Peaky Blinders Quotes: “Peaky Blinders” is a British television crime drama series that first premiered in 2013. The show is primarily set in Birmingham, England, and follows the exploits of the Shelby crime family in the direct aftermath of World War I. The title of the series comes from a 19th-century urban youth gang in Birmingham, the Peaky Blinders, who were active from the 1890s to the early 20th century.
The main character is Thomas Shelby, played by Cillian Murphy, who is the ambitious and cunning leader of the Peaky Blinders gang. Other notable characters include Arthur Shelby (Paul Anderson), John Shelby (Joe Cole), Polly Gray (Helen McCrory), and Michael Gray (Finn Cole).
Peaky Blinders Quotes
“Lies travel faster than the truth.” – Tommy Shelby
“The only way to guarantee peace is by making the prospect of war seem hopeless.” – Tommy Shelby
“To make sure your dog obeys you, you have to show it the stick once in a while.” – Chester Campbell
“You have to get what you want your own way.” – Tommy Shelby
“Intelligence is a very valuable thing, innit, my friend. And usually, it comes far too f*cking late.” – Alfie Solomons
“An agreement is not the same thing as an assurance.” – Chester Campbell
“In all the world the only thing that interests me is the truth.” – Chester Campbell
“When you plan something well there’s no need to rush.” – Tommy Shelby
“All religion is a foolish answer to a foolish question.” – Tommy Shelby
“For those who make the rules, there are no rules.” – Tommy Shelby
“You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you take.” – Lizzie Shelby
“When there are no rules, women take charge.” – Tatiana Petrovna
“My suits are on the house, or the house burns down.” – Tommy Shelby
“You strike when your enemy is weak.” – Tommy Shelby
“I don’t need a knife to stop me telling secrets given in confidence. It is a matter of honor.” – Esme Shelby
“Ambition for respectability doesn’t make you a saint.” – Father John Hughes
Alfie Solomons Quotes
“Life is so much easier to deal with when you are dead.” – Alfie Solomons
“Five for peace, two for truce, one abstention. Let’s get on with the war.” – Tommy Shelby
‘“I have made arrangements with men I trust. If I should die, then you will die, know that.” – Tommy Shelby
“Those of you who are last will soon be first. And those of you who are downtrodden will rise up.” – Tommy Shelby
“I’m not a traitor to my class. I am just an extreme example of what a working man can achieve.” – Tommy Shelby
“Please don’t listen to my sister’s opinions of me. They are always hopeful. Therefore they are always wrong.” – Tommy Shelby
“It’s not a good idea to look at Tommy Shelby the wrong way.” – Tommy Shelby
“People are loyal to those who pay their wages.” – Tommy Shelby
“Good taste is for people who can’t afford sapphires.” – Tommy Shelby
‘“I know who I am, Linda. I know who I am and I’m all right with it. Finally, I can live with it.” – Arthur Shelby
“There’s good in my heart, but these hands belong to the devil.” – Arthur Shelby
“There’s a part of me that is unfamiliar to myself. And I keep finding myself there.” – Tommy Shelby
“People thinking I’m going to fall, they start behaving in a different way around you.” – Tommy Shelby
“I have made arrangements with men I trust. If I should die, then you will die, know that.” – Tommy Shelby
“Five for peace, two for truce, one abstention. Let’s get on with the war.” – Tommy Shelby
“If you apologize once, you do it again and again and again. Like taking bricks out of the wall of your f*cking house.” – Tommy Shelby
“Anyway, we’re Peaky Blinders. We’re not scared of coppers. If they come for us, we’ll cut them a smile each.” – John Shelby
“Aunt Pol, when I was Michael’s age I’d killed a hundred men and seen a thousand die. If you want to scare that kid away forever, carry on how you’re going. If you want him to stay, let him come.” – John Shelby (Peaky Blinders Quotes)
