Lambs go to slaughter. A man, he learns when to walk away.
It ain’t right for you to be at the head of our table when you can’t call off your d**. Call it a crisis of leadership.[to Stringer]
If you were gonna do me, I’d already be done. But there ain’t nothing you fear more than a bad headline, is there? You’d rather live in s*** than let the world see you work a shovel.[to Burrell]
I ain’t no suit-wearing businessman like you. You know, I’m just a gangster, I suppose. And I want my corners.[to Stringer]
How you expect to run with the wolves come night, when you spend all day sporting with the puppies?
Getting clean’s the easy part. Now comes life.
Don’t matter who did what to who at this point. Fact is, we went to war, and now there ain’t no going back. I mean, s***, it’s what war is, you know? Once you in it, you in it. If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight.
Business is where you are now. But what got you here is your word and your reputation. With that alone, you’ve still got an open line to New York. Without it, you’re done.[to Avon]
You put a textbook in front of these kids, put a problem on the blackboard, teach them every problem in some statewide test, it won’t matter. None of it. ‘Cause they’re not learning for our world, they’re learning for theirs. They know exactly what it is they’re training for and what it is everyone expects them to be.
You know what they say: “stupid criminals make stupid cops”. I’m proud to be chasing this guy.[about Avon]
You know what the most dangerous thing in America is, right? Nigga with a library card.
You know what I was thinking? That tonight’s a good night. Why? Because my shot cop didn’t die. And it hit me. This is what makes a good night on my watch. Absence of a negative.
