We ain’t gotta dream no more, man.[to Avon]
This here game is more than the rep you carry, the corner you hold. You gotta be fierce, I know that. But more than that, you gotta show some flex. Give and take on both sides.[to Bodie]
Thin line between heaven and here.
There’s never been a paper bag for drugs. Until now.
There’s always gonna be a Marlo, man. No Marlo, no game.[to Stringer]
There you go, giving a f*** when it ain’t your turn to give a f***.[to McNulty]
The things that make me right for this job, maybe they’re the same things that make me wrong for everything else.
The thing is, no matter what we call heroin, it’s gonna get sold. The s*** is strong, we’re gonna sell it. The s*** is weak, we’re gonna sell twice as much. You know why? ‘Cause a fiend, he’s gonna chase that s*** no matter what.[to D’Angelo]
The thing about the old days, they the old days.[to Bodie]
The past is always with us. And where we come from, what we go through, how we go through it, all that s*** matters.
The crown ain’t worth much if the n***er wearing it always getting his s*** took.
The bigger the lie, the more they believe.
