- [after Ronnie DeSoto admits he doesn't accept contracts to kill women or children]
- Detective Don Flack: A hit man with a code of ethics. How noble.
- [about Talmadge Neville]
- Ronnie DeSoto: He should be lying in an alley right now with a bullet between his eyes.
- Detective Don Flack: Excuse me?
- Detective Stella Bonasera: And how do you know that?
- [DeSoto doesn't answer]
- Detective Don Flack: You were going to do him, weren't you? So what's your beef with Talmadge Neville?
- Ronnie DeSoto: Let's just say I'm a guy with a specific skill set. And I got the constitution to commit acts that other people don't have the courage to.
- Detective Stella Bonasera: You're a hit man.
- Ronnie DeSoto: I'm not familiar with that term.
- Detective Don Flack: Sorry. "Contract killer." Is that what you prefer to put on your business cards?