Middle Ground (The Wire) Quotes

Middle Ground (The Wire) is a TV program that first aired in 1970 . Middle Ground completed its run in 1970.

Middle Ground (The Wire) Quotes

• (Lt. Cedric Daniels) "I don't care how you do it, but I need my wire today."

• (Brother Mouzone) "Is there an alley entrance?"
• (Omar) "Boarded up on both sides. We gonna have to go through the front."
• (Brother Mouzone) "That's a change for you, isn't it?"

• (Avon Barksdale) "You look healthy."
• (Brother Mouzone) "For a man who was gut-shot. You reached out to a third party who engaged me in the purpose of holding your towers. That third person's word was your word, as he represented you."
• (Avon Barksdale) "That's right."
• (Brother Mouzone) "And I ran those East Baltimore gentlemen off. I held up my end of the agreement -- at least, for as long as I was physically able."
• (Avon Barksdale) "You did."
• (Brother Mouzone) "Your man then set up a meet at Butchie's bar. Your man told Omar Little that I was responsible for the torture of a young boy who was close to Mr. Little's heart. Your man, in effect, sought to have me hit."
• (Avon Barksdale) "Omar told you that, and you believe that muhf***a?"
• (Brother Mouzone) "He doesn't strike me as a man who would tell stories, even at the point of dying."
• (Avon Barksdale) "s***. Proposition Joe package."
• (Brother Mouzone) "The inner workings of your organization don't concern me."
• (Avon Barksdale) "If there's a way; I mean, if my man -- if he made a mistake here, then I'm willin' to pay the cost."
• (Avon Barksdale) "How can we fix it? You want money?"
• (Brother Mouzone) "Money?"
• (Avon Barksdale) "Yeah. This is business."
• (Brother Mouzone) "Business is where you are now. But what got you here is your word and your reputation. With that alone, you've still got an open line to New York. Without it, you're done."

• (Brother Mouzone) "That's far enough. Drop your laundry and turn slowly."
• (Omar) "So you gonna rob me now. I need to remind you who I am?"
• (Brother Mouzone) "Omar, isn't it?"
• (Brother Mouzone) "Pull it slowly, then toss it."
• (Omar) "Oh, I WILL move slow. But I ain't tossin' nothin' -- Bow Tie. So whatever you gonna do, you might as well go ahead and make it quick. I knew you'd come back."
• (Brother Mouzone) "I trust you didn't lose sleep over it."
• (Omar) "Worryin' about you be like wonderin' if the sun gonna come up. Ain't about to wild out over it. What I wanna know is how you find me."
• (Brother Mouzone) "Your boy. He didn't give you up easy."
• (Omar) "Ain't no sugar water runnin' through them veins. You kill him?"
• (Brother Mouzone) "He's resting."
• (Brother Mouzone) "I see you favor a.45."
• (Omar) "Tonight I do. And I keeps one in the chamber, in case you ponderin'. Nice show piece you got there."
• (Brother Mouzone) "Walther PPK,.380, double action."
• (Omar) "Hear them Walthers like to jump some."
• (Brother Mouzone) "As will you, with one in your elbow."
• (Omar) "That gun ain't got enough firepower to make my joint useless. It definitely won't stop me from emptyin' out half my mag."
• (Brother Mouzone) "You might not hit me."
• (Omar) "This range? And this caliber? Even if I miss, I can't miss."
• (Brother Mouzone) "I admire a man with confidence."
• (Brother Mouzone) "I don't see no sweat on your brow neither, bruh."
• (Brother Mouzone) "I suppose we could stand here all night."
• (Omar) "'Spose we could. Or settle this once and forever."
• (Brother Mouzone) "I want to ask you something -- brother."
• (Omar) "Omar listenin'."

• (Stringer Bell) "We ain't gotta dream no more, man. We got real s***. Real estate we can touch."

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