- Gaston Means: Consider me an admirer Mr. Thompson. Ordinary men avoid trouble. Extraordinary men turn it to their advantage. You and I have that in common.
- Gaston Means: [after being asked about an additional bribe] How would you judge a man you could buy within five minutes of meeting him?
- Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: I wouldn't trust him for a second.
- Gaston Means: Then we are face to face with paradox.
- Billie Kent: I'll bite. What do you want?
- Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: I... want... everything to run all by itself.
- Billie Kent: Then what would you do?