James 'Jimmy' McNulty Quotes

You lying motherf***er, you’re as full of s*** as I am. And you’ve got to live with it and play it out for as long as it goes, right? Trapped in the same lie. Only difference is, I know why I did it. But f*** if I can figure out where it gets you in the end. But, hey, I ain’t part of your tribe.

Marlo is an a**hole. He does not get to win. We get to win![to Bunk]

You start to tell the story, you think you’re the hero, and then when you get done talking…

You play in dirt, you get dirty.

You know what they call it when judge, jury and perp all go to the same family barbecue? Catch and release.

You know what they say: “stupid criminals make stupid cops”. I’m proud to be chasing this guy.[about Avon]

There are no f***ing rules. F***ing game is rigged.

The things that make me right for this job, maybe they’re the same things that make me wrong for everything else.

In this case, we’re never where we need to be.[to Daniels]

If only half you motherf***ers at the state’s attorney’s office didn’t want to be judges, didn’t want to be partners in some downtown law firm… If half of you had the f***ing balls to follow through, you know what would happen? A guy like that would be indicted, tried and convicted. And the rest of them would back up enough, so we could push a clean case or two through your courthouse. But no, everybody stays friends. Everybody gets paid. And everybody’s got a f***ing future.[to Rhonda]

You lock up every liar, there’s no room in BDC for anyone else, right? More trouble than it’s worth.

You don’t look at what you did before, you do the same s*** all over.