Top 10 Most Famous Thomas Shelby Quotes
The one minute. The soldier’s minute. In a battle, that’s all you get. One minute of everything at once. And anything before is nothing. Everything after, nothing. Nothing in comparison to that one minute.
— Thomas Shelby
I don’t pay for suits. My suits are on the house or the house burns down.
— Thomas Shelby

Everyone’s a whore, Grace. We just sell different parts of ourselves.
— Thomas Shelby

Whisky’s good proofing water. Tells you who’s real and who isn’t.
— Thomas Shelby

All religion is a foolish answer to a foolish question.
— Thomas Shelby

I can charm dogs. Gypsy witchcraft. And those I can’t charm I can kill with my own hands.
— Thomas Shelby

The only way to guarantee peace is by making the prospect of war seem hopeless.
— Thomas Shelby

You know, gentlemen, there is hell, and there is another place below hell.
— Thomas Shelby

Today, it will be me dead or you. But whoever it is, he’ll wake up in hell tomorrow.
— Thomas Shelby

Good taste is for people who can’t afford sapphires.
— Thomas Shelby

10 Inspirational Thomas Shelby Quotes About Life (Tommy)
She’s in the past. The past is not my concern. The future is no longer my concern, either.
— Thomas Shelby

Those of you who are last will soon be first. And those of you who are downtrodden will rise up.
— Thomas Shelby

You can change what you do, but you can’t change what you want.
— Thomas Shelby

You have to get what you want your own way.
— Thomas Shelby

If you apologize once, you do it again and again and again. Like taking bricks out of the wall of your fucking house.
— Thomas Shelby

I’m not a traitor to my class. I am just an extreme example of what a working man can achieve.
— Thomas Shelby

Oh… And there’s a woman. Yeah. A woman… I love… and I got close. I nearly got f EVERYTHING!
— Thomas Shelby

Five for peace, two for truce, one abstention. Let’s get on with the war.
— Thomas Shelby

I can fucking be scared and carry on.
— Thomas Shelby

There is no rest for me in this world. Perhaps in the next.
— Thomas Shelby

18 Famous Thomas Shelby Quotes about Grace & Family
I learnt long ago to hate my enemies, but I’ve never loved one before.
— Thomas Shelby

Are you a whore? Because if you’re not, you’re in the wrong place.
— Thomas Shelby

In France I got used to seeing men die. I never got used to seeing horses die.
— Thomas Shelby

Whiskey is good proofing water. It tells you who’s real and who isn’t.
— Thomas Shelby

I have made arrangements with men I trust. If I should die, then you will die, know that.
— Thomas Shelby

Fortune drops something valuable into your lap, you don’t just dump it on the bank of the cut.
— Thomas Shelby

In pubs sometimes people say things and sometimes it’s the whisky talking. It’s hard to tell which is which.
— Thomas Shelby

I imagine being shot by a woman hurts the same as being shot by a man. Just a bit more shameful.
— Thomas Shelby

It’s not a good idea to look at Tommy Shelby the wrong way.
— Thomas Shelby

Get yourself a decent haircut, man. We’re going to the races.
— Thomas Shelby

It’s business, Grace. And bad, bad business it is, all round. 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 fucking be scared and carry on. And it’s not pleasant to look at and no joy to be around.
— Thomas Shelby
Lies travel faster than the truth.
— Thomas Shelby

When you plan something well there’s no need to rush.
— Thomas Shelby

If you’re soft on rebellion, it’ll grow.
— Thomas Shelby

A good man needs to hold out sometimes.
— Thomas Shelby

You don’t parley when you’re on the back foot.
— Thomas Shelby

You strike when your enemy is weak.
— Thomas Shelby

I know that you all want me to say that I’ll change, that this fucking business will change, but I’ve learnt something in the last few days. Those bastards. Those bastards are worse than us. Politicians, fucking 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.
— Thomas Shelby