Steve Murphy Quotes are famous because of its deep meaning. The Netflix web series ‘Narcos’ had many dialogues that were told by him. He played an important role in the first two seasons of that web series.
Steve Murphy was born in 1957 in Princeton, West Virginia. He along with Javier Pena investigated the Colombian drug lord and leader of the Madellin Cartel, Pablo Escobar. After many incidents, they were succeeded to kill Escobar.
If you read all of these Steve Murphy Quotes, you will understand how deep thoughts are they. Because of his wise thoughts and decisions, they found ways to destroy Escobar’s kingdom.
Let’s dig into deep of Steve Murphy Quotes.
Netflix Narcos Quotes by Steve Murphy
- “They say when a nuclear holocaust destroys the world, only the cockroaches will survive.” — Steve Murphy

“Back then, we were just finding out about the effects of cocaine on the human brain. We didn’t know much, but we knew it was some pretty powerful s***.” — Steve Murphy Netflix
“The hippies had been replaced by Colombians, and these guys didn’t wear flip-flops.” — Steve Murphy Quotes

- “Cocaine hijacks the pleasure centers in the brain. A rat will choose cocaine over food and water. It would choose cocaine over sleep, over sex, over life itself. The human brain isn’t quite the same as a rodent’s, unless we’re talking about cocaine.” — Steve Murphy Sayings
- “Sometimes bad guys do good things.” — Steve Murphy Netflix

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the narco world, it’s that life is more complicated than you think. Good and bad, they’re relative concepts.” — Steve Murphy Quotes
“Imagine you were born in a poor family, in a poor city, in a poor country, and by the time you were 28 years old, you have so much money you can’t even count it. What do you do? You make your dreams come true.” — Steve Murphy Sayings
“In the world of drug dealers, you do what you think is right and hope for the best.” — Steve Murphy

“Cocaine was no longer hidden alongside products. It was the product.” — Steve Murphy Quotes

“When you get too close to the sun, your dreams may melt away.” — Steve Murphy

“The bad guys need to get lucky every time. The good guys just need to get lucky once.” — Steve Murphy Netflix

- “In the United States, the Mafia makes witnesses disappear so they can’t testify in court. In Colombia, Pablo Escobar made the whole court disappear.” — Steve Murphy

“If you make it to the top, it means you’ve killed your enemies. And sometimes, your partners.” — Steve Murphy Quotes
“You want to turn on the tap of the richest country in the world, you’d better be chasing reds.” — Steve Murphy
“Nothing gives the fearful more courage than another’s fear.” — Steve Murphy Sayings
“Kill the body, the head will die.” — Steve Murphy Quotes

“The thing about war is, it’s just bad for business. And when you got a bull’s-eye on your back, your rivals get bold.” — Steve Murphy Netflix
“In Colombia, when money’s involved, blood inevitably flows.” — Steve Murphy
“When you kill someone, you lose all your leverage the moment they’re dead. Now, you take someone’s children away from them, you’d be amazed what they’d do to get them back.” — Steve Murphy Sayings
“A good president can stand up to external pressure. It’s the internal pressure that can wear you down.” — Steve Murphy

“In this war, the innocent always seemed to be the ones who got hurt.” — Steve Murphy Quotes
“It is often said there is no honor among thieves. That’s doubly true of drug dealers.” — Steve Murphy Netflix
“Bad guys don’t play by the rules. That’s what makes them bad.” — Steve Murphy

“Escobar hadn’t built himself a prison at all. He’d built himself a fortress. But no matter how you decorate it, a cage is still a cage.” — Steve Murphy
“When you’ve run out of ways to hide your money, that’s when you give it to the poor.” — Steve Murphy Quotes
“We were like the Bermuda Triangle. You get too close to us, you disappear.” — Steve Murphy Sayings
“You may have 800 houses, my friend, but none of them is home. We will keep you on the run for the rest of your life, or until we catch you, or kill you. From now on, nowhere is safe.” — Steve Murphy Netflix
“We can either play politics or we can do the job.” — Steve Murphy
“At the time, the only thing more dangerous than being a Colombian cop was being a Colombian presidential candidate.” — Steve Murphy
“Gaviria could easier cut a hundred deals with the devil before he could cut one with Pablo.” — Steve Murphy Quotes
“One man’s prison is anyone else’s palace.” — Steve Murphy

“In all the years I chased Escobar, I could count on one hand the times we almost had him. And each time, we forgot the two most important things we already knew about him: Close doesn’t count. And Pablo is never more dangerous than when you almost have him.” — Steve Murphy Sayings
“You can have all the intelligence in the world, but if nobody’s there to act on it, what’s it worth? Nothing.” — Steve Murphy Quotes
“We all need a method. Something to cling to when the s*** around us gets so deep, we might go under. Something to guide us home when we feel we’ve lost our way. If we’re lucky, someone gives us a method and we follow it. If not, we find our own.” — Steve Murphy
“The first step to blinding someone is getting them to open their eyes.” — Steve Murphy Netflix
“If Search Block was gonna have any kind of impact on the hunt for Pablo, we’d have to play the game better and faster.” — Steve Murphy Sayings
“You threaten a man’s family, and you find out what he’s made of.” — Steve Murphy

“The thing about drug dealers is you can’t trust them for s***.” — Steve Murphy Quotes
“The narcos always talk about loyalty… till their own asses are on the line.” — Steve Murphy Sayings

- “Best way to make a bad story go away is to come up with a better story, and sell it hard.” — Steve Murphy Netflix
Final Thought on Steve Murphy Quotes and Sayings
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