Boardwalk Empire: Acres of Diamonds Quotes

Here are some quotes from “Acres of Diamond,” the third episode of Season 4 of Boardwalk Empire. Click here for the episode recap.

Bill McCoy: Welcome to Tampa. The land of money, cunny and where it’s always sunny.
Nucky Thompson: Onward and upward, that’s what I always say..
McCoy: Speaking of which, I read the prospectus. It’s a sweet deal, Nuck. Right on the gulf…
Nucky: Sounds the same as Jersey to me.
McCoy: But — with better cigars.
McCoy: Nuck, Tucker’s very excited to meet you.
Nucky: Most people are — until they do.

Dr. Valentin Narcisse: The New Negro must be tutored in thought and culture. We shall continue our discussion next week.
Owney Madden: Say hello to Arnold Rothstein.
Narcisse: An honor to have finally made your acquaintance.
Arnold Rothstein: Mr. Madden tells me you’re interested in heroin.
Narcisse: As a commodity, yes.
Rothstein: This is a business with which you are familiar?
Madden: Biggest fish in Harlem.
Narcisse: 20 pounds. Uncut. I’ll weigh it myself to ensure good measure.
Rothstein: $80,000 in cash. Large bills only.
Narcisse: Why would you expect otherwise?
Rothstein: It’s my understanding you control the local numbers racket.
Narcisse: Therefore I transact my business like a schoolboy, dealing in pennies, nickels and dimes…
Rothstein: It is not my intention to offend you.
Narcisse: Nonetheless you succeeded despite yourself.

Narcisse: Daughter Maitland. She’s been performing at your Cotton Club.
Madden: Nice piece of tail.
Narcisse: I will require her services elsewhere.
Madden: Fine with me. Just have Dickie drop by with a replacement.
Narcisse (quoting Ecclesiastes 12:14): “And God will bring every deed into judgment and every secret thing, either good or evil.” Mr. Pastor will not be returning.

Hugh: Keep feeding me and I’ll come back. Stray dogs and bachelors, hey Rick?
Richard Harrow: Hmmmm. I would have picked the pea gravel.
Emma: Could’ve gone with the river run.
Harrow: (facetiously mocking Hugh) That’s a nice piece of rock.
Emma: He’s not so bad. Is he?
Harrow: As a brother-in-law…

Roy Phillips: I’m supposed to meet them for dinner…. You’re not making this easy.
Gillian Darmody: Are you asking me to join you?
Roy: But it’s very important it goes well. He thinks I’m still married.
Gillian: You want me to pretend to be your wife.

Chalky White: Check the champagne order and get me 10 extra foldtops. Got that car convention in town.
Dunn Purnsley: Got busboys for that.
Chalky Shit float downhill, buck, don’t matter to me none where it stop.
Valentin Narcisse: Mr. White. Mr. Purnsley.
Chalky (to Dunn): The tables ain’t gonna set theyselves.
Narcisse: May I present Miss Daughter Maitland. Say hello, dear.
Daughter Maitland: Hi Mr. White
Chalky: Pleased to meet ya.
Narcisse: Miss Maitland is a very gifted singer, equally accomplished in jazz, improvisation and
blues.
Chalky: That’s a pretty girl… what’s she doing here?
Narcisse: She’ll be performing for the week.
Chalky: Do you hope you’re asking. Not telling..
Narcisse: We are partners, Mr White, and that girl is a star if you will have her.
Chalky: All right then.
Narcisse: It was my understanding that Mr. Purnsley managed the staff.
Chalky: He do as I tell him.
Narcisse: When men make themselves into brutes, it is just to treat them as brutes.

Willy Thompson: I’m away at college now.
Mickey Doyle: Boola boola.
Willy: We were hoping to get some booze.
Mickey: (giggling) How ‘bout we call your pops. See what he thinks about that.

August Tucker: Ready to get rich?
Nucky: I’m already rich, Mr. Tucker.
Tucker: I’m talking millions.
Nucky: What good would millions do me in jail?
Tucker: You told me he was in.
McCoy: He was. I mean, I thought….
Nucky: I said that I would consider it. And I did…. Sorry, boys, you’ll have to get yourself a new partner.

McCoy: I owe this man
Nucky: It was his scotch on board…. how much?
McCoy: Almost $200,000
Nucky: The deal is shit and you know it.
McCoy: What the bleep am I gonna do?
Nucky: You made your bed, Bill.

Gillian Darmody: A nickel for your thoughts? I pay better than most people.
Roy: I was thinking. We make a pretty swell team.

Henry: Well go on, Romeo… Don’t let us interrupt.
Willy Thompson: You think this is funny? Touch me again and I’ll break your nose.
Henry: Well, it looks like your anger is not the only thing that’s arisen… A cold shower will work wonders, Romeo.

Sally Wheet: How about you? Are you alive?
Nucky Thompson: I recall that I was once.
Sally: What happened?
Nucky: Prohibition. Until then, I was a simple run-of-the-mill crook. A corrupt city official. And I was happy. Plenty of money. Plenty of friends. Plenty of everything. And then suddenly, plenty wasn’t enough.
Sally: Anybody who says money doesn’t buy happiness doesn’t know where to shop
Nucky: How does a not-so-smart semi-dangerous man run the rackets down in Tampa?
Sally: With enough money and the right connections, you can do pretty much anything down here.

Dunn Purnsley: What you want, friend? You want some of this?
Narcisse: A switchblade.
Dunn: I’ll use it, too.
Narcisse: Of that I have no doubt. But what good would another dead Negro do either of us?
Dunn: Make me feel a mite better.
Narcisse: We have no quarrel, Mr. Purnsley.
Dunn: How ‘bout you gettin’ even for Dickie Pastor.
Narcisse: That account has been settled and, in any event, it was merely financial in nature. I’m here on new business. Mr. White…
Dunn: He ain’t here.
Narcisse: Why should he be when he has you to do the slave labor. He offered to give you up in exchange for Dickie Pastor. His Libyan brother for a Nordic devil.
Dunn: Chalky White ain’t never been my friend.
Narcisse: That much is obvious. Do you know what this is?
Dunn: Heroin.
Narcisse: It is freedom. Power. Control over men who are lesser than you. Chalky White is one of those men.
Dunn: Where you going, friend?
Narcisse: As far as you’d like me to take you, but we shall go there together.

Nucky Thompson: The deal. I’ve reconsidered. Tell your hillbilly friend, Tucker, I’m in. But he answers to me, understand?
Bill McCoy. Sure, Nuck, right. of course.