All of man’s troubles come from his inability to sit quietly in a room by himself.
You worry about what other people might say. You worry about someone you call a friend. None of that matters. The only thing you can count on is blood.[to Willie]
You don’t really know a man until you play cards with him.
Why would you go on living in a country you don’t wish to belong to?[J. Edgar Hoover]The exile does not choose his Babylon.[Valentin Narcisse]
When men make themselves into brutes, it is just to treat them as brutes.
When I’m conducting business, I mind it. It and only it. Not some piece of ass with a sugary voice, not my pride, my business.[to Chalky]
What’s it matter what I say?[Elias ‘Eli’ Thompson]You have a lot to lose.[Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson]Me? I don’t have anything. Sooner or later you wind up taking it all. Can’t help it.[Elias ‘Eli’ Thompson]
Tucker’s very excited to meet you.[Bill McCoy]Most people are until they do.[Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson]
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Truth is what those in power wish it to be.
The way I see it, one man got as much right to eat as another.
The rage you feel… Listen to me carefully… It’s a gift. Use it. But don’t let anyone see it.[to Willie]
The flesh withers as the spirit flourishes.
