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Ambition2 quotes
Jesse, you asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I'm in the empire business. — Walter White · 2012Smoking marijuana, eating Cheetos, and masturbating do not constitute "plans" in my book. — Walter White · 2009Burdens of leadership2 quotes
All due respect, you got no fucking idea what it’s like to be Number One. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fucking thing. It’s too much to deal with almost and, in the end, you’re completely alone with it all. — Tony Soprano · 2004You steer the ship the best way you know. Sometimes it's smooth, sometimes you hit the rocks. — Junior Soprano · 2001Family2 quotes
I don’t care how close you are. In the end, your friends are gonna let you down. Family: they’re the only ones you can depend on. — Tony Soprano · 2006La familia es todo. — Tio Salamanca · 2010Leadership2 quotes
All due respect, you got no fucking idea what it’s like to be Number One. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fucking thing. It’s too much to deal with almost and, in the end, you’re completely alone with it all. — Tony Soprano · 2004You steer the ship the best way you know. Sometimes it's smooth, sometimes you hit the rocks. — Junior Soprano · 2001The mafia2 quotes
It’s good to be in something from the ground floor. I came too late for that and I know. But lately, I’m getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over. — Tony Soprano · 1999Are you in the mafia? — Meadow Soprano · 1999The past2 quotes
Yeah now, well, the thing about the old days... They the old days. — Slim Charles · 2006The past is always with us. Where we come from, what we go through, how we go through it; all this shit matters. — D'Angelo Barksdale · 2006American culture1 quote
All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999American decline1 quote
We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy’s pocket. — Frank Sobotka · 2003Bad luck1 quote
You ever feel like nothin' good was ever gonna happen to you? — Christopher Moltisanti · 1999Conversation1 quote
"Remember when" is the lowest form of conversation. — Tony Soprano · 2007Coping mechanisms1 quote
There’s no chemical solution to a spiritual problem. — Christopher Moltisanti · 2004Criminal justice system1 quote
I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. It’s all in the game, though, right? — Omar Little · 2003Cultural appropriation1 quote
All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999Danger1 quote
You clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks! — Walter White · 2011Death1 quote
Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace. — Mike Ehrmantraut · 2012Decisions and choices1 quote
More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. — Tony Soprano · 2002Decline1 quote
We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy’s pocket. — Frank Sobotka · 2003Deindustrialization1 quote
We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy’s pocket. — Frank Sobotka · 2003Determinism1 quote
Genetic predispositions are only that: predispositions. It’s not a destiny written in stone. People have choices. — Dr. Jennifer Melfi · 1999Doing what you love1 quote
I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And... I was... Really-I was alive. — Walter White · 2013Drugs1 quote
There’s no chemical solution to a spiritual problem. — Christopher Moltisanti · 2004Duty1 quote
Teddy Roosevelt gave an entire once speech with a bullet lodged in his chest. Some things are a matter of duty. — Junior Soprano · 2001Dwelling on the past1 quote
Yeah now, well, the thing about the old days... They the old days. — Slim Charles · 2006Education1 quote
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. — Howard "Bunny" Colvin · 2006Effects of the past1 quote
The past is always with us. Where we come from, what we go through, how we go through it; all this shit matters. — D'Angelo Barksdale · 2006Facing death1 quote
Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace. — Mike Ehrmantraut · 2012Fear1 quote
I have spent my whole life scared, frightened of things that could happen, might happen, might not happen. 50 years I spent like that, finding myself awake at 3 in the morning. But, you know what? Ever since my diagnosis, I sleep just fine. I came to realize it's that fear that's the worst of it. That's the real enemy. — Walter White · 2009Food1 quote
All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999Free will1 quote
Genetic predispositions are only that: predispositions. It’s not a destiny written in stone. People have choices. — Dr. Jennifer Melfi · 1999Free will vs. determinism1 quote
Genetic predispositions are only that: predispositions. It’s not a destiny written in stone. People have choices. — Dr. Jennifer Melfi · 1999