Ty Walker quotes from Justified

Ty Walker

You see what happens if you call me a peacock?

Handsome young man comes to my house, spewing sunshine, offering a ride in his Mercedes... feels like maybe I'm chatting with the devil himself.

What's this about?

Ty Walker

I come to offer you an opportunity to depart this burdensome homestead, live the rest of your days free as newborn babes.

Oh, I was right. You are the devil.

Ty Walker

No, ma'am, just a man with a plan.

Ty Walker

I'm just a weather vane, Mr. Crowder. I don't make the wind blow. I'm saying, you find a way to counsel patience, desist coming after what doesn't belong to you, and everybody wins town, county, and state. Now, that being said, you insist upon the track thus far set upon, there will be consequences.

Boyd Crowder

You done? Damn, son. You like to talk as much as I do.

Ty Walker

Permission to speak freely, sir?

Avery Markham

You about to give me an opinion, or a warning, or both? Seems to me I've been perfectly clear about what I expect to transpire down here. Shouldn't be any more up for discussion.

Ty Walker

Choo-Choo's a rock. He'd never give us up.

Avery Markham

Not on purpose. Feds have got guys that spend their whole lives tying people in knots—

Ty Walker

I'm not— [pauses] Choo-Choo and I were in the sandbox together.

Avery Markham

I know.

Ty Walker

I was in the Humvee right behind his when he got blown up. I.E.D. flipped them over, then landed on our hood. Crushed their gunner like a bug on our windshield. Choo-Choo's in the captain's seat. [laughs bitterly] We got that door open... You wouldn't think anybody could be alive in there. Medics picking splinters of the driver's bones out of his face. He lives through that? No.

Avery Markham

One morning when I was in the Corps, we found a dead Cong who'd stepped in a punji pit in the dark. Thing about punji sticks, they're not meant to kill. A dead soldier reduces the force against you by one, but a wounded soldier slows down a whole unit. Cong used to cover their stakes with human shit, make the wounds infect. But rather than being a drag on his comrades, make them carry him back, this feller just decided to put a gun in his mouth.

Ty Walker

One man dies so the others can live.

Avery Markham

Anybody can run a peacetime command. Real leadership's about making the hard choices.

Ty Walker

I never went to college myself. Joined the army right out of high school. Gave me some notion of fraternity.

And we thank you for your service. Now, if you're done whipping your army pud in there, I got to shit.

Ty Walker

Begging the question, will your brother over there step in when I split your skull open?

Ty Walker

[holding two EMTs at gunpoint] "Be on the lookout, bearded sasquatch man, possible gunshot wound", is that right? [kills one EMT] That sound right?!

Yes, yes! Jesus!

Ty Walker

Didn't realize they were gonna send me a couple of heroes. All I wanted was that kit patch myself up. See a man I got to see, do a job I got to do. That's all. Then they send me a pair of heroes.

He was a hero. Put me in the back, strap me down. I-I won't be able to move or call anyone. And you can take the kit. You can take the kit and get away.

Ty Walker

Yeah, I could do that. But it's been such a day!