Mafia Quotes

• 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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• No one will ever kill me, they wouldn't dare

  Carmine Galante

  Criminals, Mobster, Murder

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• Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

  Al Capone

  Class, Bootlegging, Racket

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• Wherever there's opportunity, the mafia will be there.

  Johnny Kelly

  Opportunity

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• You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

  Martin Scorsese

  Home, Bullshit, Church

  "Mean Streets". www.imdb.com. 1973.

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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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• Guilt is the mafia of the mind.

  Robert Mandel

  Psychology, Mind, Guilt

  Bob Mandel, Robert Steven Mandel (1984). “Open Heart Therapy”

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• Mafia is a process,not a thing. Mafia is a form of clan - cooperation to which it's individual members pledge lifelong loyalty....Friendship, connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience - this was the glue that held us together.

  Joseph Bonanno

  Loyalty, Ties, Together

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

  Ray Liotta

  Movie, Mobster, Remember

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• The triumph of anything is a matter of organization.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Struggle Between Good And Evil, Organization, Triumph

  Kurt Vonnegut (2007). “The Sirens of Titan”, p.167, Dial Press

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• There is no rule of law until the Mafia needs lawyers.

  Stephen Holmes

  Law, Needs, Lawyer

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• A Mafia guy in Vegas gave me this advice: "Run your own race, put on your blinders."

  Joan Rivers

  Running, Vegas, Race

  "Joan Rivers: Why Johnny Carson 'Never Ever Spoke to Me Again'" by Joan Rivers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 6, 2012.

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• A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.

  Mario Puzo

  Real, Men, Gangster Movie

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

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• Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

  Al Capone

  Trouble, Prohibition, Made

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• Once you're in, you're in. It's like the Mafia. Once a Monkee, always a Monkee.

  Davy Jones

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• The myths die hard, especially within the Mafia.

  Robert D. McFadden

  Myth, Dies, Hard

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• The IMF is the International Mafia Federation. They're the loansharks of last resort.

  Gerald Celente

  Imf, Lasts, Resorts

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• The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.

  Barbara Amiel

  Liberty, Members, Protect

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• International relations bears more than a slight resemblance to the mafia.

  Noam Chomsky

  Bears, Relation, International

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• I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown?

  Joe Pesci

  Mean, Mobster, Clown

  "Fictional character: Tommy DeVito". "Goodfellas", www.imdb.com. 1990.

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• Being in Harry Potter is like being in the Mafia. Once you are in, you are never really out.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Potters, Harry Potter

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• Hell, I'm not saying I'm an angel, but when it came to dirty tricks I couldn't hold a candle to the Irish Mafia.

  Jimmy Hoffa

  Dirty, Angel, Hell

  "Hoffa The Real Story" by Jimmy Hoffa, (p. 128), 1975.

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• I don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally.

  James Gandolfini

  Character, Thinking, Want

  "Gandolfini Tires of Sopranos' Violence", abcnews.go.com.

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• So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such as the Mafia. So to be more precise, government is the agency of coercion that has flags in front of its offices.

  Harry Browne

  Agency, Government, Office

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