History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. The fuck does that mean?

Al Capone

Doesn't anyone drink anymore?

Nucky

Nucky: There's no sense looking back. The only thing you can do is start again. I really believe that.
Chalky: We ain't school boys no more.
Nucky: We're not dead either. That leaves a lot of road in the middle.
Chalky: Maybe you just don't see the end of it.

Van Alden: I for one refuse to be run by fear.
Sigrid: Husband!
Van Alden: Coming dear!

Maranzano: I do not take such things personally.
Nucky: What's more personal than a man trying to kill you?

Daughter: She's not his.
Chalky: Then whose?
Daughter: Just mine.

Woman in bar: This is where hope comes to get fucked in the ass.
Nucky: When's she showing up?

Mike D'Angelo: Your wife told you to rob Al Capone?
Van Alden: We're having trouble at home.
Eli: I can vouch for that.

All a dream to begin with. Ain't nobody ever been free.

Chalky

Charlie: What do you want?
Nucky: A meeting so we can settle this bullshit.
Charlie: I'll meet you at your funeral. We can talk there.

Nucky: You and your boss have crossed the line.
Meyer: I'm my own boss Mr. Thompson.

Eli: What did you just do?
Nucky: I don't know.

Boardwalk Empire Quotes

Purity, sobriety, and the white Christian's Jesus.

KKK Member

Nucky: First rule of politics, kiddo: never let the truth get in the way of a good story.