Ging Gang Goolie Quotes – Boardwalk Empire

Here are some quotes from the 6th episode of Season 3 of Boardwalk Empire. The Ging Gang Goolie recap is here

Oily rags and a shape shifting pooka:

• Teddy Schroeder: There’s  a fire.
• Margaret Thompson: Go to your sister
• Cornelia Predock: Was there anything important inside?
• Margaret: I have no idea. I never go in there.
• Miss Predock: Do I look ridiculous?
• Margaret: I think we both do.
• Owen Sleater: I looked around. Nothing’s out of sorts.
• Miss Predock: The compost can spontaneously combust.
• Owen: How’d you come to know that, Miss Predock?
• Miss Predock: It’s just an odd fact really.
• Owen: But If you saw the fire starting, you were already awake.
• Teddy: I was looking for the man… the gypsy… he was here.
• Owen: In the garden?
• Teddy: In the street this morning.
• Margaret: And precaution brought you here at 2 in the morning?
• Owen: Perhaps I wanted to see Miss Predock in her nightgown.
• Margaret: That’s an interesting thing to say.
• Owen: I’m here because Mr. Thompson’s away on business and he asked me to look in.
• Margaret: Was it Gyp Rosetti?… The man Teddy saw. We have his dog.
• Owen: Mr. Rosetti’s not a gypsy. Mr. Thompson had some business with him but it’s well completed and he wouldn’t bother with setting fires in your yard.
• Margaret: Oily rags.
• Owen: Unless you believe in the pooka — roaming the fields at night.
• Margaret: The pooka takes the shape of a black horse.
• Owen: He also appears as a goat or a rabbit.
• Margaret: And how would a rabbit start a fire?

Meanwhile back in Tabor Heights:

• Sheriff: You should have seen this place — swarming with state police. Schwarzkopf himself made use of my office.
• Mickey Doyle: Who’s that?
• Sheriff: The top banana, that’s who.
• Eli Thompson: 11 men died and you’re making jokes.
• Sheriff: A robbery. That’s all he said it’d be. I had no idea. I swear. You of all people… I’m the sheriff, for Christ’s sake.
• Eli Thompson: He comes back — you see one hair on his greasy bleeping head, you pick up the phone, you hear me.
• Sheriff: I swear, Eli, on my kids. You’ll be the first to know.
• Mickey Doyle: One more question… is it true Rosetti was wearing a dog collar? (giggle)

In New York City:

• Nucky Thompson: It appears we’ve been stood up.
• George Remus: Remus can see that.

We need a man around here

• Teddy Schroeder: What about the gypsy?
• Margaret Thompson: Why would he start a fire?
• Teddy: Because daddy’s not here… Can’t Owen live here with us?
• Margaret: No… the important thing to remember is that we all need to be careful so that accidents don’t happen again.
• Teddy: It’s not going to happen again.

A fire of another variety:

• Lucky Luciano: This is a 50/50 deal. You sell to the johns — to the other girls.
• Prostitute: And you smoke it, like opium?
• Lucky Luciano: Sure if you like. Sniff a little too. Even shoot it.
• Gillian Darmody: We have standards here, Charles. Our girls don’t peddle dope.
• Lucky Luciano: If they made any money, they wouldn’t have to. You dress these whores like schoolmarms.
• Gillian: (to prostitute) Gather your things. You’re fired.

Washington D.C.

• Nucky Thompson: Who’s the patsy? The poor sap you’re going to feed to the wolves?
• Harry Daugherty: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
• Nucky: You indicting me, Harry?
• Daugherty: Don’t be so dramatic.
• Nucky: Harry, I swear to Christ, if you bring me down,  you’re coming with me, lock, stock and whiskey barrel.
• Daugherty: And who do you think the American people are going to believe… the Attorney General of the United States or a washed up bootlegger from New Jersey?

Benefits are hard to come by:

• Bartender: Coffers are empty, pal.
• Vet 1: I have half a mind to head down to Washington and shit on the White House lawn.
• Man: (to Richard Harrow) Bureau give you disability?
• Harrow: They said that my injuries did not prevent me from securing gainful employment.
• Man: Jesus, what’s it take?
• Sagorsky: Grow up sonny. Get your diaper changed. What are you looking at, half moon?
• Bartender: Lay off, Sagorsky. Drink your drink and shut up.

It looks suspicious, kid

• Teddy. I didn’t do it.
• Margaret: Do what?
• Teddy: Burn the greenhouse
• Margaret: And what are these for? I don’t know what to do with you. You sneak about. You lie. You destroy things. You’ll end up hurting people. Do you think that’s right? Stand up. Face away from me. (whacks him on the butt 3 times). Now go to your room!

Kindred souls:

• Sagorsky: What’s all this bullshit about alcohol? A man is willing to lay his life down for his country. you best let that man have a goddam drink.
• Julia Sagorski: I’m Julia Sagorski.
• Harrow: Richard Harrow.
• Julia Sagorski: Well, don’t take any wooden nickels.

Randolph returns:

• Judge: Your client is guilty. The fine is $5.00.
• Esther Randolph: $5.00? Is this some sort of joke?
• Judge: This entire undertaking is sort of a joke, wouldn’t you say?
• Bailiff: Docket No. US 13705. United States vs. Enoch Malachi Thompson. Violation of Title 2, Section 3 of the Volstead Act.
• Randolph: First, let me say that Mr. Johnson enjoys the dubious distinction of being a premier bootlegger in Atlantic City, NJ…
• Judge: $5.00.
• Nucky: Can you break $100?

A dream come true for Gillian

• Gillian Darmody: What’s your name?
• Roger McAllister: Roger… Roger McAllister.
• Gillian: Do you have a nickname?
• Roger: No, just plain Roger.
• Gillian: Well, I’m going to call you James.
• Roger: Why James?
• Gillian: Because he was a king.