Officer Bradford: This is one rule I’m all for. Cemeteries are filled with women who’d still be alive if cops had been forced to hook up their spouses the second he or she laid hands.
Officer Chen: That is a very enlightened attitude.
Officer Bradford: You seem surprised.
Officer Chen: Sir, you surprise me every day.

You’re in for a hard fall if you can’t see the difference between righteous and rigid and if that wasn’t the first thing your father taught you, he failed you.

Officer Lopez

I seem to remember writing a report about you. Second day on the job and the truth about your cowardice in the line of fire. Ringing a bell?

Officer Lopez

Officer Nolan: I thought officers were supposed to avoid making assumptions.
Officer Bishop: There’s a big difference between making an assumption and a likely scenario.
Officer Nolan: Which is? Oh, let me guess, if it comes from you it’s a likely scenario.
Officer Bishop: There’s hope for you yet, Officer Nolan.

Officer Chen: You haven’t received a single freebie since I’ve been with you so why didn’t you defend that to Grey.
Officer Bradford: Because hard rules like that are stupid. What we do doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Circumstance dictates action, not the other way around.

The Rookie Season 1 Episode 12 Quotes

Officer Nolan: I thought officers were supposed to avoid making assumptions.
Officer Bishop: There’s a big difference between making an assumption and a likely scenario.
Officer Nolan: Which is? Oh, let me guess, if it comes from you it’s a likely scenario.
Officer Bishop: There’s hope for you yet, Officer Nolan.

Officer Chen: You haven’t received a single freebie since I’ve been with you so why didn’t you defend that to Grey.
Officer Bradford: Because hard rules like that are stupid. What we do doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Circumstance dictates action, not the other way around.