You can go a long way in this country killing black folk. Young males especially. Misdemeanor homicides.
Yo, we always in the market for a good soldier. When we see one we like, we take care of his situation. Take him in, school him, make him family. And if you with us, you with us. Just like we be with you, all the way.[to Michael]
World just keeps turning, right? You guys move on to something new, no one looks back.[to Freamon]
Who in this f***ing unit is gonna catch me? Most of the guys up here couldn’t catch the clap in a Mexican whorehouse.[to Bunk]
Whatever it was, they don’t teach it in law school.[to Bond, after Senator Davis was acquitted despite strong charges]
What’s the most useless thing on a woman? A drunken Irishman.[to McNulty]
What kind of detective would I be if I couldn’t track a white woman in Baltimore, right?
Trick them into thinking they aren’t learning, and they do.
Tomorrow night, I will kick his ass. But the next morning, I still wake up white in a city that ain’t.[about Royce]
Tomorrow ain’t promised to no one.
This ain’t about your motherf***ing business class either. It ain’t that part of it. It’s that other thing. The street is the street. Always.[to Stringer]
They say a police is only as good as his informants. Meaning, we ain’t about much.[to Beadie]
