If we only elected good men, we’d never have leaders.[to Margaret]
I’ve been lectured to a great deal today by men who speak boldly and do nothing.[to Nelson Van Alden]
I’m what time and circumstance have made me.[Louis Kaestner: You’re a stony little bastard.]
I’m going to make him the richest corpse in New York.[Chalky White: When all is said and done, what you fixing to do about Mr. Rothstein?]
I’m a politician. There are some things you can’t buy in a cathouse.[to Johnny Torrio]
I prefer to make my living honestly.[Bill Fallon: You know, it’s not too late to go to law school, Arnold.]
He thought. f***ing Aristotle.[James ‘Jimmy’ Darmody: I thought we killed them all.]
First rule of politics, kiddo: never let the truth get in the way of a good story.[to Jimmy]
Enoch? You couldn’t possibly be so cruel.[Margaret Schroeder: I don’t know what to say, how to thank you. I’d be honored to name my child after you.]
Do you know what the nice thing is about the Bronx Zoo, Charlie? There’s bars between you and the monkeys.[about the D’Allessios]
Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.[George Sand]
Ambition can be read as impatience sometimes.