Mafia Quotes - Page 2

• Fredo, you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the Family again. Ever.

  Mario Puzo

  Brother, Love You, I Love My Family

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

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• A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

  Russell Baker

  Sunday, America, Political

  "The Morals Charge". The New York Times, May 14, 1974.

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• People say, 'Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.' I think I've done two, out of 60.

  James Caan

  Thinking, Two, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

  Douglas Horton

  Attention, Chance, Desperation

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• I am originally from Indiana. I know what most of you are thinking: Indiana - mafia.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Thinking, Indiana

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• Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.

  Stanley Crouch

  Dog, Liars, School

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• The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.

  Davy Jones

  Racing, Going Away, Bugs

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• It's like the mafia. Once you're in - your in. There's no getting out.

  Kelly Slater

  Surfing, Surf, Surfer

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• The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Funny, Irs, Want

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• I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Real, Italian, Men

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• When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything is yours. You're protected, even if you commit a crime.

  Josef Skvorecky

  Party, Loyal, Crime

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• When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a political mafia.

  Frank Capra

  Fighting, Political, Machines

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Work harder, work longer, and earn less because the mafia needs your money.

  Gerald Celente

  Hard Work, Needs, Work Harder

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• Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

  Steve Allen

  Government, Balance, Politician

  Steve Allen (1994). “Reflections”

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• Now everybody is mafia. You got the Russian mafia, the Mexican mafia. Everybody is mafia these days.

  Joe Arpaio

  Mexican, These Days, Russian Mafia

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. June 20, 2016.

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• There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Memorable, Writing, Angel

  FaceBook post by Kurt Vonnegut from Aug 20, 2014

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• They's making it worse, the labor movement got the mafia curse.

  Frank Zappa

  Work, Movement, Curse

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• Mafia is the best example of capitalism we have.

  Marlon Brando

  Example, Capitalism

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• Russia is a mafia state today, and Putin is its top godfather.

  Garry Kasparov

  Russia, Today, Putin

  "Putin Needs Wars To Legitimize His Position". Interview with Erich Follath, www.spiegel.de. November 10, 2015.

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• I usually lump organized religion, organized labor, and organized crime together. The Mafia gets points for having the best restaurants

  Dave Beard

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• Abortion is not the lesser of two evils. It is a crime. It is to throw someone out in order to save another. That's what the Mafia does.

  Pope Francis

  Order, Two, Evil

  "Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight interview from Mexico to Rome". www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• One usually dies because one is alone, or because one has got into something over one's head. One often dies because one does not have the right alliances, because one is not given support. In Sicily the Mafia kills the servants of the State that the State has not been able to protect.

  Giovanni Falcone

  Support, Doe, Alliances

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• Congress is a Mafia running a protection racket.. .

  John P. Wheeler III

  Running, Political, Protection

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• The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.

  Davy Jones

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• Everyone always says, Does it bother you that Italians are always portrayed as Mafia characters? No, it doesn't bother me. First of all, not everybody in my family is in the Mafia. I have one uncle who's clean.

  Dom Irrera

  Uncles, Character, Firsts

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