Chuck Rhoades quotes from Billions

A good matador doesn't kill a fresh bull. You wait until he's been stuck a few times.

My father always taught me that 'mercy' was a word pussies use when they can't take the pain.

Spyros, you wouldn't know the right thing to do if it kneeled down and sucked your tiny goddamn cock! You pull any shit like that again and I will unleash holy fucking hell on you.

What we do has consequences, intended or unintended. The decisions we make, The actions we bring—have weight.

No one quits while they’re ahead. This isn’t France. It’s America.

You need me, because I am willing to stare into the abyss beyond conventional morality and do what needs to be done.

The douche bag apple doesn't fall far from the douche bag tree.

We will retreat so we can attack when it is to our advantage.

Guarantee is a word that amateurs use in politics.

Maybe generations from now, they’ll tell stories about you, like they do Jesse James or Billy the Kid. The myth is so fucking romantic.

Don't serve rabbit food to an elephant and ask if he's full.

The best way to bond with someone isn't doing a favor, it's asking for one.

You know what it takes to find a truffle? A hog, a dog, whatever keenly scented, carefully trained animal gets the assignment, spends a lifetime traipsing through the dark, sniffing out the slightest aroma. And only then the digging begins. And what do you think they’re digging through?Shit. That’s the thing we don’t say much about, right? The things we most value, the things we pay most dearly to ingest are grown in shit.

We all mask certain emotions, often our most intense ones, like Bjorn Borg did. But like Borg, eventually, it'll end up costing you everything.

Calculation is not something to be scoffed at. It's a tool. A tactic. And I use it proudly and often.