Perry: "I contacted Rod Serling. He really is a friend of mine."

Patrolman: "We're looking for a young lady. Attractive, blonde hair, five feet six, about 24."
Paul: "With a description like that, I wouldn't mind meeting her myself."

Hamilton Burger: Incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial!

Paul: (to Perry) "Just you wait, buddy. Your time will come."

Judge: If Mr. Mason's crawling out on a limb, let's give him a chance to saw it off.

Della Street: "What do you know about art?'
Paul Drake: "Me? I don't even know what I'd like."

Hamilton Burger:
Well, Perry... is business really as bad as that? I mean, chickens and rats and dogs and cats? Or did I detect an undercurrent here of something else?

Perry Mason:
There are always undercurrents where large sums of money are involved, Hamilton. In this case, let's just hope that nobody gets drowned.

Perry: "The way to break glass, Ruben, is to wrap your hands first."

Deborah Dearborn: "You mean they think they already know who did it."
Paul: "Yes. (turns to Deborah) You."

Deborah: "What else is important to a woman?"

Perry Mason:
Why didn't you like Royce, Mr. West?

Jim West:
The theater is something very special to me, Mr. Mason. It's been my family, my home; everything I've ever wanted. When I'm inside a theater, I'm in a church. When I see a great play, I hear angels singing. When I see great performances, I'm walking the streets of Heaven. Those streets are very clean and beautiful, Mr. Mason. They should be kept that way.

Perry Mason:
I repeat - why didn't you like Ernest Royce?

Jim West:
He was a litterbug.

Perry: "Honest men don't deceive each other."

Jerry Ormond: (to Perry)"You're makin' that all up."

Perry Mason:
Two pawn tickets- one she hides in the label of a mink coat, the other ticket stays in her purse where anybody might find it. It's inconsistent.

Paul Drake:
She's a woman.

Perry Mason:
Nah, that's no excuse.

Perry: "I'd rather depend on evidence. It's safer and much more sure."

Hamilton: "These questions are incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial."

Perry: "I'm not the police, I'm your lawyer. I want the truth."

Della Street: (a simple question) What do you know about art?

Paul Drake: (astonished) Me? I don't even know what I like!

Perry: "Nice. Very nice."
Paul: "That is a masterpiece of understatement."

Lt. Steve Drumm: "I'm just a cop, not a clairvoyant."

Perry Mason:
Now it seems to me the place to start is at the beginning.

Perry: "As far as I'm concerned, Faulkner, you're all paid up."

Perry: "Good art is like music. It should be enjoyed, not dissected."

Perry: "Not bad."
Paul: "Might be understatement of the year."

Perry Mason:
Find it Paul, use a fine tooth comb

Paul Drake:
Mind if I use a vacuum

Perry: "... we have the gas chamber in California."

Della: "What was that all about?"
Drumm: "The district attorney wanted me to tell you that..."

(Last line of the series):
Perry: "Now it seems to me the place to start is at the beginning."

Hamilton Burger:
Incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial!

Cal Leonard:
No, no go back to your fancy party, your fancy squares, I don't need you, get outta here. Go on get out.

Constant Doyle:
It's alright Sergeant. I think I just lost a client, that's all. Goodnight Toughie.

Mr. Reynolds: "There is no such thing as confidence when murder's involved."

Lt. Tragg:
[at the murder scene] What brings you here?

Perry Mason:
I wanted to have a little talk with Marshall Scott.

[pause]

Perry Mason:
Murder?

Lt. Tragg:
That's right. What was the little talk about?

Perry Mason:
That's confidential, Lieutenant. That bookend the murder weapon?

Lt. Tragg:
That's confidential, Counselor.

Marcus: "...I'll tell you how I killed her!"

Perry: "I like everybody to be happy."

Perry Mason:
Now, dad-blame it, let's have the WHOLE truth!

Paul: "...I'm Mason's private detective."

Perry Mason: A toast to the things for which there are no substitutes: good friends... happy days... and... victory.

