- Ruth Gardner: Theo, tell me something. in that little black book of yours, am I in ink or in pencil?
- Lt. Theo Kojak: God, I got you written in ink and underlined in blood.
- [kisses her hand]
- Lt. Theo Kojak: And as for you, sonny, you go back to the Okefenokees and the alligators. You're not ready for the big time. I deal with Janis or I don't deal.
- Lt. Theo Kojak: I'd go through the hell and pain of the last 19 years twice a day to nail a crud like Janis!
- Gil Weaver: [after having a wire strapped to his chest] I got no hair left, I've had this tape on and off so many times this year.
- Lt. Theo Kojak: [chuckles] When I was a kid on the East Side, we used to go fishing in the East river to see who could catch the ugliest thing. Look at me, I got first prize. I got me a dead East Side gorilla.