Typical Irish solution. Better not to talk about it, sweep it under the rug, then fester and have it kill ya.

Hotel Manager

Do me a favor, don't worry about that, okay? Just go take a seat, say a prayer, and hope you don't end up an idiot like the rest of them.

Terry Muldoon

Smitty: What is it with you Kane? What is it with you? I've got no interest in starting a war with Patton, a war we can't possible win.
Richie Kane: Patton's an old man. His crew is nothing but old men.
Smitty: I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall here. Let me just tell you...all I want to do is make as much money as I can and get out of this racket before I end up in jail or dead,in the river, like Mr. O. Put your bullshit plans to bed already.

Brooklyn? Why would you want to live in Brooklyn?

Charlie Bullman

Christine Muldoon: Rather than knocking some sense into him, wouldn't it be easier to just move?
Terry Muldoon: Uh, yeah, but it would be a lot more expense, whereas a smack doesn't cost us a thing.

Nobody gives me any shit.

Rusty Patton

Look, I can call him an asshole, alright? But those two clowns? You know, they got no right!

Sean O'Bannon

We're not street thugs anymore, goddammit! We're businessmen!

Joe Patton

Because it's one thing to want to kill your father, but it's another to actually do it.

Terry Muldoon

I want you to know, I'm proud of you. You know, when you were born, my, my dream, was that you, my oldest son, would grow up to be...an asshole.

Terry Muldoon

As my dear old grandmother Octavia used to say, "Tough shit."

Captain Johanson

Hey, pop. I wanted to come by, wish you congratulations. You're still undefeated against mom.

Sean O'Bannon

Public Morals Quotes

But the number one rule in our office is you do not draw attention to yourself. You have to take care of some thing, or some body, you do it out of the spotlight.

Muldoon

I want you to know, I'm proud of you. You know, when you were born, my, my dream, was that you, my oldest son, would grow up to be...an asshole.

Terry Muldoon