Down Neck Quotes

Down Neck is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . Down Neck completed its run in 1970.

Down Neck Quotes

• (Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.) "She was very high strung, my mother. Very dramatic. Every night to her was a night at the opera."
• (Livia Soprano) "I could stick this fork in your eye."

• (Tony Soprano) "Maybe this was his chance to get out. I know Dad was no choir boy, but maybe with a little bit of support --"
• (Livia Soprano) "Oh, Mr. Sensitive now. Well, if it bothers you, maybe you better talk to a psychiatrist."
• (Tony Soprano) "Whoa, what are you talkin' about, a psychiatrist?"
• (Livia Soprano) "Well, that's what people do when they're lookin' for somebody to blame for their life, isn't it?"
• (Tony Soprano) "You're a real stone player, aren't you, Ma? You threatened to smother his children."
• (Livia Soprano) "What does that mean?"
• (Tony Soprano) "You know, everyone thought Dad was the ruthless one. But I gotta hand it to you. If you'd been born after those feminists, you woulda been the real gangster."
• (Livia Soprano) "I don't know what you're talking about."

• (Dr. Jennifer Melfi) "That must have been devastating."
• (Tony Soprano) "No, it turned out it was no big deal."
• (Dr. Jennifer Melfi) "To see your father handcuffed, being led away by the police."
• (Tony Soprano) "At the time I thought my head was gonna explode. He looked -- helpless. When I got home my mother had a different perspective, which made me feel better."
• (Dr. Jennifer Melfi) "So in her pain she reached out to you."
• (Tony Soprano) "That's one way to put it."
• (Young Livia Soprano) "Your father may not be home for dinner tonight. Go wash up."
• (Young Tony Soprano) "I know."
• (Young Livia Soprano) "What do you know?"
• (Young Tony Soprano) "I saw him getting arrested. What did he do?"
• (Young Livia Soprano) "He didn't do anything. They just pick on the Italians."

• (Tony Soprano) "But I'll tell ya somethin', I was proud to be Johnny Soprano's kid. When he beat the s*** outta that guy, I went to the class, I told them how tough my father was."
• (Dr. Jennifer Melfi) "Do you think that's how your son feels about you?"
• (Tony Soprano) "Yeah, probably. And I'm glad. I'm glad if he's proud of me. But that's the bind I'm in 'cause I don't want him to be like me."

• (Peter Galani) "He often has difficulty waiting his turn, is often quote unquote, "on the go" or acts if driven by a motor. Often interrupts or intrudes on others. And often fidgets with hands or feet."
• (Tony Soprano) "He fidgets with hands or feet?"
• (Peter Galani) "That's right."
• (Tony Soprano) "You mean, like, he fidgets?"
• (Peter Galani) "Uh-huh."
• (Tony Soprano) "And that's a sickness, to fidget?"
• (Peter Galani) "Mr. Soprano, it's one of nine possible symptoms."
• (Tony Soprano) "What constitutes a fidget?"
• (Carmela Soprano) "Tony --"
• (Tony Soprano) "No, no, what constitutes a fidget? I mean, so what if he fidgets? He's in school. Who doesn't fidget in school? And he doesn't wait his turn? The kid's in puberty, he gets a hard-on every ten minutes, for chrissake."

• (Dr. Jennifer Melfi) "Genetic predispositions are only that: predispositions. It's not a destiny written in stone. People have choices."
• (Tony Soprano) "She finally offers an opinion."
• (Dr. Jennifer Melfi) "You think that everything that happens is preordained? You don't think that human beings possess free will?"
• (Tony Soprano) "How come I'm not making freakin' pots in Peru? You're born to this s***. You are what you are."
• (Dr. Jennifer Melfi) "Within that, there is a range of choices. This is America."
• (Tony Soprano) "Right -- America."

• (Johnny Boy Soprano) "After Rocco gets the book up, he's gonna open a new supper club. He wants me to run it."
• (Young Livia Soprano) "A supper club? Are you drunk?"
• (Johnny Boy Soprano) "Oh, bella Madonna, Jesus Christ Almighty."
• (Johnny Boy Soprano) "f***ing albacore around my neck. Every time I try to do somethin'. Me and the kids will go without ya."
• (Young Livia Soprano) "They are not going anywhere. I'd rather smother them with a pillow than take them to Nevada."
• (Johnny Boy Soprano) "Always with the drama."

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