Senator Clay Davis - Best Quotes From The Wire 

Clay Davis the biggest gangster of the entire series

"I'll take any motherfucker's money if he givin it away!"

"I'm out there doin the lords work for you Irv" LOLOL

they gonna come talk to me about money laundering....in WEST Baltimore???..sheeiiiittt

The whole "Sheeeit" was just an ad-lib that caught fire

"And it's your people up in my shit! Not no Feeeeeeeeeeeds!"

At least 20 characters in this series could have their own show

Dude even tries to con his own lawyer lmao

"Its takes money to make money, Strang"

Clay needs his own series, titled shiiiiieeeeet. What a fucking actor, man.

Me at the end of season 1: “Damn this show is really opening my mind” Me after finishing the show: *saying “sheeeeeeeeeit” in my head repeatedly for three hours*

"I'm hungrier enough to eat the horse you rode in on." LMFAO

“Aint no soul in the world that fucking ungrateful!” 🤣🤣🤣

Isaiah Whitlock, Jr. is such an underrated actor. Not a wasted line or stunted delivery. He was perfect.

I love how Clay Davis' voice constantly modulates to whoever he's talking to. He's all polished and subdued when he's talking to the white politicians and uptown influence peddlers like Carcetti, and can literally pivot in an instant to his "just-another-brother-from-the-block" mode when talking to Burrell, or the black political players and community leaders, or when he's shining Stringer Bell on. All humble and unassuming, prefacing many of his thoughts with a "Look, mah brother..." I think this was exemplified when he and Burrell tried leaning on Daniels to get him to lay off investigating Clay's aide after busting him cold carrying $25K from a known drug den.- When he stumbles and realizes he's in trouble, when it's clear his ass is in the crosshairs and needs to look righteous and rally his base, he launches into full-on "Baptist Preacher Mode;" every sentence flying out of his mouth has the cadence and passion and affectations of speech of a pastor delivering a sermon to his loyal flock. I half expect that at any moment, he's gonna bust out a *"CAN I GET AN 'AMEN' UP IN THIS HOUSE OF GAAAAWWWWWD?!?!?!'"* Clay Davis reminds me a lot of the late Marion Barry; DC and Baltimore share a lot of cultural and political DNA, after all. Barry could be venal, reckless, clumsy, and fatuous. He ran the city dead into receivership, assed up the infrastructure, fucked things up until the streets had so many potholes it looked like it'd been hit with airstrikes. Ended up getting back-seated by an interim federal management group to un-fuck it all, and was later (and quite infamously) busted smoking crack in a hotel room with a $500-a-night hooker. Every time the local press and political wonks counted him out, he came back swinging. Did 26 months in the pen, walked out and held a press conference like he was Nelson flippin' Mandela. Easily won back his old City Council seat in Ward 8 (his most strident support base) and worked his way up to mayor again. For all his faults, he had a ground-up, atomic-level understanding of DC, its politics, the people who lived there, where all the buttons and levers were, and what to say (and who to say it to, or about) to sway the passions and prejudices of his constituents. He understood the political game in DC like few others ever have.

Where does Clay Davis keep his gardening tools? In a sheeeeeeeeed.

How can you make a TV show this God damn good? Every single character has more depth than you could dream up, comparing characters from The Wire to characters on regular TV shows would be like comparing a crappy 8-bit 240p picture to a brand new 4K movie.

Clay Davis airlines slogan "I'll take any motherf*****s money if he given' it away" that would be a very honest airline!

“Tiny ass Korean groceries”! 😂

I worked for the NYS Assembly for years. Seen a few politicians like this.

"I'm sorry I gotsta leave up outta here before I lose my damn mind!!"

You think I'm done, you you you you think im done!

"Beat the feds like a step child" bro got bars too

“Ain’t no soul in the world that f%%#ing ungrateful” hahahaha!!!

1:09 was the moment I truly knew Clay Davis was a legend.

Money laundering IN WEST BALTIMOORRRRRE SHIIIEEEEEET!!!

aint no soul in the world that ungrateful

shieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeitt

Clay could easily be a church preacher haha

Fun Fact: Senator Clayton R. Davis is purportedly inspired by Former Maryland State Senator Larry Yong. Young was expelled on ethics charges (and subsequently acquitted) in 1998.

3:51 Clay is such a money grubbing shlub that they actually thought he was serious lmao

Clay was TOTALLY entertaining!!!!!

It’s a life changing moment when you first realize that politicians in real life are sketchier.

god damn it i laugh my ass off everytime clay speaks

I'm glad they kept clay's character in tack and didn't right him off the script. He's no different from corporate lobbyist that run our democracy as we know it. The writers that created the Wire could do a series on lobbyist and the affect they play on our national policies.

