Quotes by Mike Ehrmantraut

Well, you know how they say, "It's been a pleasure"? It hasn't.

We all make our choices and those choices they put us on a road. And sometimes those choices seem small but they put you on the road. You think about getting off but eventually, you're back on it.

Everyone sounds like Meryl Streep with a gun to their head.

The less talk, the better.

I’ve known good criminals and bad cops. Bad priests, honorable thieves. You can be on one side of the law or the other. But if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word. You can go home today with your money and never do this again. But you took something that wasn’t yours. And you sold it for a profit. You’re now a criminal. Good one, bad one? That’s up to you.

We had a good thing, you stupid son of a b-tch! We had Fring, we had a lab, we had everything we needed, and it all ran like clockwork. You could have shut your mouth, cooked, and made as much money as you ever needed. It was perfect. But no, you just had to blow it up. You, and your pride and your ego. You just had to be the man. If you'd known your place, we'd all be fine right now!

Now I don’t know what kind of movies you’ve been watching, but even in the real world, we don’t kill 11 people as some kind of prophylactic measure.

I don't know what movies you've been watching but in the real world, we don't kill 11 people as some kind of prophylactic measure.

Saul: "You see an amateur, I see 170 pounds of clay ready to be molded."
Mike: "If the cancer doesn't get him, it'll be the cops or a bullet to the head."

Saul: "This Heisenberg guy has got something. It's top-of-the-line product. That's the buzz on the street."
Mike: "Years ago, I bought a Betamax, good product, top of the line. Experts said it was better than a VHS. Turned out to be a complete waste of time and money."

Kaylee: "I think Jupiter is my favorite. Did you know it's the largest planet in our solar system? It's called the gas giant."
Mike: "Uh, that's not very nice."
Kaylee: "Pop-Pop, it's not that kind of gas."
Mike: "Oh, my mistake."

Anyone who goes after him is gonna have to come through me.

Whatever happens next, it's not gonna go down the way you think it is.

I already told you what you can do with your money. You seem like a guy who can take a hint, so what are we doing?

Jimmy: "Hey, did you hear all that?"
Mike: "I heard enough to know she saved your a-s."

Here's what's gonna happen. One day you're gonna wake up, eat your breakfast, brush your teeth, go about your business. And sooner or later, you're gonna realize you haven't thought about it. None of it. And that's the moment you realize you can forget. When you know that's possible, it all gets easier.

I have people waiting for me. They don't know what I do, they never will. They're protected. But I do what I do so they can have a better life. And if I live or if I die, it really doesn't make a difference to me as long as they have what they need. So when it's my time to go, I will go knowing I did everything I could for them. Now, you ask me how I keep going? That's how.

The next time you bring a gun to a job without telling me, I will stick it up your a-s sideways.

You are trouble. I’m sorry the kid here doesn’t see it, but I sure as hell do. You are a time bomb. Tick tick ticking. And I have no intention for being around for the boom.

Big doings today. The order of the day is "eyes open, mouth shut."