A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come.
You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don’t know where the f*** it’s gonna take you.
Work it like a real case, it’ll feel like a real case, and more importantly, it’ll read like a real case.[to McNulty]
We’re building something here, detective. We’re building it from scratch. All the pieces matter.[to Pryzbylewski]
Just ’cause you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean someone is not out to get you.
You’d be surprised what you can get done when no one’s looking over your shoulder.[to Rhonda]
Then, tragically, you will have wasted yet another day in a life you’ve already misspent in the service of the City of Baltimore.[Roland ‘Prez’ Pryzbylewski: What if they’re not sneaking anything off this time? What then?]
Negro, you can not travel half way around the world and not speak any motherf***ing English.[to “Non-English” speaking crewman]
Interrogation is more art than science. You’ve got to feel your way through on instinct, mostly.
I don’t wanna go to no dance unless I can rub some t*t.
Detective, when they ask you where you wanna go, and they are gonna ask you where you wanna go, do yourself a favor. Keep your mouth shut.[to McNulty]
