Dexter quotes
468 total quotesDexter: [voiceover] Today I wake up, kiss the wife-to-be, feed the step-kids-to-be, dress myself in the usual pants, shirt ... and pretense.
Dexter: [voiceover] We all have secrets. In that way, I'm just like everyone else � sorta.
Dexter: Hey, you know anything about wedding bands?
Debra: Yeah, wedding rings and nuclear fission are my secret specialties.
Dexter: Thanks. [leaves]
Quinn: Your brother's kind of a dweeb, huh?
Debra: You say anything more about my brother and I will kick your fucking nuts down your throat.
Quinn: [laughs] That doesn't even make any sense.
Debra: Yeah, wedding rings and nuclear fission are my secret specialties.
Dexter: Thanks. [leaves]
Quinn: Your brother's kind of a dweeb, huh?
Debra: You say anything more about my brother and I will kick your fucking nuts down your throat.
Quinn: [laughs] That doesn't even make any sense.
Dexter: I know what it is to want to re-balance an unbalanced world. But it's just unbalanced, Angel, that's it. Some doors should stay shut. You open it, it's too easy to walk through it a second time.
Dexter: I promise, to be the very best husband, and father that I can be. [voiceover] A completely, utterly honest vow.
Season 4
Season 4
Dexter: I want you know that you were right about my brother. There's something else. I killed him.
Camilla: [last words] It's good you did.
Camilla: [last words] It's good you did.
Dexter: My dad used to say, "Be careful what you think you know about someone � you're probably wrong."
Dexter: Rita's pregnant.
Debra: Say again?
Dexter: Rita's pregnant.
Debra: You're lying.
Dexter: I'm not lying.
Debra: A baby? A mother-fucking rolly-polly chubby-cheeked shit machine, are you kidding me?
Dexter: I've never heard it described in quite those words before, but yeah.
Debra: Say again?
Dexter: Rita's pregnant.
Debra: You're lying.
Dexter: I'm not lying.
Debra: A baby? A mother-fucking rolly-polly chubby-cheeked shit machine, are you kidding me?
Dexter: I've never heard it described in quite those words before, but yeah.
Dexter: Studies show that emotional intelligence plays a greater role in individual success than anything that can be measured on the standard IQ test.
Debra: Are you calling me an emotional idiot?
Dexter: If you're an idiot, then I'm a vegetable.
Debra: Are you calling me an emotional idiot?
Dexter: If you're an idiot, then I'm a vegetable.
Dexter: That was awkward. I don't think I've ever been asked to leave a funeral before.
Rita: Ramon didn't ask you to leave � he pushed you out the door. He's just so angry.
Dexter: He's lost two brothers. He doesn't know whom to blame.
Rita: Certainly not you.
Dexter: [voiceover] No, certainly not me.
Rita: Ramon didn't ask you to leave � he pushed you out the door. He's just so angry.
Dexter: He's lost two brothers. He doesn't know whom to blame.
Rita: Certainly not you.
Dexter: [voiceover] No, certainly not me.
Dexter: Why risk it all? Your career, reputation, freedom? You can just walk away.
Miguel: You didn't walk away from Ethan Turner, because you understand, Dexter, that we're living in, living in crucial times, crucial times that demand extraordinary measures.
Dexter: [voiceover] Miguel's convinced himself he wants this kill tonight for lofty and noble reasons. I'm not quite as high-minded.
Miguel: You didn't walk away from Ethan Turner, because you understand, Dexter, that we're living in, living in crucial times, crucial times that demand extraordinary measures.
Dexter: [voiceover] Miguel's convinced himself he wants this kill tonight for lofty and noble reasons. I'm not quite as high-minded.
Dexter: You ever drop a quart of milk? Watch it spread over the whole kitchen floor? The mess it makes?
Miguel: Yeah.
Dexter: There's six quarts of blood in the human body. This isn't going to be pretty. There's no shame in backing out.
Miguel: Dex, after 14 years of filing briefs, trying cases, and dealing with bullshit, this is all going to look nice and neat in comparison.
Miguel: Yeah.
Dexter: There's six quarts of blood in the human body. This isn't going to be pretty. There's no shame in backing out.
Miguel: Dex, after 14 years of filing briefs, trying cases, and dealing with bullshit, this is all going to look nice and neat in comparison.
Dexter: You need something under the table, I'm your guy. [pause] That didn't come out right.
Dexter: You seem uncertain. It's uncomfortable, isn't it? Just when you think you've answered all the questions, another one smacks you in the face. Life, life, life. Life is just like that. Which is why I prefer death. [stabs Freebo in the neck]
Ellen Wolf: We all know how easy it is to plant evidence, and let's be honest, you look the type.
Dexter: [voiceover] Do I see sheets of plastic in your future?
Dexter: [voiceover] Do I see sheets of plastic in your future?