Ma Jarrett Quotes in White Heat (1949)

Ma Jarrett: I told you, Cody hasn't been in California for months.

Philip Evans: I suppose he shot me all the way from another state.

Ma Jarrett: What makes you think *he* shot you? Lots of people have guns.

Philip Evans: I was as close to him as I am to you.

Ma Jarrett: Anybody else see him?

Philip Evans: Just you. And his wife.

Ma Jarrett: Of course, being an old woman, I wouldn't know much about the law, but I hear you got to have *witnesses* to make anything stand up in court.