A character in The Verdict (1982)

Ed Concannon quotes from The Verdict (1982)

James Mason

2nd most-quoted character in The Verdict (1982): in 2 of its 12 quotes

Ed Concannon's lines

1 quote
Ed Concannon
[to Laura]

I know how you feel. You don't believe me, but I do know. I'm going to tell you something that I learned when I was your age. I'd prepared a case and old man White said to me, "How did you do?" And, uh, I said, "Did my best." And he said, "You're not paid to do your best. You're paid to win." And that's what pays for this office... pays for the pro bono work that we do for the poor... pays for the type of law that you want to practice... pays for my whiskey... pays for your clothes... pays for the leisure we have to sit back and discuss philosophy as we're doing tonight. We're paid to win the case. You finished your marriage. You wanted to come back and practice the law. You wanted to come back to the world. Welcome back.

Scenes with Ed Concannon

1 scene
Ed Concannon

Why wasn't she getting oxygen?

Dr. Towler

Well, many reasons, really...

Ed Concannon

Tell me one.

Dr. Towler

She'd aspirated vomitus into her mask.

Ed Concannon

She threw up in her mask. Now cut the bullshit, please. Just say it: She threw up in her mask.

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