“I know who I am, Linda. I know who I am and I’m all right with it. Finally, I can live with it.” – Arthur Shelby
“This place is under new management, by order of the peaky blinders.” – Arthur Shelby
“In the end, it’s God who pulls that f*cking trigger anyway. We don’t get to decide who lives and who dies, Finn. Not us. You just have to flick a switch.” – Arthur Shelby
“I’m an old man and my heart’s battered vessel, but within, there still beats a fluttering pulse of a dream.” – Arthur Shelby
“You have your mother’s common sense but your father’s devilment. I see them fighting. Let your mother win.” – Aunt Polly
“My senior position within the Shelby company means I don’t often have to ask permission from anyone to do anything.” – Aunt Polly
“Sometimes the women have to take over. Like in the war.” – Aunt Polly
“Men and their c*cks never cease to amaze me.” – Aunt Polly
“Rule one, you don’t punch above your weight.” – Aunt Polly
“Men don’t have the strategic intelligence to conduct a war between families. Men are less good at keeping secrets out of their lies.” – Aunt Polly
“We’ve kept each other alive. But I didn’t just put my head through that window. I climbed through it. First I thought it was madness, but no. When you’ve put your head out of that window, you can do anything you want. Because there are no rules. Because there are no risks.” – Aunt Polly
“Brave is going where no man has gone before.” – Aunt Polly
Peaky Blinder Quotes
“If you pull that trigger, right, you pull that trigger for a f*cking honorable reason. Like an honorable man, not like some f*cking civilian that does not understand the wicked way of our world, mate.” – Alfie Solomons
“Don’t come in here and sit there in my chair and tell me that I’m losing my war to a f*cking wop.” – Alfie Solomons
“I know what I know, you know. If you don’t know, then you don’t f*cking know, do you?” – Alfie Solomons
“You are behaving like a f*cking child. This is a man’s world.” – Alfie Solomons
“He who fights by the sword, he f*cking dies by it, Tommy.” – Alfie Solomons
“These bastards only understand one language.” – Alfie Solomons (Peaky Blinders Quotes)
“I learned long ago to hate my enemies, but I’ve never loved one before.” – Tommy Shelby
“Men like us, Mr. Shelby, will always be alone. And what love we get, we will have to pay for.” – Chester Campbell
“Oh. And there’s a woman. Yeah. A woman I love—and I got close. I nearly got f*cking everything!” – Thomas Shelby
“A man needs to prove he is better than me, rather than show me his birth certificate.” – Tommy Shelby
“Did you know that madness sets you free? Otherwise, we’re just peasants obeying the law.” – Tatiana Petrovna
“Everyone’s a wh*re, Grace. We just sell different parts of ourselves.” – Tommy Shelby
“Fortune drops something valuable into your lap, you don’t just dump it on the bank of the cut.” – Tommy Shelby
“These days, people tell me things without even speaking.” – Tommy Shelby
‘“There’s business and there’s love.” – Grace Burgess
“You can never tell with men. They go for whoever their dicks point at, and there’s no changing their minds.” – Aunt Polly
“You’ve told me about her, like a gentleman, now kindly behave like a gangster again.” – May Carleton
“She’s in the past. The past is not my concern. The future is no longer my concern, either.” – Tommy Shelby
“In France, I got used to seeing men die. I never got used to seeing horses die.” – Tommy Shelby
“In all the world, violent men are the easiest to deal with.” – Irene O’Donnell
‘“I can charm dogs. Gypsy witchcraft. And those I can’t charm, I can kill with my own hands.” – Tommy Shelby
“He’ll wake up. Granted he won’t have any teeth left but he will be a wiser man for it.” – Alfie Solomons
“I just put a bullet in his head—he looked at me the wrong way.” – Tommy Shelby
‘“Sometimes death is a kindness.” – Tommy Shelby
Peaky Blinders Captions
