- Russell 'Stringer' Bell: Yo, Rock.
- Sean 'Shamrock' McGinty: Huh?
- Russell 'Stringer' Bell: Be subtle with it, man.
- [pauses]
- Russell 'Stringer' Bell: You know what subtle means?
- Sean 'Shamrock' McGinty: Laid back and shit.
- Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls: If they work for me, they need my OK. Good news is I got no problem with anyone on your list. Except McNulty. No McNulty. Nothing that even resembles the son-of-a-bitch.
- Lt. Cedric Daniels: That bad, huh?
- Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls: He quits or he drowns. That's the only two things getting him off the fucking boat so help me God.
- Nick Sobotka: Every morning I ask myself, is today the day I drive down to Fort Armistead and stare out at the harbor? No, I figure eventually, if I mind my own business, uncle Frank will call and wake my ass up at 7 in the goddamn morning and get my ass down there for some mysterious fucking reason. So hey.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: You ain't gonna play that country shit, right? I hate that country shit.
- Frank Sobotka: [denying any knowledge of the dead girls] I have a wife! I have daughters! I don't like what you're thinking!