"The one that lays dem golden eggs! Hehehehehe!"

God I love Clay's character. Such a shameless sniveling twit. Soooo freakin hilarious.

"crawl,walk,run" lethal

This guy was more evil and dangerous than anyone in The Wire series

At 2:01 when he says « you you youuuuuuuu think I’m done ». LMAO 😂😂😂

I'm still rooting for him. "What the fuck just happened?" "Whatever it was they don't teach in law school"

4:22 My favorite line in the entire show!

Almost 20 years old and it is just as shocking as if it was being ran for the first time. Timeless comedy.

After seeing him I am adding SHEEEEEEEEIT to my vocabulary! This is so funny, he can talk the pants off of any one.

Think of a conversation with Clay Davis, valchek, Marlo, Prop Joe, Avon and Frank Sobotka on the same table

Clay Davis shows us the importance of campaign finance oversight. It might be “unseemly” but using campaign fund to remodel your dog’s house or taking large donations from drug cartels is not okay.

Clay Davis smooth as fuck.

"I come here to help, but y'all out for blood. I'm not answering no mo questions."

“All you ungrateful bitches!” “ClAy!” 😂

He was a hell of a character

A Clay Davis compilation in my feed? Sheeeeeiiiiiiiiiiit

I need to watch The Wire again

SHEEEeeeeeeiiiiiit!

Great video! Love the final clip showing Clay and his mega-buck lawyer raising their hands in victory! LOL. It amazes me how people will claim The Sopranos as the best series ever. Huh? Compared to the The Wire? Shiiiiiiiiit.....The Sopranos is little more than a shallow mashup of Good Fellas and The Simpsons.

The BEST wire character in my opinion!!

“ They don’t teach that in law school .”

Such an underrated talent. What a voice.

“Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-you think I’m done!”

"You need to Put his ass on a foot-post so far out in the sticks that he gonna see the Philadelphia cops walking toward him." Explain this

Did Dude get an Emmy for this ? I’m sheereeeeittt he was killing it hands down tho.

SHHHHEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIITTTTT

Clay Davis should have had his own show. Fantastic character.

"Hellll NO! Ain't no soul in the WORLD that fuckin ungrateful!!"

I’m gonna hold on to this moment lol

first time i saw the scene with clay saying "some kinda police shit, hell i don't know" i seriously laughed so hard i couldt breathe, haha

Awesome! Clay Davis is hilarious. Well done on this vid!

Clay was a smooth criminal.

Ayooo definitely one of my favorite characters 😂🤣😂classic

when he was in spike lee's 25th hour and busted ed norton for heroin and said shiiiiiiiiiieeet you knew he was gonna not only get more roles but people were gonna ask him to do that !!!! it made the whole scene gold !!!

Thank you for this.

We need a spin-off of clays Davis

“Ain’t soul in the world that fu@kn ungrateful” 😅

“I’m sorry, I gots to leave up outta here befo’ I lose my damn mind!” XD

4:54! Love the imitation of the legend himself!

It's motherfuckers from my own city!

I’m gonna hold onto this moment…yeeeaaahhhh

He needs his own series

Hell of a voice on this dude..aint seen him in a minute lately..the gift of gab is epic with this cat..sheeeeeeeeet...classic.

Legend!!

Clay Davice and Maurice Levy are my favourites.

"Ah'm talkin' 'bout the people now!"

not no feeeeeds!!

“Ain’t no soul in the world that fucking ungrateful!!!!”

Lol he played the part perfectly 😂 😂

sheeeeeeeeeit

Clay: SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID!!!🤣🤣🤣💯

Clay Davis' best lines: 1. Sheeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!! 2. Repeat

Glynn Turmsn, Frankie Faison, and Reg E Cathey...sheeeeeeeiiitttt!

2:21 My guy said he'll keep stealing money till the day he dies! And they still acquitted him! Now *that's* a politician!

Clay Davis is amazing

I aaaaaam Clay Davis😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I'll take any motherfuckas money if he givin' it away! Classic

I was really hoping just for a bunch of clips of him saying shiiiiiiieeet. Lol

THE Clay Davis? Downtown Clay Davis?

I’m So Hungry I Could Eat The Horse You Rode In On 😂😂😂😂

4:01 "Playoffs?!? ...playoffs?!?"

A fantastic actor, i'm surprised this is the only show i've seen him on

That bastard was born with one hand in someone else's pocket.

“You think I’m gonna be the scapegoat for the whole damn machine? Sheeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiii-“

not no feeeeds