This is the job. Don’t wait for it to happen, don’t even want it to happen. Just watch what does happen.[to Eliot]
If you’re afraid of getting a rotten apple, don’t go to the barrel. Get it off the tree.
You want to get Capone? Here’s how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! That’s the Chicago way, and that’s how you get Capone.[to Eliot]
You just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement. Make sure when your shift is over you go home alive. Here endeth the lesson.[to Eliot]
That’s the second rule of police work. If you want to keep a secret, don’t tell the boss.[Eliot Ness: How do you come by this information?]
Everybody knows where the booze is. The problem isn’t finding it, the problem is who wants to cross Capone.[to Eliot]
