Thomas Shelby Quotes

You can change what you do, but you can’t change what you want.

Everyone’s a wh**e, Grace. We just sell different parts of ourselves.

All religion is a foolish answer to a foolish question.

She’s in the past. The past is not my concern. The future is no longer my concern, either.

I don’t pay for suits. My suits are on the house or the house burns down.

Lies travel faster than the truth.

The one minute. The soldier’s minute. In a battle, that’s all you get. One minute of everything at once. And anything before is nothing. Everything after, nothing. Nothing in comparison to that one minute.

I learnt long ago to hate my enemies, but I’ve never loved one before.

You don’t parley when you’re on the back foot.

When you plan something well there’s no need to rush.

I think Arthur. That’s what I do. I think so that you don’t have to.

I know that you all want me to say that I’ll change, that this f*****g business will change, but I’ve learnt something in the last few days. Those bastards. Those bastards are worse than us. Politicians, f*****g judges, lords and ladies. They’re worse than us, and they will never admit us to their palaces, no matter how legitimate we become because of who we are.