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 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.
We’re all pieces of s*** when we’re in your way. That goes with the territory.[to McNulty]
They gonna tear this building down, they gonna build some new s***. But people? They don’t give a f*** about people.[to Poot]
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]
Sometimes with the bureaucracy, the one hand don’t know what the other is all about.[to Stringer]
Just ’cause you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean someone is not out to get you.
If that idiot works for us, he’d be a deputy commissioner by now.[about a drug dealer incapable of using code on the phone]
Game’s the same, just got more fierce.[to Cutty]
Everybody likes everybody when they’re kissing.
