“Every man carries a badge. Some symbol of his allegiance. His were the scars of a boxer who'd used his fists to climb the social ladder of the mob. A Jew who'd gained the respect of wops through a homicidal lust. He'd sworn an oath of violence.”

Josh Brolin - Sgt. John O'Mara

“- Lil: That's Rachel, you can learn a lot from her.
- Violet Sanford: She just cut some guy's ponytail off.
- Lil: Yeah, the court ordered her to take anger-management classes after she pummeled a customer for grabbin' her ass. He pressed charges, I gave her a raise.”
Maria Bello - Lil
Piper Perabo - Violet Sanford

“You want tact, call a tactician. You want an ass nailed, you come see Gus Petch.”
Cedric the Entertainer - Gus Petch

“It's how we keep from destroying in turn our own children and terrorizing the women who have the misfortune to love us; how we absent ourselves from the tradition of male violence; how we decline the seduction of revenge.”
Willem Dafoe - Rolfe Whitehouse

“There's a difference between being violent and being driven to violence. I am not a violent man!”
Charlie Sheen - Jack Hammond