The Shield quotes

Vic

[Ronnie enters clubhouse and Vic sees Ronnie's dog bite injury] Bite looks bad, how's the bark?

Ronnie

[sighs] Oh I just got my balls chewed off because we went in too quick and undermanned.

Vic

Look man I'm sorry. I had no choice.

Ronnie

We all had choices once, and we made them... and now we gotta live with them.

Vic

Ronnie, we're gonna get out of this quicksand.

Ronnie

No we're not. Jesus Vic everything we do to get out of this shit just drags us down deeper. And hanging with Shane is gonna push our heads under.

Vic

We need Shane right now.

Ronnie

I'm sick of walking around half the day smiling at a guy who put a grenade in Lem's lap.

Vic

Hey, you know what's at stake here for me.

Ronnie

I do, yeah. But I'm not gonna drown for Shane... or you.

[discussing his porn films with Ronnie, Claudette, & Julien; to Julien] You know, if you ever get tired of squashing people's civil rights, I can make you some real money.

Julien

So far this is working out but, if something changes, I'll let you know.

Billings

[to Dutch] One thing I've learned from that sack of conspiracy theories you call a head, the Wagenbach freak meter points to red--you listen.

Vic

I would have loved to dealt the blow myself. Asshole never did pay me back for the favor he owes me.

Ronnie

He would have known your voice in a second.

Vic

Now he's gonna know my foot up his ass.

Dutch

He stood there and watched somebody die like it was nothing. There's speculation Bundy's first murders were committed in his early teens. They gain reinforcement the more crimes they get away with. Gain power, their methods improve.

Billings

Wait a minute. I buy the setup theory. But you're saying this kid's a serial killer?

Dutch

They all pop their cherry somewhere.

Vic

[to Claudette] I am not walking into the belly of the Armenian beast with one of your day laborers as my date.

Dutch

A profile--male, highly intelligent, unstable family, piss-poor student, abandoned by his father.

Billings

The Mom's got a big old Dutch-boy crush. Obviously a couple of genetic screws loose.

Vic

That's why we're gonna make it look like a robbery by a rival gang. Choreograph it so the girl escapes.

No disrespect, but the only set you guys can claim is "Aryan Nation".

Vic

I can arrest you for scratching your tiny little nuggets.

Shane

God damn. Smells like dog's ass in here. You boys get to swipe on some deodorant?

'Til my people stop getting slaughtered, I'll be interested in survival, not luxury.

[to Shane] You lied to me! And then your ass used Lem to cover it up so you wouldn't get in trouble. And I'm guessing it wasn't the first time that you had these guys cover your ass. What's wrong? Oh. Oh, yeah. Ain't got nobody here to get your back. But now I know who you really are. And so do you.

Tina

You guys want him when we're through?

Dutch

Steve?

Billings

I'm a little busy here. Any naked girls show up, though, you give me a holler?

Vic

We got to pull Shane out of there, man.

Ronnie

What?

Vic

I can't do this.

Ronnie

Vic, it's done. It's all set up. We're never gonna get another chance this clean, you know it.

Vic

I don't care! It's not too late. We still have a choice.

Ronnie

Do you think that Shane gave Lem a choice?

Vic

I'm not Shane.

Shane

[to Mara] Vic and Ronnie tried to kill me tonight. Yeah, they set me up. It's sheer luck I'm even alive right now. And, you know, the worst part is ... they think I'm too stupid to even realize it.

Shane

What is it with you and whores?

Vic

Just tryin' to keep 'em from tempting you.