Perry: "It was part of the long shot."

Lt. Tragg:
As a lawyer, you're also an officer of the court - you have a responsibility, Mason, and if you duck it or obstruct the police you're going to have to face the consequences.

Perry: "Treasure or not, let's find out what's down there."

Perry Mason:
Dr. Kenyon, you are an expert on fine arts?

Dr. Vincent Kenyon:
It has been said so.

Perry Mason:
When you purchased the painting called "The Three Witches" for the Hessler collection, it was in the belief that Jack Culross was dead?

Dr. Vincent Kenyon:
Yes.

Perry Mason:
As you previously stated, you were the unwitting victim of a fraud.

Dr. Vincent Kenyon:
Well, obviously.

Perry Mason:
As you were when you bought a forged Matisse from Culross?

Hamilton Burger:
Your Honor, we protest.

Judge:
The witness will answer the question.

Dr. Vincent Kenyon:
Well, I...

Perry Mason:
Dr. Kenyon, did you not buy from Jack Culross an alleged Matisse called "Blue Waters"?

Dr. Vincent Kenyon:
Yes, I did.

Perry Mason:
Are you aware that the genuine "Blue Waters" is in a private collection in London?

Dr. Vincent Kenyon:
But I found that out later.

Hamilton Burger:
Your Honor, we protest this irrelevant attempt to degrade a witness for the state.

Judge:
Since this is related to probity of the expert witness, I find it most relevant and illuminating. Continue, Mr. Mason.

Perry Mason:
Was Culross blackmailing you in order to promote his career, Dr. Kenyon?

Dr. Vincent Kenyon:
I won't answer! I won't!

Agnes Theilman:
After they got married, she really let herself go and became an absolute barrel.

Paul: (to Della)"Hi, beautiful."
Della: "Hi, Paul."

Della: (to Paul)"You're not the only detective around here."

Perry: "And in any action for slander, truth is the best defense."

Milo Girard:
You're a hack, Hubble. You have all the creativity of a housepainter.

Aaron Hubble:
They said that about Van Gogh.

Milo Girard:
Then why don't you compare yourself to Da Vinci while you're at it?

Paul: "I'm afraid you've been barking up a tree that doesn't exist."

Judson Warner:
Why do you make us all goose-pimply happy and drop dead.

Paul: (to Della): "Good bye, beautiful."

Angela Kirby: (to Perry)"Would you care for something? Our hamburgers are quite good, they're only 35 cents, and that includes French fries."
Perry: "No, thank you. I'm, uh, on a diet."

Lt. Tragg: "Well, I guess it proves minds run in the same channel."

Perry: (to Gladys)"What kind of happiness can you build on someone else's misfortune?"

Man: "Perhaps what we all need is a drink."
Lona: "Yes! Hemlock on the rocks for me."

Perry Mason:
Why didn't you like Royce, Mr. West?

Jim West:
The theater is something very special to me, Mr. Mason. It's been my family, my home; everything I've ever wanted. When I'm inside a theater, I'm in a church. When I see a great play, I hear angels singing. When I see great performances, I'm walking the streets of Heaven. Those streets are very clean and beautiful, Mr. Mason. They should be kept that way.

Perry Mason:
I repeat - why didn't you like Ernest Royce?

Jim West:
He was a litterbug.

Perry Mason:
Tragg, how long have we known each other?

Lt. Tragg:
Long enough.

Perry Mason:
And during that time you've called me everything under the sun.

Lt. Tragg:
It still goes. For my dough, you're - you're unscrupulous... conniving, ah... unprincipled...

Perry Mason:
What about stupid?

Lt. Tragg:
No, stupid you're not.

Mrs. Alder: "What good is money? Can it bring back my youth?"

Woman:
Oh Dr. Kenyon, you were so right! Everything you said in your column was the truth. Culross is so, so chic. I've already bought his "Moonscape" and "Tenement Shadows." Can you suggest a third? You see, the wall will hold three if the frames are small.

