"I do not choose to have people accuse me of false promises for the sake of cheap sensationalism, or to be compromised by your lieutenant. Castrate him."

"Woody Harrelson - Carson Wells"

"Barry Corbin - Ellis"

"Stephen Root - Man Who Hires Wells"

"Tess Harper - Loretta Bell"

"Kelly Macdonald - Carla Jean Moss"

"Javier Bardem - Anton Chigurh"

"Josh Brolin - Llewelyn Moss"

"Tommy Lee Jones - Sheriff Ed Tom Bell"

"Where's the last man standing?"

"There are no laws."

"You can't stop what's coming."

"There are no clean getaways."

"All the time you spend trying to get back what's been took from you, more is going out the back door."

"[opening monologue] I was Sheriff of this county when I was 25 years old. Hard to believe. My grandfather was a lawman, father too. Me and him was sheriffs at the same time, him up in Plano and me out here. I think he's pretty proud of that. I know I was. Some of the old time Sheriffs never even wore a gun. A lotta folks find that hard to believe. Jim Scarborough never carried one. That's the younger Jim. Gaston Borkins wouldn't wear one up in Comanche County. I always liked to hear about the old-timers. Never missed a chance to do so. You can't help but compare yourself against the old-timers. Can't help but wonder how they'd have operated in these times. There was this boy I sent to the electric chair at Huntsville here awhile back, my arrest and my testimony. He killed a 14 year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been plannin' to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out, he'd do it again. Said he knew he was going to hell, be there in about fifteen minutes. I don't know what to make of that. I surely don't. The crime you see now, it's hard to even take its measure. It's not that I'm afraid of it. I always knew you had to be willin' to die to even do this job. but I don't want to push my chips forward and go out and meet somethin' I don't understand. A man would have to put his soul at hazard. He'd have to say: "Okay, I'll be part of this world.""

"I'm not apologizing for what I did. I'm apologizing for what I didn't do."

"Richard C. Sarafian - Gino Marzzone"

"John P. Ryan - Mickey Malnato (final film role)"

"Joe Pantoliano - Caesar"

"Gina Gershon - Corky"

"Jennifer Tilly - Violet"

"In their world, you can't buy freedom. But you can steal it."

"It's not where you've been...it's where you're Bound."

"Sex and crime forever."

"For money. For murder. For each other."

"Violet and Corky are making laundry day a very big deal."

"A trust so deep it cuts both ways."

"Gino Marzzone: Cesare, you gotta do me a favor. A personal favor for me. You gotta start respecting Johnny, the way you respect me. Capisce? Good, good. And you, Johnny. You gotta stop acting stupid. You gonna earn this respect that Cesare's gonna give. Capisce? Good, done!"

"Mickey Malnato: Shelly, I'm gonna ask you 10 times. You understand? 10 times."