Law & Order (TV Series)

Big Bang (1994)

Steven Hill: DA Adam Schiff

Quotes 

• Adam Schiff : If Manning swears that the theory is worthless, you gotta prove that it isn't. Now, what the hell's the theory?

  Claire Kincaid : That protons eventually fall apart.

  Adam Schiff : Is this something to be worried about?

  Claire Kincaid : It means all matter in the universe will eventually disintegrate, in a certain way.

  Adam Schiff : Terrific. Now, all we gotta do to win a larceny trial is prove how the universe will end!

  Ben Stone : No, all I do is get my own group of expert witnesses.

  Adam Schiff : Well, who are you gonna get? The Almighty?

  Ben Stone : Physics professors! That's all Manning is.

  Adam Schiff : Oh - physics professors. You better get a jury of insomniacs.

• Adam Schiff : Scientists have a star system - makes Hollywood look like a socialist love-in. Only they don't keep score in money or starlets - it's reputation.

• [last lines] 

  Ben Stone : [after convicting a talented physicist of second-degree murder]  On the other hand, he killed a woman, so I had to play it by the book.

  Adam Schiff : You feel bad about that?

  Ben Stone : Twenty-five years - he's not your typical killer.

  Adam Schiff : He is - he killed somebody.

• Claire Kincaid : Manning requested copies of the same data Weiss wanted to look at.

  Adam Schiff : Perfect. First he torpedoes Weiss's idea, then he steals it.