Gangsters Quotes

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  Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.

  Al Capone

  Best Friend, Fake Friends, Bad Friend

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• I ain't no gangster. I'm a grown man trying to run a business.

  Suge Knight

  Running, Men, Trying

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• Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

  Mario Puzo

  Inspirational, Movie, Hollywood Films

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• Every human being has a bit of gangster in him.

  Binyavanga Wainaina

  Humans, Bits, Human Beings

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• The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.

  Frank Lucas

  Entrepreneur, Rooms, Gangster Movie

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• Some call me a gangster of love

  Steve Miller

  Call Me

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• The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

  Stanley Kubrick

  History, Political, Humour

  In Guardian 5 June 1963

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• I don't think there's much a person could say about me. My gangster's never been on trial.

  Beanie Sigel

  Thinking, Trials, Persons

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• Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. I`m not the thief who grabs your purse. I`m not the guy who jacks your car. I`m not down with the people who steal and hurt others. I`m just a brother who fight back.

  Tupac Shakur

  Hurt, Brother, Fighting

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• Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?

  Paul Walker

  Attitude, East, West Coast

  "Paul Walker & Wayne Kramer —Running Scared". Groucho Reviews Interview, www.grouchoreviews.com. December 11, 2006.

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• See, ya are what ya are in this world. That's either one of two things: Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody.

  Frank Lucas

  Two, World, Gangster Movie

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• First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.

  Matt Groening

  Money, Montana, Sugar

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• As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

  Ray Liotta

  Movie, Mafia, Mobster

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• Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

  Al Capone

  Class, Mafia, Bootlegging

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• What do you mean "gangsters"? It's business.

  Abraham Polonsky

  Mean

  "Fictional character: Wally". "Force of Evil", www.imdb.com. 1948.

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• I'm a gangster, and gangsters don't ask questions.

  Lil Wayne

  Asks

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• Gun control? It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. I'm a bad guy; I'm always gonna have a gun. Safety locks? You will pull the trigger with a lock on, and I'll pull the trigger. We'll see who wins.

  Sammy Gravano

  Gun, Winning, Safety

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• I'm not an educated man, but I've read some history. Every kingdom comes up bloody. Every castle is built on a pile of bones. When I came out here, LA was nothing. Back east I was a gangster, out here I'm god.

  Mickey Cohen

  Men, Castles, East

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• Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

  Al Capone

  Mafia, Trouble, Prohibition

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• Gangster is the truest friend I can ever ask for.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Friendship, Dog, Asks

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• I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

  Abel Ferrara

  Yuppies, Bunch, Mulberry

  "Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins'" by Andrew Purcell, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2010.

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• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Marlon Brando

  Movie, Film History, Hollywood Films

  "Fictional character: Don Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1972.

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• Everybody who comes from the gangster life - they want what that man in the suburbs wants. Nice family. Nice house. Nice cars. Bills paid. Kids in school. Food on the table. Nothing more.

  Ice Cube

  Nice, School, Kids

  "Ice Cube talks Are We There Yet?, xXx 2, life in the hood and more!". Interview with Brian B., movieweb.com. January 20, 2005.

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• Never piss off a gangster.

  Chael Sonnen

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• A lot of my friends are gangsters. Not like gangsters - well, yeah, all sorts of levels of criminality - but not the types that are preying on innocent people. I have no interest in the type of criminality that has no respect for collateral damage.

  Charlie Hunnam

  People, Levels, Damage

  "Hot Topic: Charlie Hunnam". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. October 10, 2012.

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