The Departed Quotes (Page 2)
Ellerby: I'm gonna go have a smoke right now. You want a smoke? You don't smoke, do ya, right? What are ya, one of those fitness freaks, huh? Go f**k yourself. • Rating: 9.9 / 10 • Permalink
Ellerby: Go f**k yourself.
Dignam: I'm tired from f**king your wife.
Ellerby: How is your mother?
Dignam: Good, she's tired from f**king my father.
• Rating: 9.8 / 10 • Permalink
Oliver Queenan: Do you have any idea what we do in our department?
Billy Costigan: As a matter of fact, I do. I...
Dignam: Let's say you have no idea, zero, none. If you had an idea about we do we wouldn't be good at what we do now would we? We would be c**ts, you callin' us c**ts?
• Rating: 9.7 / 10 • Permalink
Ellerby: [on Sullivan getting married] Marriage is an important part of getting ahead. It lets people know you're not a homo. A married guy seems more stable. People see the ring, they think, "At least somebody can stand the son of a bitch." Ladies see the ring, they know immediately that you must have some cash, and your c**k must work.
Colin Sullivan: [laughs nervously] Yeah, it's workin'. Overtime!
• Rating: 9.6 / 10 • Permalink
Billy Costigan: [to Frank Costello] You accuse me once, I put up with it. You accuse me twice... I quit. You pressure me to fear for my life and I will put a f**king bullet in your head as if you were anybody else. Okay?
• Rating: 9.0 / 10 • Permalink
Frank Costello: One of us had to die. With me, it tends to be the other guy.
• Rating: 8.7 / 10 • Permalink
Frank Costello: When I was your age they used to say you could become cops or criminals. What I'm saying to you is this... When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?
• Rating: 8.4 / 10 • Permalink
Frank Costello: I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me. Years ago we had the church. That was only a way of saying - we had each other. The Knights of Columbus were real head-breakers; true guineas. They took over their piece of the city. Twenty years after an Irishman couldn't get a f**king job, we had the presidency. May rest in peace. That's what the niggers don't realize. If I got one thing against the black chappies, it's this - no one gives it to you. You have to take it.
• Rating: 8.0 / 10 • Permalink
Colin Sullivan: Alright, Frank... I need you to get me names, social security numbers and all that...
Frank Costello: Give you? Give you? Who the f**k do you think you are working for?
Colin Sullivan: I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
Frank Costello: I'm just f**king with you. But, you better get organized.
• Rating: 2.0 / 10 • Permalink
Frank Costello: Have a seat, Bill.
[Costigan sits down at Costello's dinner table]
Frank Costello: [while eating crab] Do you know John Lennon?
Billy Costigan: Yeah, sure, he was the president before Lincoln.
Frank Costello: Lennon said, "I'm an artist. You give me a f**king tuba, I'll get you something out of it."
Billy Costigan: [sarcastically] Well I tell you Mr. Costello, I'd like to squeeze some f**king money out of it.
Frank Costello: Smart mouth. Too bad. If you'll indulge me...
[sees Gwen leaving]
Frank Costello: Now what?
Gwen: Choir practice.
Frank Costello: [annoyed] Choir practice.
[Costello pulls out a severed human hand]
Frank Costello: The point I'm making with John Lennon is - a man could look at anything, and make something out of it. For instance, I look at you and I think "what could I use you for?"
• Rating: Unrated • Permalink
Total Quotes: 26