Joe Harper: What's it like, when you see it?
Nucky: You tell yourself it's quick, but you don't know. You can't know until it's you and then you'll never tell anyone.

In the end we do what we have the nerve for or we disappear.

The Commodore

Joe Kennedy: Three things are difficult to understand. The work of the bees, the movements of the tide and the mind of a woman.
Margaret: Here is an experiment for you. Think about the things you want in life, then picture yourself in a dress.

Remember all I did was for you. To leave you with something better. And that can't be for nothin.

Capone

Nucky: My circumstances have changed. There are things I won't do anymore. You understand that don't you?
Margaret: There's what I know, what I suspect and what I don't think I should ever hear.

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.