You start to tell the story, you think you’re the hero, and then when you get done talking…
You play in dirt, you get dirty.
You know, Avon, you gotta think about what we got in this game for, man. Huh? Was it the rep? Was it so our names could ring out on some f***ing ghetto streetcorners, man? Naw, man. There’s games beyond the f***ing game.
You know what they say: “stupid criminals make stupid cops”. I’m proud to be chasing this guy.[about Avon]
You know what they call it when judge, jury and perp all go to the same family barbecue? Catch and release.
You know what the trouble is, Brucey? We used to make s*** in this country, build s***. Now we just put our hand in the next guy’s pocket.
You know what the most dangerous thing in America is, right? Nigga with a library card.
You know what he is? He is a vandal. He is vandalizing the board. He is vandalizing this unit. He is a Hun, a Visigoth, a barbarian at the gate, clamoring for noble Roman blood and what’s left of our clearance rate.[about Freamon, who is discovering bodies in the vacant houses]
You hang around and you can see me preach on some young’uns. Solemn left and sanctified right.[to the Deacon]
You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don’t know where the f*** it’s gonna take you.
You come at the king, you best not miss.
Work it like a real case, it’ll feel like a real case, and more importantly, it’ll read like a real case.[to McNulty]
