Favorite Junior Soprano Quotes

The 15 Greatest Junior Soprano Lines on The Sopranos

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Junior Soprano’s not the most graceful guy, but he does have quite a few talents. He’s great at teaching baseball, spotting potential varsity athletes, and singing egregious, saccharine Italian ballads. And those one-liners could choke an elephant! While it’s hard to keep the list to just 15, here are my picks for the 15 greatest Junior Sopranos lines on The Sopranos.

1. "That's what being a boss life is. You steer the ship the best way you know. Sometimes it's smooth, sometimes you hit the rocks. In the meantime, you find your pleasures where you can."

Junior Soprano talking about the temperature in his house.
Season 3, Episode 8, "He is Risen"
Junior Soprano talking to Tony Soprano at the doctor's office.
Season 2, Episode 6, "The Happy Wanderer"

3. "Who's that speaking here? Is somebody speaking?"

Junior Soprano talking in his kitchen
Season 2, Episode 12, "The Knight in White Satin Armor"

4. "Boy, Anthony must've really gotten under your collar. You're looking to crack his coglioni for putting you here."

Season 1, Episode 6, "Pax Soprana"

5. "What's this motherless f**k's name?"

Season 1, Episode 6, "Pax Soprana"

6. "Yeah, and I'm playing shortstop for the Mets."

Season 1, Episode 6, "Pax Soprana"

8. "My nephew running things? Not that strunz. Not in this life."

Junior Soprano talking to the FBI in Jail in Season 1, Episode 13, "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
S1, E13, "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
Junior talking to Livia in Denial Anger Acceptance (Season 1, Episode 3)
S1, E3, "Denial, Anger, Acceptance"

10. "You gotta wonder where she is in all this. My little niece.

Season 2, Episode 12, "The Knight in White Satin Armor"

11. "Yeah, keep moving, fella."

Junior Soprano talking to Livia Soprano at Green Grove, Season 1, Episode 6, Pax Soprana
Season 1, Episode 6, "Pax Soprana"

12. "You tell me to take a crap on the deck of the Queen Mary...an hour later, they're hosing her down with disinfectant."

Season 3, Episode 7, "Second Opinion"

13. "A whole issue of U.S. News on seniors and health: Bring somebody with you to the doctor's, it said."

Season 3, Episode 7
"Second Opinion"

14. "Kid was always a dumb f**k though, wasn't he? Didn't he almost drown in three inches of water?"

Tony and Junior talking about Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Season 3, Episode 13, "Army of One"

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