The Wire Quotes

The king stay the king.

All in the game, yo.

You come at the king, you best not miss.

A wise man once said, ‘The past is always with us.’

It’s Baltimore, gentlemen. The gods will not save you.

Money ain’t got no owners, only spenders.

This game is rigged, man. We like them little bitches on a chessboard.

You only got to fuck up once. Be a little slow, be a little late and you’re finished.

World going one way, people another.

Deserve got nuthin’ to do with it.

Shit is deeper than you think.

There’s never been a paper bag.

It’s all in the game, right?

It’s a thin line ‘tween heaven and here.

You wanna know what eats at people? It’s the shit in your own house.

They don’t teach it in law school. They grade on a curve.

I want my corners!

Life is a target-rich environment.

Every man gotta have a code.

Ain’t nobody got no fucking subpoena.

You know what they call a black man with a Ph.D.? A n*****.

I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase.

If you have a problem with this, I understand completely.

Ayo, lesson here, Bey. You come at the king, you best not miss.

I don’t need no hired guns, yo. I’m the King Kong motherfucker of the short haul.

If you ain’t up on it, get out of the way.

It ain’t about right. It’s about money.

The Wire Quotes part 2

Don’t matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doing the same.

Come at the king, you best not miss.

I never lose. I either win or learn.

The thing is, you only got to fuck up once.

A man ain’t got to tell the world he ain’t no fool.

Man, money ain’t got no owners, only spenders.

It pays to go with the union card every time.

The job will not save you.

You wanna play, you gotta pay.

Yo. Life, man. You know?

I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase.

I do the job. I get paid.

There’s always an endgame.

The street is gonna be what the street is gonna be.

Get on with the game, brother.

Sometimes a lie is the best thing.

In this country, you gotta make the money first.

Back in the day, you knew who the players were.

You’re a warrior. You gotta get in the game.

We ain’t gotta dream no more, man.

The bigger the lie, the more they believe.

You call something a war, pretty soon everybody gonna be running around acting like warriors.

No one wins. One side just loses more slowly.