Jennifer Melfi Quotes
Tony: Who are you?
Dr. Melfi: Why is that so important for you to know?
Tony: You know my mother told me never to answer a question with a question.
Dr. Melfi: So your mother did teach you something.
Tony: Look, if I asked you about your life, who you talk to, who you trust
Dr. Melfi: I'd have to take the fifth.
Randal: You couldn't prescribe something?
Dr. Melfi: I'm your date, not your doctor.
Dr. Melfi: What happens to a tree that's rotted out?
Tony: Trees, ducks. What the fuck are you, Ranger Rick? I'll tell you, some job you shrinks got. You think everybody is lying to you while you're pulling scams on them.
Sad is good, unconscious isn't.
Dr. Melfi
Tony: (on Livia) She's a little old lady.
Dr. Melfi: Not to you. She's very powerful.
Tony: Bullshit.
Dr. Melfi: You accord this little old lady an almost mystical ability to wreak havoc.
Hope comes in many forms.
Dr. Melfi
Tony: The morning of the day I got sick I've been thinking it's good to be in something from the ground floor. I came too late for that, I know. But lately I've been gettin' the feelin' that I come in at the end. The best is over.
Melfi: Many Americans I think feel that way.
Tony: I think about my father, he never reached the heights like me. But a lot of way he had it better. He had his people, they had their standards, and pride. Today, what have we got?
(on Livia) Quite a formidable maternal presence.
Dr. Melfi
Tony: I'm not getting any satisfaction from my work, either.
Dr. Melfi: Why?
Tony: All because of RICO.
Dr. Melfi: Is he your brother?
Tony: No, the RICO statues.
Dr. Melfi: Have you ever had a prostate exam?
Tony: Are you kidding? I don't let anyone wag their finger in my face.
