Jimmy Darmody quotes from Boardwalk Empire

Jimmy Darmody

[to Nucky] Look, you can't be half a gangster, Nucky. Not anymore.

Jimmy Darmody

Not every insult requires a response.

Jimmy Darmody

It doesn't make a difference if you're right or wrong; you just have to make a decision.

Jimmy Darmody

I know you're not happy, Angela. I know there are things that you think about me that you're afraid to say. I'm gonna make it up to you. I'm gonna get everything settled once and for all. You'll see. I can be the person you want me to be.

Jimmy Darmody

Nucky, all I want is an opportunity.

Nucky Thompson

This is America, ain't it? Who the fuck's stopping you?

Jimmy Darmody

Where am I supposed to go?

Eli Thompson

I hear California's nice. Maybe Chaplin needs a foil.

Al Capone

That stuff you said in front of the boys, bout me in the war; makes me look bad. That ain't how you treat a buddy.

Jimmy Darmody

Is that what we are?

Al Capone

What did you think we were?

Jimmy Darmody

Accomplices.

Al Capone

It's the same thing right?

Richard Harrow

Hrrm. You want this? [brings out a book] My sister sends them to me, cause I used to enjoy 'em.

Jimmy Darmody

You don't anymore?

Richard Harrow

Hrrm. It occurred to me the basis of fiction is that people have some sort of connection with each other. Hrrm. But they don't.

The whore, Pearl... I was just doing Sheridan's bidding.

Jimmy Darmody

Relax, I'm not gonna kill you. Did you serve, Liam? In the war.

I had pneumatic fever.

Jimmy Darmody

3 years. France, mostly. It's almost impossible to describe the horror. It's a living... waking... nightmare. There was a soldier, a German; him and his men tried to attack our position in the Argonne forest. It was nighttime. While he was trying to climb through some barbwire, I shot him twice; once in the stomach, once in the neck. He slumped over the barbwire, and no matter what he did to try and wriggle free, it just got worse for him. I left him there, like that, for days, listening to him moaning, crying, "mutti, mutti, mutti". That's German for "mama"; "mama", that's what he kept saying. The curious thing is that despite the fact that his situation was utterly hopeless, he didn't wanna die. I offered to kill him several times, but he just kept fighting. Like some miracle would befall him, get him out of his predicament. We hold on so desperately to life. Some people feel, certainly in that soldier's situation, that being alive is much, much worse. [pause] I'm gonna go now. I don't wanna ever see you again.

[frightened] You won't.

Richard Harrow

Chalky, Mr. White, heard back from his men in Philadelphia.

Jimmy Darmody

Any sign of them?

Richard Harrow

Mrs. D'Allesio, the mother is there, the sisters and another brother.

Jimmy Darmody

Which one?

Richard Harrow

Adrian.

Jimmy Darmody

Never heard of him.

Richard Harrow

He's a dentist. I could go there.

Jimmy Darmody

Where?

Richard Harrow

To Philadelphia.

Jimmy Darmody

There's no point. They're laying low someplace else.

Richard Harrow

I would kill the mother and the sisters. And the dentist. That would make them stick their heads up.

Nucky Thompson

Mr. Rothstein made his bed.

Jimmy Darmody

Now you fellas can die in it.

[to Matteo D'Alessio] Huh, tough talk when he ain't in the room, right?

Jimmy Darmody

What did you say?

Oh I'm sorry, I thought you heard me. What I said was that you, Mr. Thompson and this coon here can all go fuck each other. Right. [Jimmy draws his gun] Oh! Oh! Fuckin' tough guy, you're gonna shoot me for mouthing off?

Jimmy Darmody

I wasn't going to, but you kinda talked me into it.

Mickey Doyle

Should I be concerned that there's blood on some of these crates?

Jimmy Darmody

Not unless it's yours.

Jimmy Darmody

[Joining Nucky on the porch outside a Klansman's funeral] An awful waste of a lot of good tablecloths.

Nucky Thompson

The laundry bills alone..

Jimmy Darmody

I won't pretend you're inclined to be warm to me. I wouldn't insult you like that, cuz before anything else, I have great respect for you, your wisdom, your achievements.

Arnold Rothstein

You're better spoken than I expected.

Jimmy Darmody

We never really talked before.

Arnold Rothstein

You and Charlie are acquainted?

Jimmy Darmody

We have someone in common [Lucky slept with James' mother and tried to murder him].

Arnold Rothstein

You hear, Charlie? Discretion. Charlie volunteered to absent himself from this meeting. He felt his presence might be disruptive, but I counseled what?

Lucky Luciano

Never let the past get in the way of the future.

Jimmy Darmody

We are all learning, Mr. Rothstein.

Arnold Rothstein

And what can I learn from you, Mr. Darmody?

Jimmy Darmody

That things are changing in Atlantic City. If you're in the market for quality liquor coming in off the beaches at a reasonable price and in good supply, I can get it for you.

Arnold Rothstein

You personally?

Jimmy Darmody

Me. My associates. I'm expanding my business and you are precisely the type of discerning customer I'm looking for.

Arnold Rothstein

And Nucky Thompson?

Jimmy Darmody

Nucky's like a father to me.

Lucky Luciano

I have a father. Barely said hello in 5 years.

Jimmy Darmody

Sorry to hear it.

Arnold Rothstein

Who are you, Mr. Darmody?

Jimmy Darmody

Pardon?

Arnold Rothstein

Y-Y-You show up well dressed with a suit cravat and a bold proposal. A year ago you were a brigand in the woods. Who are you?

Jimmy Darmody

I'm a businessman, a veteran, I just got married.

Arnold Rothstein

Congratulations.

Jimmy Darmody

I have a son. He's almost 4.

Arnold Rothstein

Cart before the horse?

Jimmy Darmody

Do you have kids, Mr. Rothstein?

Arnold Rothstein

No, but I'm told they often say unexpected and amusing things. I appreciate you coming to me. I applaud your audacity. And I give you my word that your offer remains in this room.

Jimmy Darmody

What does that mean?

Lucky Luciano

I'll show you out.

We got a deal, but just so we're clear, my ice box is filled with pieces of fellas who tried to fuck me over.

Jimmy Darmody

[unmoved] I just got creamsicles in mine.