please, I need some. Hit me.

Marissa: You sure about this next move, Bull?
Jason: "Sure" is a strong word. I prefer "what other choice do we have?".
[he nods at Benny]
Benny: Tally... are you sad your brother's dead?
Tally: No.
[murmurs in the courtroom]
Jason: [to Marissa] If I were you, I'd pull a couple of dollar bills out of my wallet and stare at 'em, 'cause that's the last green you're gonna be seeing for a while.