Mike McLusky Quotes

When I say I do a thing… that thing gets f***ing done.[to Hakim]

We weren’t blessed with easy. You know that. We just do our best to stand tall. And come in tomorrow, even with the tiniest bit of hope, it’ll be better than today.[to Kyle]

We don’t break the law. You know that. We bend it. To make peace. For everybody.[to Miriam]

You can’t kill me because you f***ing need me. I’m the guy you work with. I’m the person that makes your life possible in this town.[to Konstantin]

When you go across the lines, there’s monsters waiting. Monsters bigger than you, wanting to take all you got. You settle for Kingstown.[to Bunny]

When Milo wants to send me a message, I’m gonna send him a message right back. You’re gonna get real f***ing tired of being the messenger.[to Joseph]

We’re all on the clock, Bunny. Since the day we’re f***ing born. Okay? This is all just borrowed time.[Deverin ‘Bunny’ Washington: You on the clock now, Mike. Every second. Every minute.]

We never f***ing break a deal. Do you understand? Never with anybody, ever.[to Bunny]

Wars inside means war on the outside. The only difference is no innocent victims during the inside war. Outside, innocent victims is how you fight the war.

This s*** ain’t free, remember. You wanna be in business with 2,000 criminals? Who will hold this over your head like a motherf***ing hammer? Every arrest you make, pedophile, murderer or gangster, this is what they’ll sing. This is what they’ll sing, to anyone who’ll listen.

This is a company town and the business is incarceration. Seven prisons in a 10-mile radius. 20,000 lost souls with no hope, no future. And I’m their link to a world that doesn’t want them. I’m the life raft. I’m the mayor of Kingstown.

They let you sell drugs. They let you. They let you cook meth in the cells. They let you trick punks, okay? Because it’s easier not to fight you, because they don’t care. They don’t give a f***ing rat’s ass. It’s just their job! You give them a reason to care, give them a f***ing reason to care, you’re gonna be begging for the f***ing death penalty.[to Duke]