Dexter quotes
468 total quotesDexter: My code requires a higher standard of proof than your city's laws, at zero cost to the taxpayer. If you ask me, I'm a bargain.
Dexter: My little sister, the cuddler.
Debra: I have a scalding hot beverage here, Dex, don't make me use it.
Debra: I have a scalding hot beverage here, Dex, don't make me use it.
Dexter: No self control, lost everything, trying to stop; same whiny story over and over for ...
[Dexter checks his watch.]
Dexter: Ten minutes? Feels like ten hours.
[Dexter checks his watch.]
Dexter: Ten minutes? Feels like ten hours.
Dexter: Regardless of how we got here, one of the two killers in this cabin has to go away.
Doakes: I am not a killer.
Dexter: Right. In terms of who goes, it boiled down to a philosophical question: which one of us has more inherent worth?
Doakes: I know you're fucking kidding me.
Dexter: First I considered our value to the community. That was a wash. We're both loyal civil servants, we work hard to keep the city clean.
Doakes: ... You cut people up into little pieces ...
Dexter: Then I looked at our personal lives, and ... well, it's where the differences became clearer. Strange as it may seem, I have people who depend on me. They would be devastated if they found out what I do. You, Sergeant, you're more of a lone wolf. Easier to put down, no one in the pack to miss you.
Doakes: Fuck you. Fuck you, Morgan, I have a family. I have my mother, my sisters.
Dexter: Who you never visit. Puts a pit in my stomach, that I can only interpret as ... sadness. If you had a personal life, you might not have made me your obsession, and we might not be here right now.
Doakes: I am not a killer.
Dexter: Right. In terms of who goes, it boiled down to a philosophical question: which one of us has more inherent worth?
Doakes: I know you're fucking kidding me.
Dexter: First I considered our value to the community. That was a wash. We're both loyal civil servants, we work hard to keep the city clean.
Doakes: ... You cut people up into little pieces ...
Dexter: Then I looked at our personal lives, and ... well, it's where the differences became clearer. Strange as it may seem, I have people who depend on me. They would be devastated if they found out what I do. You, Sergeant, you're more of a lone wolf. Easier to put down, no one in the pack to miss you.
Doakes: Fuck you. Fuck you, Morgan, I have a family. I have my mother, my sisters.
Dexter: Who you never visit. Puts a pit in my stomach, that I can only interpret as ... sadness. If you had a personal life, you might not have made me your obsession, and we might not be here right now.
Dexter: Roger the Artful Dodger.
Roger: Jesus! You scared me, bro.
Dexter: We have some unfinished business.
Roger: Oh, yeah, right, the warranty and stuff. Listen, uh, I can't write you up right now, I've got the wife waiting for me.
Dexter: You're not married.
Roger: Ex-wife. I gotta take the kids.
Dexter: You don't have kids.
Roger: Step-kids. They're hers.
Dexter: Nope.
Roger: Okay, how about this one � I don't give a shit.
[Dexter starts choking Roger]
Dexter: Neither do I.
Roger: Jesus! You scared me, bro.
Dexter: We have some unfinished business.
Roger: Oh, yeah, right, the warranty and stuff. Listen, uh, I can't write you up right now, I've got the wife waiting for me.
Dexter: You're not married.
Roger: Ex-wife. I gotta take the kids.
Dexter: You don't have kids.
Roger: Step-kids. They're hers.
Dexter: Nope.
Roger: Okay, how about this one � I don't give a shit.
[Dexter starts choking Roger]
Dexter: Neither do I.
Dexter: Roger's DNA matches the semen found at both crime scenes. Irrefutable. If I do nothing, then another woman dies. Is that my long, dormant conscience talking, or the Dark Passenger whispering?
Dexter: Some gangs earn teardrops of blood by killing. I understand � we all need our keepsakes. One man's tattoos are another man's blood slides.
Dexter: Still, it can't be easy to hide a body nowadays.
Masuka: Are you shitting me?
Dexter: Hypothetical. You're the Bay Harbor Butcher. How do you make sure that disposed bodies stay disposed?
Masuka: Tons of options. Everglades. Alligators. Pig farms. Sulphuric acid. Woodchipper. Incinerator. Hell, even meat pies.
Masuka: Are you shitting me?
Dexter: Hypothetical. You're the Bay Harbor Butcher. How do you make sure that disposed bodies stay disposed?
Masuka: Tons of options. Everglades. Alligators. Pig farms. Sulphuric acid. Woodchipper. Incinerator. Hell, even meat pies.
Dexter: That girl's gonna need more than crayons to set her world right. Killing Little Chino would restore my world, too. But only if the Code of Harry is satisfied.
Dexter: Tonight's the night. And it's going to happen again, and again. It has to happen. It's not what I want. But what I want doesn't matter. This is the only way I know how to survive. I'm coiled and ready to strike.
[Dexter bowls]
Dexter: Although a spare will do.
[Dexter bowls]
Dexter: Although a spare will do.
Dexter: Two women are dead, the killer is selling mini-vans, and I have an opportunity to prove it. Even if I am laying low. Having a victim prepped and ready will take the edge off the weight. I hope.
Dexter: What's this? [chuckles] It's the dragon zombie. Cody likes to hide things in my bag.
Lila: He's trying to control you. By hiding toys in your bag, you have no choice but to return them to him.
Dexter: He's seven. He seldom has thoughts more complicated than the desire for candy.
Lila: He's trying to control you. By hiding toys in your bag, you have no choice but to return them to him.
Dexter: He's seven. He seldom has thoughts more complicated than the desire for candy.
Dexter: Why couldn't you just leave me to do my work in peace? Why'd you have to go and ruin everything?
Doakes: You're a killer. I catch killers.
Dexter: So do I. I caught you.
Doakes: I'm not a killer.
Dexter: [chuckles] You are. That's why you've always known what I am. That's why you have more officer-related shootings than anybody else. Only I don't fuck with you when you shoot somebody. Why couldn't you pay me the same professional courtesy?
Doakes: There's nothing professional about what you do. I kill when I have to, on the job.
Dexter: Oh, so it's okay to take a life as long as you get a paycheck for it?
Doakes: You're a killer. I catch killers.
Dexter: So do I. I caught you.
Doakes: I'm not a killer.
Dexter: [chuckles] You are. That's why you've always known what I am. That's why you have more officer-related shootings than anybody else. Only I don't fuck with you when you shoot somebody. Why couldn't you pay me the same professional courtesy?
Doakes: There's nothing professional about what you do. I kill when I have to, on the job.
Dexter: Oh, so it's okay to take a life as long as you get a paycheck for it?