Pablo Escobar quotes from Narcos

Pablo Escobar

Good evening, vice-minister. It's been a while.

Eduardo Sandoval

Good evening. I'm here on behalf of President Gaviria. My orders are to escort you to a temporary prison in Bogotá. The government has decided to make some improvements here at La Catedral for your safety and everyone else's here.

Escobar

Mm. I would think Gaviria could come up with a more believable lie. I know why you're here. Because of Moncada and Galeano. But I didn't kill those men. That story is a lie.

Sandoval

And why should the government care about some dispute between gangsters? We don't care about that.

Escobar

You're mistaken. You are betraying me, vice-minister. Gaviria is betraying me.

Sandoval

If your safety is a concern, I will gladly escort you out myself.

Escobar

We have an agreement, and you're breaking it. What guarantee do I have that the Americans won't kidnap me and take me to the US? Bush would be very happy to stick me in a gringo jail, like he did to Lehder, like he did to Noriega, right?

Sandoval

That's not gonna happen, you have my word.

Escobar

Your word. Mm. As vice-minister of justice?

Sandoval

Yes. I give you my word as vice-minister of justice. Haven't you noticed that the army has completely surrounded this jail? We can end this peacefully if you just cooperate and walk out with me.

Don Pablo, these bastards will kill you!

Pablo Escobar

I respectfully decline your offer, vice-minister. The press is saying I killed those men, but that's a lie to sell newspapers. If Gaviria wants me out of here he can come here and do it himself. Meanwhile, I'll view any incursion as a declaration of war.

Pablo Escobar

I just realized something. The president didn't just betray me, he also betrayed you. He knew if you came here...look at me, there would be three options. One: I leave with you, peacefully. Two: I take you hostage. Three: I shoot you, and then, he really would have a good excuse to kill me. Right? [sighs] Either way, he wins. Right? Maybe the president is betraying us both.

Eduardo Sandoval

You could be right. But you know something? I'll sacrifice my life to make sure you're dead.

Escobar

You think you're better than me, but you're wrong. I come from nothing. I fought hard to become what I am. If the government hadn't come after me I would be where you are now: the vice minister of justice.

Sandoval

You and I are nothing alike. You are a criminal. And criminals can't run forever.

[all guns trained on Escobar] Mr. Escobar, I'm sorry, but we've been ordered to not let you through. We have to take you into custody.

Pablo Escobar

[steps out into the light] Son, I'm sorry to say, unfortunately, I can't allow that to happen... Excuse me. [walks past them]

[to the first soldier] You don't speak a word of this to anyone, understood?

[picks up phone as Jaime hung up when the Los Priscos attacked] Jaime.

Pablo Escobar

Berna, how have you been?

Who's this?

Pablo

This is Pablo speaking. I imagine you want to talk to Jaime, right?

Berna, help me, man. Berna, talk to Pablo. [sees Pablo ready pistol] Explain everything, Berna! Help me! Pablo, no! Wait! [gets killed on the line]

Pablo

And now, you fat son of a bitch... we're coming after you and that bitch you protect.

Pablo, you've just made the biggest mistake.

Pablo

Tell the others...

[to Don Berna] Who is it?

Pablo

...that Pablo Escobar is to be respected, you son of a bitch.

Steve Murphy

[narrating] Imagine this, President of Colombia goes on TV and tells the whole world he'll never make a deal with you. Now a normal person thinks, "I'm fucked." But Pablo Escobar, he thinks that's just your opening offer. So the man finds a way to respond. And how did Gaviria take Pablo's offer? I think it's safe to say that he didn't really care for it. But it wasn't just Gaviria Pablo was talking to. In his mind, he was also negotiating with the leader of the free world.

Pablo Escobar

[to interviewer] It turns out that my problem turned into a political problem. It appears that I am very important to the re-election of the President of the United States.

Murphy

[narrating] You see, the problem was, George Bush had his own plans for Escobar.

[in his famous address to the nation] We will, for the first time, make available the appropriate resources of America's armed forces. And for the drug kingpins, the death penalty.

Murphy

And with a Commander-in-Chief who used to be the head of the CIA - well, you can use your imagination as to what "appropriate resources" might mean.

[interviewing] Do you acknowledge that you have committed crimes in the past, or that you ordered someone's death?

Pablo Escobar

That answer, one could only give to his priest. In a confessional.

[interviewing] How do you think the story of Pablo Escobar will end?

Pablo Escobar

Well, one can never know. I can only hope for the best. I would like to die on my own two feet. In the year 3047.

Pablo Escobar

I'm writing a letter to the editors of the most important newspapers to tell them how that boy came to me, scared for his life. The world has to know what sort of monster that son of a bitch Carrillo is!

Don Pablo, that's excellent.

Escobar

Give me that pen. [grabs from his pocket]

Steve Murphy

[narrating] When Pablo Escobar starts believing the pen's mightier than the sword you know you're getting to him.

Pablo Escobar

There are 20 men out there...

Si, Pablo, 20 strangers.

Pablo Escobar

Let's see. How do you hold it.

What? Are you sure you want to laugh at your wife while she's holding a gun? It's not a joke, Pablo. Those 20 men out there don't care what happens to us. When the time comes, it will just be you and me. And I will be part of this, Pablo.

Pablo Escobar

[to Carrillo] Look at me... Look at me... you asked a child to give me this... [pointing to THE bullet] You can have it back. [shoots him] And this... is for my cousin, Gustavo.

Horacio Carrillo

Coward.

Pablo Escobar

Son of a bitch. [shoots him a couple of times]

Pablo Escobar

[to Tata about the attack on their residence] Whoever did this will never get near us ever again. I promise you.

Papa, how will Santa know how to find us?

Pablo Escobar

Santa... Santa will always find your good and kind heart - Wherever you are in this world.

[attending to Pablo's fainting spell] Stress is dangerous. How's the weed working out?

Pablo Escobar

I haven't been smoking a lot.

The first man who smoked marijuana was a Chinese emperor. He burned the plant because he was attracted to its smell. But when he inhaled the smoke, he saw a blue jay. And the bird told him to conquer his neighboring empires. And that's what he did.

What will happen with Quica, boss?

Pablo Escobar

Quica is gone, Limón. They're all gone.

Pablo Escobar

What about you? Ignorant old man. Who lives alone. On this shithole farm. Who doesn't know his own grandchildren. Not even one fucking picture of them here. Mmm?

So I'm nothing more than an ignorant old man?

Pablo

That's right. Now tell me. [shaky chuckle] Tell me what you think of me.

Who cares?

Pablo

I do. It's important to me.

You wanted to come live on this farm with your wife and kids. But that's not possible, Pablo. You chose your life! Be in charge of it. You want me to tell you what I think of you? I'm ashamed. I think you're a murderer.

Pablo

At last, the truth...

At last, the truth. [voice quavers] A truth that breaks my heart. Leave me alone.