Quotes

Top 70 Peaky Blinders Quotes

““Sir, with the greatest respect… Thomas Shelby is a murdering, cutthroat, mongrel, gangster.” Inspector Campbell”


““Lies travel faster than the truth.” Thomas Shelby”


“To make sure your dog obeys you, you have to show it the stick once in a while.
— C.I. Chester Campbell”


“Instinct’s a funny thinh.”


“Good taste is for people who can’t afford sapphires.
— Tommy Shelby”


“The one minute. The soldier’s minute. In a battle, that’s all you get. One minute of everything at once. And anything before is nothing. Everything after, nothing. Nothing in comparison to that one minute.
— Tommy Shelby “


““Whisky’s good proofing water. Tells you who’s real and who isn’t.” Tommy Shelby”


“Those of you who are last will soon be first. And those of you who are downtrodden will rise up.”


““In all the world, violent men are the easiest to deal with.” Irene O’Donnell”


“In pubs sometimes people say things and sometimes it’s the whisky talking. It’s hard to tell which is which.
— Tommy Shelby”


“My fury is a thing to behold.
— C.I. Chester Campbell”


” There’s only one thing can blind a man as smart as you, Tommy. Love. Polly Gray “


“Rum’s for fun and fucking, innit? So, whisky, now that… that is for business.
— Alfie Solomons”


“She’s in the past. The past is not my concern. The future is no longer my concern, either.
— Tommy Shelby”


“That’s funny, don’t you think? A war about peace.” Tommy Shelby”


“If it was heaven, what would I be doing here?
— Charlie Strong”


““Intelligence is a very valuable thing, innit, my friend. And usually it comes far too fucking late.” Alfie Solomons”


“May you be in heaven a full half hour before the devil knows you’re dead.
— Grace Burgess”


“I get my suits on the house or the house burns down”
“Men don’t have the strategic intelligence to conduct a war between families. Men are less good at keeping secrets out of their lies.
— Polly Gray”


“in all the world the only thing that interests me is the truth. Chester Campbell”


“Five for peace, two for truce, one abstention… let’s get on with the war.”
“You have your mother’s common sense but your father’s devilment. I see them fighting. Let your mother win. Polly Gray”


“The problem, right, between rum and gin, is that gin, right, it leads to the melancholy. Whereas rum incites violence, it also allows you to be liberated from your self-doubt.
— Alfie Solomons”


“I imagine being shot by a woman hurts the same as being shot by a man. Just bit more shameful.”


“It has always been about the explosion. From the beginning. The bang. The outrage.
— Father John Hughes”


“Every man, he craves certainty.
— Alfie Solomons”


“When there are no rules, women take charge.
— Tatiana Petrovna”


““Whisky’s good proofing water. Tells you who’s real and who isn’t.” Tommy Shelby”


“He’ll wake up. Granted he won’t have any teeth left but he will be a wiser man for it.
— Alfie Solomons”


“It’s not a good idea to look at Tommy Shelby the wrong way.
— Tommy Shelby”


““I just put a bullet in his head…. He looked at me the wrong way.” Tommy Shelby”


“I imagine being shot by a woman hurts the same as being shot by a man. Just a bit more shameful.
— Tommy Shelby”


“You can change what you do, but you can’t change what you want. Thomas Shelby”


““In France I got used to seeing men die. I never got used to seeing horses die.””


“Today, it will be me dead or you. But whoever it is, he’ll wake up in hell tomorrow.
— Tommy Shelby”


““Fortune drops something valuable into your lap, you don’t just dump it on the bank of the cut.” Thomas Shelby”


“You have to get what you want your own way.
— Tommy Shelby”


““Killing a man affects the heart.” Chester Campbell”


“I can charm dogs. Gypsy witchcraft. And those I can’t charm I can kill with my own hands.
— Tommy Shelby”


““Men always tell their troubles to a barmaid”. Grace”


“When you plan something well there’s no need to rush.
— Tommy Shelby”


“I don’t need a knife to stop me telling secrets given in confidence. It is a matter of honor.
— Esme Shelby “


“If you’re soft on rebellion, it’ll grow.
— Tommy Shelby”


“You’ve told me about her, like a gentleman, now kindly behave like a gangster again.
— May Carleton”


““Everyone’s a whore, Grace. We just sell different parts of ourselves.” Tommy Shelby”


“I learnt long ago to hate my enemies, but I’ve never loved one before.”
“You know, gentlemen, there is hell, and there is another place below hell.
— Tommy Shelby”


“One thing I have learned is that you and I are opposites, but also just the same. Like an image in a mirror. We hate people. And they in turn hate us. And fear us.
— C.I. Chester Campbell”


“When you’re dead already, you’re free.
— Polly Gray”


“Sometimes the women have to take over. Like in the war.”
““Men and their cocks never cease to amaze me.” Aunt Polly”


““Today it will be me dead. Or you. But, whoever it is, he’ll wake up in hell tomorrow.” “


“You can change what you do, but you can’t change what you want.
— Tommy Shelby”


“I find the more obvious vices the easiest to resist.
— C.I. Chester Campbell “


“Brave is going where no man has gone before.
— Polly Gray”


““I don’t pay for suits. My suits are on the house or the house burns down.””
“I’m not a traitor to my class. I am just an extreme example of what a working man can achieve.
— Tommy Shelby”


““Rule one, you don’t punch above your weight. ” Polly Gray”

Those of you who are last will soon be first. And those of you who are downtrodden will rise up.
— Tommy Shelby”


“May you be in heaven a full half hour before the devil knows you’re dead”
“Rule one, you don’t punch above your weight.
— Polly Gray”


“All religion is a foolish answer to a foolish question.
— Tommy Shelby”


““Nobody works with me. People work for me”.”


“Aunt Pol, when I was Michael’s age I’d killed a hundred men and seen a thousand die. If you want to scare that kid away forever, carry on how you’re going. If you want him to stay, let him come.
— John Shelby”


“Babies don’t have principles.
— Polly Gray”


“My fury is a thing to behold.”
““You strike when your enemy is weak. ” Thomas Shelby”


““You don’t parley when you’re on the back foot.” Thomas Shelby”


“Never give power to the big man.
— Alfie Solomons”

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