Cedric Daniels quotes from The Wire

Daniels

[about McNulty] You ever see how a dog gets when he smells a bone buried in the yard?

Rawls

Yeah, and I seen one take a shit on my carpet, too. And don't give me that he's-got-that-fire-in-the-belly garbage, either. The answer is no.

Herc

Lacrosse?

Bunk

What, a brother can't run with a stick? Jim Brown was an All-American midfielder at Syracuse.

Lester

You putting yourself beside Jim Brown?

Bunk

Lester, um, I'm, I'm just saying...

Daniels

I thought you were born in pinstripes!

Bunk

Lieutenant, I was under the impression that, uh, when detailed against his will to some backwards-ass, no-count, out-in-the-district, lost ball/tall-grass drug investigation, a veteran police of means and talent can wear whatever the fuck he damn well pleases.

Daniels

[to Major Valchek] I'll tell you the truth Major. Everyone who saw the punch wrote on it. And they've all got Prez throwing the punch, no question. They've also got you addressing a subordinate officer as uh, what was it? A shit-bird?

Valchek

Fuck you. This is the Baltimore Police Department, not the Roland Park Ladies Tea.

Burrell

What makes you think they'll promote the wrong man?

Daniels

We do it all the time.

Rawls

Down the road, when we settle on this, and we will settle on this, I don't expect any of you will ever see another hour of O.T. again. I don't expect any of you will be doing police work ever again. And the only reason this isn't before a grand jury right now is because our mayor can't live with that. Oh, yeah. The Mayor knows your name.

Daniels

So this is your last case. Work it.

Rawls

If you're half the detective you think you are, you'll put this one down fast and take us all off the hook. The longer this goes on, the worse the payback's gonna be.