The Wire - Characters Saying the Opening Quotes

All the Epigraphs or opening quotes from all 5 season.
Cut right out of the episode with limited context.

"...when it's not your turn."
"You cannot lose if you do not play."
"The king stay the king."
"It's a thin line 'tween heaven and here"
"...a little slow, a little late."
"...and all the pieces matter."
"A man must have a code."
"Come at the king, you best not miss."
"Maybe we won."
"And then he dropped the bracelets..."
"Dope on the damn table."
"This is me, yo, right here."
"All in the game..."
"Ain't never gonna be what it was."
"They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out."
"What they need is a union."
"If I hear music, I'm gonna dance."
"They used to make steel there, no?"
"It don't matter that some fool say he different..."
"Don't worry kid. You're still on the clock."
"How come they don't fly away?"
"The world is a smaller place now."
"It pays to go with the union card every time."
"I need to get clean."
"Business. Always business."
"Don't matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin' the same."
"There's never been a paper bag."
"The Gods will not save you."
"Why you gotta go and fuck with the program?"
"I had such fucking hopes for us."
"Just a gangster, I suppose."
"Conscience do cost."
"Crawl, walk, and then run."
"...while you're waiting for moments that never come."
"Call it a crisis of leadership."
"We ain't gotta dream no more, man."
"We fight on that lie."
"Lambs to the slaughter here."
"I still wake up white in a city that ain't."
"I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an' shit."
"No one wins. One side just loses more slowly."
"If you with us, you with us."
"Don't try this shit at home."
"Aw yeah. That golden rule."
"We got our thing, but it's just part of the big thing."
"Might as well dump 'em, get another."
"World goin' one way, people another."
"You play in dirt, you get dirty."
"That all there is to it?"
"If animal trapped call 410-844-6286"
"The bigger the lie, the more they believe."
"This ain't Aruba, bitch."
"They're dead where it doesn't count.
"Buyer's market out there.
"Just 'cause they're in the street doesn't mean that they lack opinions."
"If you have a problem with this, I understand completely."
"They don't teach it in law school."
"A lie ain't a side of the story, it's just a lie."
"Deserve got nuthin' to do with it."
"...the life of kings"




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[dancarlson82]

Awesome work, really. The Daniels quote from season 1's "The Hunt," though, is inaccurate. The epigraph is actually "Dope on the damn table," which Daniels mutters under his breath after leaving the meeting.

I can't believe I know that. (Actually, I can.)

[DontPanic23]

@dancarlson82

Damn I think i worked off an inaccurate source cuz i remember looking at both quotes and choosing the one without "damn"

I also missed "and" in "And all the pieces matter"

[VELOC1RAPT0R]

I thought there was an overall story in the quotes but not really eh?

[DontPanic23]

@VELOC1RAPT0R

Ummm like the story isn't in the quotes but the quotes definitely reflect the theme of the episode and the season.

[DontPanic23]

@VELOC1RAPT0R

LIke if you watch the entire series these make much more sense and its kinda funny I think where the quotes are taken from, like tone and conversation wise

[thecalistallion]

"The game is rigged. But you-can-not-lose-if-you-do-not­-play." -Marla Daniels

[darkknight07100]

"Business... always business."  I LOVE that smile The Greek's got there. He knows he's home free.

[elemental12345678900]

My top 5:

"Thin line `tween Heaven and Here"

"A man must have a code"

"You come at the king, you best not miss"

"All in the game"

"Noone wins, one side just loses more slowly"

[jonnycusackchannel]

"I had such fuckin' hopes for us" -McNulty

[sosadagr8]

My fave is 'thats all there is to it?" the ep where Bubbles accidentally kills that kid

[uzku]

thanks for making this

[MicBeefymanStick]

Sooooooo coooool lmfao

[cruzin14]

yo.....where wallace!?!?!

[officerbarbrady]

"sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiitt" -- clay davis