- Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs: It takes a whore to catch a whore.
- Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: What the fuck did I do?
- Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman: [Reading an affadavit] You all cannot spell for shit.
- Det. William Moreland: Well, would we be police if we could?
- The Greek: It's a new world, Frank. You should go out and spend some of the money on something you can touch. New car, new coat... It's why we get up in the morning, huh?
- Bernard: So I get paid?
- Detective Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: Yeah, you get paid, but you *don't* get paid, *we* get paid.
- Bernard: Why don't they give you the money and leave me out of it?
- Detective Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: 'Cause we need someone to be confidential informant #238, registered with the department. See, we get you registered, we get paid.
- Bernard: So you're gonna snap my picture...
- Sergeant Ellis Carver: And your Social Security number.
- Bernard: And they give me money, which you guys keep, and I don't get nothin'.
- Detective Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: Hey, cuz, did you do anything to deserve the money? Huh?
- Bernard: Did you?
- Detective Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: Yeah, we cracked the fuckin' case wide open. We brought back very significant information about a major drug trafficker. That's what *we* did.
- Bernard: But that's your fuckin' job, right? You get paid a salary for that.
- [Carver looks annoyed]
- Detective Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: Bernard, you're upsetting my partner, man. What are you doin'?
- Bernard: Ten percent.
- [Carver looks at him incredulously]
- Bernard: Ten percent goes to me, and I don't tell.
- Detective Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: You don't tell because your ma and my ma are sisters. That's why you don't tell, Bernard.
- Sergeant Ellis Carver: We're not even gonna use your real name. You're gonna be registered as Fuzzy Dunlop, a street name.
- Bernard: Fuzzy Dunlop.
- Detective Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: Yeah. Right.
- Bernard: Ten percent.
- [Herc and Carver look at each other]
- Sergeant Ellis Carver: [annoyed] Wonderful, now I'm in business with the whole fuckin' family.
- [quickly snaps Bernard's picture]