Our list of the best quotes from Max and DC Studios crime drama television show created by Lauren LeFranc. Set in the world of The Batman (2022), The Penguin explores Oswald Cobblepot’s (Colin Farrell) rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld.
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Best Pulpy Gangster Quotes from The Penguin
Alberto Falcone: You know what I like most about you, Oz? You are who you are. You couldn’t change if you tried.
Oz Cobb: Ain’t that what makes me fun?
Oz Cobb: A frigging parade. I mean, it wasn’t fancy, but it was the gesture, the show of love, of what he meant. Can you imagine? To be remembered like that? Revered?
Oz Cobb: If you step out of line, just once, I swear to God, I’ll gut you like a f***ing fish. Do you understand?
Oz Cobb: If we don’t protect what’s ours, we look weak.
Oz Cobb: Maybe we don’t see eye-to-eye on every little thing. You know, maybe you don’t like me. That’s fine. I’m an acquired taste. But I make you money.
Sofia Falcone: You know, Oz, people underestimate you, but not me. I’ve always known you were capable of more.
Francis Cobb: [to Oz] This city is meant to be yours, sweetheart. What are you going to do to get it?
Oz Cobb: This is one of those moments, when you got to ask yourself, “What kind of life do I want?”
Oz Cobb: The world wasn’t built for guys like us. That’s why we got to take whatever we decide is ours. Because no one’s going to give it to us, not without a fight.
Salvatore Maroni: [to Oz] I know who you are. I know what you are. I don’t work with people whose loyalty is for sale.
Oz Cobb: Trust takes time.
Sofia Falcone: [to Oz] It’s a terrible feeling. Isn’t it? Nothing left to hide behind.
Sofia Falcone: [to Oz] You are so good at talking your way out of things. Even at the cost of someone else’s life. Especially then.
Oz Cobb: [to Vic] Didn’t we agree, the head alone would be the most poetic, and the pinky, the cherry on top? But instead, the whole body’s in there. Just a pinky chopped off. It felt, well, small.
Dr. Julian Rush: You’re safe.
Sofia Falcone: I’m not safe. I’m home.
Ray: Hey, why do seagulls fly over the sea? Because if they flew over the bay, they’d be bagels. You get it? Bagels! Like the bread.
Oz Cobb: What’s the difference between the Mafia and the government? One of them is organized! See, Ray? You just got to know your audience!
Oz Cobb: No one’s untouchable.
Eve Karlo: Then neither are you.
Francis Cobb: I won’t be here forever.
Oz Cobb: None of us will. You know, but we got time. You just got to be patient.
Francis Cobb: Yeah, tell it to my headstone.
Oz Cobb: Dead’s a one-way street, Vic.
Oz Cobb: You want to survive? You got to adapt. Respond to the environment, the situation, got to think on your feet, you got to be quick.
Sofia Falcone: I refuse to let these old f***ing men push me aside again, like I’m nothing. So, I’m going to take from them now. And I’m going to force them to their knees. It should be fun. What do you say, Oz? You in?
Oz Cobb: Let’s dance.
Oz Cobb: How’s anyone supposed know your worth unless you tell them, huh?
Oz Cobb: Sometimes it’s better to ask for forgiveness.
Oz Cobb: [to Vic] The world ain’t set up for the honest man to succeed.