Dr. Vincent Kenyon:
Well, I think his "Perspective in Black" might be just the thing. Over there, before anyone else gets it.

Perry & Della:

Dr. Vincent Kenyon:
Well, Austin, this must be a proud and profitable moment.

Austin Durrant:
That it is, Vincent.

Della: "Very blonde and very pretty."

Judge: "Jury dismissed. Deputy, take this man into custody. Court adjourned."

Perry:

Bonnie Mae Wilmet: "I certainly don't see what's so hard about that."

Alan Durfee:
Mitternacht? You're in even worse shape than I am, old buddy, and it's only eleven o'clock, in the morning!

Paul:

Lt. Tragg:
Oy gevalt!

Burger:

Perry: "Objection. The prosecution is leading the witness!"

Perry: "I have placed an objection before this court; I have a right to a ruling without you continuing to make a point!"
Judge: "Mister Mason. Up here we're not used to having one counsel shout at the other."

Judge: "Harry, when a man's right, he's right."

Perry: "I wanted to verify a nightmare."

Perry Mason:
Della, Della, think like a woman for a minute.

Della Street:
I'll try.

Perry: "Never underestimate the efficiency of the law."

Leif Early: "He was an egomaniac. He stepped on people for the sheer enjoyment of it."

Perry: "Nothing like being acquitted to get your picture in the paper."

Paul: "Voodoo. Sticking pins in dolls. Snake worship."

Hamilton: "No comment."

Hamilton: "Needs sugar."

Hamilton: (to Perry)"You're under arrest."

Perry: "The district attorney's generosity is matched only by his writ."

(First line of the series.)
Drake's switchboard operator: "Paul Drake Detective Agency."

Perry: "Oh, I quite agree."

Perry: "I'm an attorney, not a psychiatrist."

Paul: "Well, San Francisco police are different. They admit when they get lucky."

Paul: "Blackmail, like cancer, needs radical treatment."

Really, Mr. Mason, if your purpose is to confuse me, you've succeeded.

Perry Mason: The witness claims he saw you roll a body off the Santa Monica pier last night.
James Kincaid Alias Duane Jefferson: The man ought to be examined. He's as mad as a hatter.

Perry: "I'm a lawyer, not a detective."

Mrs. Leeds: "Because he's a cheap, dirty crook with sticky fingers. Whoever murdered him did a civic service."

Mrs. Leeds: "I have a voice like a foghorn, and when I'm mad, I don't whisper."

Lt. Tragg: "Quite a character."

[last lines]
Deborah Dearborn: But only to protect me. That's all he was trying to do. That's all that's really important.
Perry Mason: No, the courts will still have to...
Della Street: Oh, Perry. She means important to her. Johnny finally got up and did something.
Deborah Dearborn: What else is important to a woman?

Perry: "A toast to the things, for which there are no substitutes."

Hamilton Burger: Your honor, this is just another wild-eyed, dramatic grandstand play for which counsel is so noted.

“I don’t think much of people who prey on other people’s weaknesses – who peddle gossip, who blow up snapshots into dirty postcards.” – Perry Mason

Hamilton Burger: Mr. Jefferson, am I correct in assuming that you're presenting yourself here as an example of the last stronghold of chivalry, sort of a modern Sir Galahad?
James Kincaid Alias Duane Jefferson: I am simply withholding information I have no right to reveal.
Hamilton Burger: Well then, will you state for us flatly here and now that Mrs. Patricia Taylor was not your companion of the evening on the night of the murder?
James Kincaid Alias Duane Jefferson: I can only tell you that I'll not name the lady.
Hamilton Burger: And while you pretend to protect the lady who shall be nameless, you're willing to vilify and besmirch Mrs. Patricia Taylor. I think we can use less gentlemen like you sir. No more questions.

“Almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances.” – Perry Mason

Della Street: [Proofreading letters prepared by a typist, addressing Mason] You let a dangling participle get by.
Perry Mason: Ha. You undangle it.