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Bill Tench Quotes
Total quotes: 19
Bill Tench
character
Total quotes: 19
“The question is not only why did the killer do it, but why did the killer do it this way?”
Tagged:
Murder, murder methods
“I can choke down the bile, manufacture empathy—when our subjects are at least informative.”
Tagged:
bile, feigned empathy
“Guys communicate in a certain way. It can be rough, but it's like a code. It gets out the conflict.”
Tagged:
male communication
“Holden Ford: Actually, Debbie's the first girl I've really dated-dated since high school.
Bill Tench: Dated-dated.
Holden Ford: Yeah.
Bill Tench: My wife's the first woman I've married-married.”
Bill Tench: Dated-dated.
Holden Ford: Yeah.
Bill Tench: My wife's the first woman I've married-married.”
Tagged:
dated-dated, married-married
“Bill Tench: This is how we get to him.
[shows Holden a picture of a severed foot as the businessman watches in horror]
Businessman: Please. I can switch with you.
Bill Tench: I'm enjoying the leg room.”
[shows Holden a picture of a severed foot as the businessman watches in horror]
Businessman: Please. I can switch with you.
Bill Tench: I'm enjoying the leg room.”
Tagged:
severed foot
“Iowa Reporter #1: The woman and her little boy.
Bill Tench: We're instructors.
Iowa Reporter #2: Are you from the Methodist church?
Bill Tench: Do we look like we're from the Methodist church?
Iowa Reporter #1: Yes?
Bill Tench: Make a hole. Good to see ya...”
Bill Tench: We're instructors.
Iowa Reporter #2: Are you from the Methodist church?
Bill Tench: Do we look like we're from the Methodist church?
Iowa Reporter #1: Yes?
Bill Tench: Make a hole. Good to see ya...”
Tagged:
instructors, methodists
“Holden Ford: What's the point if we don't apply it to the real world?
Bill Tench: We're trying to save women from getting pulled into vans and cut to pieces, not crucify some schoolmarm who hasn't done anything.
Holden Ford: Yet! Certainly our goal is to be preemptive.
Bill Tench: We're the FBI, Holden. That is not our goal. Yet.”
Bill Tench: We're trying to save women from getting pulled into vans and cut to pieces, not crucify some schoolmarm who hasn't done anything.
Holden Ford: Yet! Certainly our goal is to be preemptive.
Bill Tench: We're the FBI, Holden. That is not our goal. Yet.”
Tagged:
FBI, Murder Investigations
“Holden Ford: You get onto a crowded elevator, and you face the opposite direction, the back of the elevator, and everybody freaks out. They're uncomfortable for reasons they can't even articulate. But if you turn around and face the front, everybody relaxes.
Bill Tench: OK. Well, how do we do that?
Holden Ford: What do we have in common? What unites us? What keeps us all awake at night?”
Bill Tench: OK. Well, how do we do that?
Holden Ford: What do we have in common? What unites us? What keeps us all awake at night?”
Tagged:
crowded elevator, relax
“Holden Ford: [brushing his teeth] Here's a question, if it is Benjamin or some other boyfriend who freaked out on her, does the case merit our involvement? We still can't rule out a sequence killer, but if the perpetrator was a townie, then the crime is random, and there's no expectation that he'll be repeating it.
Bill Tench: Here's my question: Shouldn't our funding cover separate rooms?
Holden Ford: You don't like my company?
Bill Tench: We'll get connecting doors.
Holden Ford: The mutilation of her body alone justifies our involvement.
Bill Tench: Would you mind sitting on your own bed, please?”
Bill Tench: Here's my question: Shouldn't our funding cover separate rooms?
Holden Ford: You don't like my company?
Bill Tench: We'll get connecting doors.
Holden Ford: The mutilation of her body alone justifies our involvement.
Bill Tench: Would you mind sitting on your own bed, please?”
Tagged:
investigation, Murder
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