Mary had a little lamb she kept it on a barge. When she took it's bloomers off it's woolly dick got large.

Annie

Remember, you're my favorite scarlet and I wouldn't want anything to come between us.

Eva

Corcoran: Wait, so you're saying a negro did kill O'Connor.
Freeman: Yes, but as usual, you people just grab any negro.

You may show yourselves out once the performance is over and then, please, never call again.

Elizabeth

I can't sleep. I keep hearing voices. Men's voices.

Annie

Embarrassing you was not my intention. It's just the way I smell.

Elizabeth

Oh I hate all right, but not in general. My hate is as specific as my affections. And you, Matthew, need only look at the woman in your bed to know the Irish hold no patent on a burning heart.

Corcoran

Corcoran: I'm no critic.
Elizabeth: You're no gentleman, either. When you arrived earlier, you didn't take my hand, and kiss it.

The war will be over soon, and the world will be full of bright promises, and New York will lead the way. But promises are full of danger, more danger than we faced at Gettysburg.

Robert Morehouse [to Corcoran]

John Reilly: Did the man who killed Kate violate her?
Corcoran: The doctor said she died a virgin.
John Reilly: Then the almighty is merciful.
Corcoran: The Almighty could'a showed Kate a touch more mercy.

Elizabeth Haverford: Tell me about Kevin Corcoran. Is he prone to violence?
Det. Maguire: Yes, but he has an inherent nobility inside him.

Father doesn't want to eradicate the immigrants. He just wants them to move to Hoboken.

Robert Morehouse

Copper Quotes

Look around you, Corky. Since the riots, my people have been moving out of Five Points. My wife, her brothers were hung by the neck from those two lampposts.

Freeman

Morehouse: Corcoran cut off my leg and saved my life.
Corcoran: Luck of the Irish.
Morehouse: Don't be so modest, Corky. He saved my life and got himself a detective's badge.