Boardwalk Empire Quotes (Season 3)

Our whole lives center around it. Everything we say or don’t say, all in those bottles.

A deal will always wait. And a fool will always rush in.

Whatever you’re trying to pull, there’s something you’d best keep in mind. You exist in this town because I allow you to.[to Gillian]

You have to understand. No matter what you think of me, there’s no walking away. It doesn’t work like that. I do it to them or they do it to me. That’s all there is.[Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson]And the men in your office?[Margaret Schroeder]Either they’re with me and we go to war, or they’ll smile, shake my hand, and walk away. I’ll be alone, and that’s as good as dead.[Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson]

What I’ve learned, the truth is surprisingly easy to obfuscate.

What do you do for fun, Esther?[Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson]I run naked through the pages of the United States Criminal Code.[Esther Randolph]

There’s only so much you can teach a person until you reach the limits of his capabilities.

Ordinary men avoid trouble. Extraordinary men turn it to their advantage.

Nothing’s personal? What the f*** is life if it’s not personal?

Lose your own flesh and blood, what do you have?

Just because you don’t believe in something, doesn’t mean it isn’t true.[to Paul Sagorsky]

It is remarkable how large small irritations can loom in the minds of great men.