Andre: You put me in charge.
Lucious: No, I put you in place. Don't confuse the two.

Hakeem, if you pull the trigger, you're gonna force me to step in front of the bullet. I'd rather die than lose you again.

Cookie

You ever think about incorporating the word into your music? You can reach a lot more people with the light than you can with the darkness, brother.

Andre [to J Poppa]

The day I found out that Lucious Lyon had a gay son is the day that I knew. I knew, I knew right then and there that there was a God.

Jameson

Cookie: Oh, mention the devil name and he will walk right in.
Jamal: God help us all.

There is no God. You just need to man the hell up.

Lucious [to Andre]

I want to help heal this family. I want us to be whole again, I mean it, with all of my heart.

Andre

Cookie: Vernon was a bitch, but he wasn't a chump. And he didn't kill his self either. That's some b.s.
Lucious: You know something I don't?
Cookie: Do you?

Hakeem: You really think Vernon offed himself?
Cookie: Look, where we from, if snitches don't kill themselves, somebody else will.

Andre, nice to see you without a shovel.

Thirsty

Payback is a bitch, Lucious!

Hakeem

I'm so sorry for what we did to you, Uncle Vernon. If I could change what happened, I'd change everything. I'd tell you that I love you and, uh, that I forgive you. I wouldn't be the man I am today if you hadn't looked after me for all those years. I'll miss you forever. God help me.

Andre

Empire Season 2 Quotes

Jamal: You need to go visit that man.
Cookie: Did ya'll bother to tell him that when I was rotting away?

Jamal: Bill Clinton is out there.
Cookie: Yeah, he needs to be if he wants his wife to get elected.