- Frank Cannon: I'm telling you to use the great discretionary powers of a judge to let whatever happens to Bill Coates be decided by the wisdom of a jury, not just one man, however brilliant he may be.
- Judge Eleanor Cable: Are you by any chance an attorney, too?
- Frank Cannon: Oh, no, no, no. Just an ex-cop. See, Bellamy knows the law, but I know crime.
- Frank Cannon: I'm a sailboat man myself, but even so, I know what's going on with him up there. To get out in God's great open space, the sea and the sky and the feel of spray on your face. It's better than all the tranquilizers in the world.