Tommy Carcetti quotes from The Wire

Carcetti

I still wake up white in a city that ain't.

Valchek

So, what's my role in your little drama?

Carcetti

I thought you might broker a meeting, you know... help your fearless leader see the light about his new friend on the council.

Valchek

And I should tell him, what? Make nice or invest heavily in petroleum jelly?

Carcetti

Hey, his ass, his choice.

Carcetti

FUCK ME…..Where am I going again?

Norman

One of those neighborhoods between Oliver and Middle East.

Carcetti

Middle East…that’s a good name for it…fucking Fallujah.

Carcetti

Did you vote for me Norman?

Norman

[laughing] The sanctity of the voting booth is a cornerstone of American democracy.

Clay

Politics is a good thing, partner.

Carcetti

That's a minority opinion.

Norman

Daniels isn't ready. He's only been colonel for a year.

Carcetti

A year will do in a pinch. You float it with one of your bunkies on Calvert Street. See how it plays.

Norman

Burrell reads that, he'll shit melons.

Carcetti

I fucking hope so. It's Baltimore. No one lives forever.

Carcetti

You know, I always wanted to say how sorry I am about how things turned out. There wasn't anything I could have done with your experiment in the Western District, there wasn't anything that anyone could have done with that.

Colvin

Yeah, well, I guess, Mr. Mayor, there's nothing to be done.