The Black Donnellys Quotes

Jimmy Donnelly: [about Louie Downtown, who he and Kevin have just kidnapped] He's Sal Minetta's Nephew! So he's worth more right?
Tommy Donnelly: Jimmy, we gotta give him back.
Jimmy Donnelly: What we? You walked away. He's not your Italian, he's our Italian!

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Jimmy Donnelly: Plead guilty?
Tommy Donnelly: Frankie's tight with the DA. You're not gonna do a day in jail.
Jimmy Donnelly: It's really nice of you and Frankie to take care of me like this. Do I say thank you before I plead guilty or after?

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Jimmy Donnelly: Do you know anything about setting up books?
Joey Ice Cream: About the same as Kevin, except I won a bet once.
Kevin Donnelly: What do you want, a smack!
Joey Ice Cream: I'm just saying.
Jimmy Donnelly: Does anybody know anybody?
Kevin Donnelly: This guy Whitey I used to bet with.
Joey Ice Cream: Oh, Whitey's a sleazebag.
Jimmy Donnelly: Worse than you?
Joey Ice Cream: Yeah, maybe.

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Kevin Donnelly: Wait, Jimmy! Wait, wait!
Jimmy Donnelly: What?
Kevin Donnelly: If I took this to the track first, I could double it.
Jimmy Donnelly: You gamble a penny of that money, I'm gonna bite your thumbs off!

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Kevin Donnelly: Okay, we got a problem. [he shows Jimmy Louie's cell phone]
Jimmy Donnelly: What's this?
Kevin Donnelly: Louie Downtown's cell phone.
Jimmy Donnelly: The one you were supposed to throw away!
Kevin Donnelly: Yeah, but that's not the problem.
Jimmy Donnelly: [cut to Jimmy smashing the phone on the counter] That's how you're supposed to get rid of a cell phone, Kevin!
Kevin Donnelly: I guess I should've done that.
Jimmy Donnelly: You guess?

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Tommy Donnelly: We're gonna need some Scotch and a lot of it. But we're not gonna be able to pay for it just yet.
Liquor Store Owner: Get outta here.
Tommy Donnelly: I think you're gonna wanna give it to us.
Liquor Store Owner: Oh yeah? And why's that?
Tommy Donnelly: Because your daughter has a crush on Kevin. He's gonna date her if you don't.
Liquor Store Owner: [face drops]

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Joey: The Irish have always been victims of negative stereotypes. I mean people think we're all drunks and brawlers and sometimes it makes you so mad all you wanna do is get drunk and punch somebody!

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Kevin: Tommy. Me and Jimmy went downtown with goodness in our hearts to work out a deal. But Louie starts threatening me, I mean what was I supposed to do?
Tommy: Kevin, everybody knows who did this. You kidnap somebody, they're not supposed to know who you are.
Kevin: Tommy, you think we're stupid? We wore masks!
Tommy: You went down there with goodness in your hearts but you wore masks?

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Jenny: [to Tommy, at the hospital after Sean was beaten up] You know when I heard about it, the person who told me thought it was you. I thought, what if he dies and he never knows... that I loved him. Dumb, huh? I mean, I'm a married woman, nothing's ever gonna happen. I just can't stand the idea of you dying and not knowing that.

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Tommy: Where are you going?
Kevin: Wherever you are.

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Joey: I was the only one who saw, the only one who knew that it was Tommy driving the car. And to this day it's the one thing I never told anybody. I'm ashamed to be telling you now. Tommy never stole a car again, never did nothing, turned his whole life around. I mean he could have made it out, only he was never going to let his brother get hurt again. And this was the day that changed Jimmy's life forever, 'cause Jimmy went to rehab. And Tommy? Tommy became everything he never wanted.

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