“When you’re dead already, you’re free.” – Aunt Polly
“I know that you all want me to say that I’ll change, that this f*cking business will change, but I’ve learned something in the last few days. Those bastards. Those bastards are worse than us. Politicians, f*cking judges, lords, and ladies. They’re worse than us, and they will never admit us to their palaces, no matter how legitimate we become because of who we are.” – Tommy Shelby
“It’s business, Grace. And bad, bad business it is all around. And I’m scared, Grace. I’m scared for you. I’m scared for the baby. And this is how I am when I’m scared. It is unfamiliar to you but not to me. I can f*cking be scared and carry on. And it’s not pleasant to look at and no joy to be around.” – Tommy Shelby
“Killing a man affects the heart.” – Chester Campbell
“I am my own revolution.” – Tommy Shelby
“Instinct’s a funny thing.” – Aunt Polly
“Babies don’t have principles.” – Aunt Polly
“Every man, he craves certainty.” – Alfie Solomons (Peaky Blinders Quotes)
“Never give power to the big man.” – Alfie Solomons
“That shit’ll rot your pipework.” – Alfie Solomons
“My fury is a thing to behold.” – Chester Campbell
“If you’re soft on rebellion, it’ll grow.” – Tommy Shelby
“A good man needs to hold out sometimes.” – Tommy Shelby
“Men always tell their troubles to a barmaid.” – Grace Burgess
“I find the more obvious vices the easiest to resist.” – Chester Campbell
“When my judgment comes, I’ll be the one that’s laughing.” – Chester Campbell
“The problem, right, between rum and gin, is that gin, right, it leads to the melancholy. Whereas rum incites violence, it also allows you to be liberated from your self-doubt.” – Alfie Solomons
“In pubs sometimes people say things and sometimes it’s the whisky talking. It’s hard to tell which is which.” – Tommy Shelby
“Whisky’s good proofing water. Tells you who’s real and who isn’t.” – Tommy Shelby
Peaky Blinders Season 6 Quotes
“You’re not a soldier, you’re a coward. Leaving your family behind without a goodbye.” – Lizzie Shelby
“No matter what it takes.. No matter how many lies I have to tell… I will take revenge on Tommy Shelby” – Michael Gray
“Since I foreswore alcohol, I’ve become a calmer and more peaceful person” – Tommy Shelby
“Sometimes, in moments of personal conflict I can resort to my old ways. If this were to happen now, it would indeed be a black day in Miquelon.” – Tommy Shelby
“The guy knows things that can get him killed and he says them out loud” – Unknown
“Every catastrophe is also an opportunity ” – Tommy Shelby
“You talk loose to anyone, it’ll be me in the harbour and you’ll be the Maria with the bleeding heart” – Michael Gray
“I have no limitations” – Tommy Shelby
“In the Shelby family, business comes before issues of vengeance” – Tommy Shelby
“A friend loves at all time.. but a brother is born for adversity” – Tommy Shelby
“To see what’s inside. Wait till you see. God. God knows what’s inside. God help her.” – Tommy Shelby
” What use is a man? A horse pulls the wagon. A dog keeps me safe. A cat keeps me warm at night” – Esme Shelby Lee
“I’ve done bad things, Esme. I would like to make amends” – Tommy Shelby
“Gold doesn’t work. That was the last lesson that ruby taught us” – Tommy Shelby
“Not a Devil, just an ordinary mortal man” – Tommy Shelby
“A child is a precious thing” – Tommy Shelby
“Above God, above children, above his wife and above his mother… most of all, a man loves his balls” – Jack Nelson
“Horses are better than people, you know” – Duke Shelby
“Fairness is not a soldier’s concern” – Charlie
” I don’t want anyone.. anyone who may or may not love me .. to have to see me crawl.. or grow insane and helpless.” – Tommy Shelby
“No one close to you makes a choice without your opinion, Tom” – Michael Gray
“Dead men can see through life like it was a curtain that billows with the flicker of truth upon it “– Alfie Solomons
