Season 1

“So, a woman can’t go out like a man, huh? She takes pills. Swims out to sea or slits her wrists, but she ain’t got the guts to blotto the old face, isn’t that what you said Tony, huh? Here’s one woman who’s going to take it right between the big blues, just to show you how smart you really are.”

— Donald P. Bellisario, Erin Wolfe, Cathie Shirriff, imdb.com

“I told him. I told that lousy writer that that scene was sick. I didn't even enjoy reading it. No. He insisted we keep it in. Damn writers.”

— Donald P. Bellisario, J. J. Stein, Ron Masak, imdb.com

“Magnum: I'm not an intruder, I'm a guest! Higgins: Guests eventually leave.”

— Babs Greyhosky, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“So far this case had cost me my right to the wine cellar, the last cash in my pocket, and nearly my life. If that clerk was lying to me, I was gonna come back down here and shove that Robin Masters paperback in his ear!”

— Babs Greyhosky, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“Alice Cook: Why did you quit, Tom? Magnum: It was nothing earth-shattering. One day I woke up age 33, and realized I'd never been 23.”

— Glen A. Larson, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“Higgins: Don't ruin my whiskey with ice! I'm not a bloody American! Magnum: Higgins, you yo-yo!”

— Glen A. Larson, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“Higgins: You have to get into the safe first, Magnum. Magnum: [wiggles eyebrows] I know.”

— Donald P. Bellisario, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com