Mike Ehrmantraut Quotes

You are not the guy. You’re not capable of being the guy. I had a guy, but now I don’t. You are not the guy.[to Jesse]

We all make our choices. And those choices, they put us on a road. Sometimes those choices seem small, but they put you on the road. You think about getting off. But eventually, you’re back on it.

You are a time bomb, tick, tick, ticking. And I have no intention of being around for the boom.[to Walter]

No. Sorry, kid, that’s the one thing you can never do.[Jesse Pinkman: Put things right.]

I’ve known good criminals and bad cops. Bad priests, honorable thieves… You can be on one side of the law or the other. But if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word. You can go home today with your money and never do this again. But you took something that wasn’t yours. And you sold it for a profit. You’re now a criminal. Good one, bad one? That’s up to you.

You’re never too old for balloons.

The order of the day is “eyes open, mouth shut.”[to Jesse]

Only you can decide what’s best for you, Jesse. Not him, not me.

If you’re gonna be a criminal, do your homework.

I don’t know what kind of movies you’ve been watching, but here in the real world, we don’t kill eleven people as some kind of prophylactic measure.[to Lydia]

Everyone sounds like Meryl Streep with a gun to their head.

Shut the f*** up, let me die in peace.[to Walter]