We’re all pieces of s*** when we’re in your way. That goes with the territory.[to McNulty]
Lester Freamon is not in the habit of selling wolf tickets. I, for one, would not bet against him.[to Rawls]
Bend too far, you’re already broken.[Marla Daniels: The tree that doesn’t bend, breaks, Cedric.]
So, one thieving politician trumps 22 dead bodies. Good to know.
See, this is the thing that everyone knows and no one says. You follow the drugs, you get a drug case. You start following the money, you don’t know where you’re going.
If you were gonna do me, I’d already be done. But there ain’t nothing you fear more than a bad headline, is there? You’d rather live in s*** than let the world see you work a shovel.[to Burrell]
Comes a day you’re gonna have to decide whether it’s about you or about the work.[to Carver]