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Jack Byrnes4 quotes
He can't lift the seat, Greg. He lacks the strength in the opposable thumbs. — Jack Byrnes · 2000You see, Greg, when you yell at a dog, his tail will go between his legs and cover his genitals, his ears will go down. A dog is very easy to break, but cats make you work for their affection. They don't sell out the way dogs do. — Jack Byrnes · 2000I'm a realist. I understand it's the 21st century and you've probably had premarital relations with my daughter. But under our roof, it's my way or the Long Island Expressway. Is that understood? — Jack Byrnes · 2000I will be watching you, studying your every move, and if I find that you are trying to corrupt my first born child, I will bring you down, baby. I will bring you down to Chinatown. — Jack Byrnes · 2000Al Capone3 quotes
I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say, "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word." — Al Capone · 1987What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man...a man stands alone at a plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Looks, throws, catches, hustles. Part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on. If his team don't field...what is he? You follow me? No one. — Al Capone · 1987People are gonna drink! You know that, I know that, we all know that, and all I do is act on that. And all this talk of bootlegging—what is bootlegging? On a boat, it's bootlegging. On Lake Shore Drive, it's hospitality. — Al Capone · 1987Lorenzo (A Bronx Tale)3 quotes
You don't fool with a man's family. This is my son, not yours. — Lorenzo (A Bronx Tale) · 1993It don't take much strength to pull a trigger, but try getting up every morning day after day and work for a living, let's see him try that, then we'll see who's the real tough guy, the working man is the tough guy. — Lorenzo (A Bronx Tale) · 1993The saddest thing in life is wasted talent. — Lorenzo (A Bronx Tale) · 1993Travis Bickle3 quotes
You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah, yeah. Okay. — Travis Bickle · 1976Here is a man who would not take it anymore. — Travis Bickle · 1976Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. — Travis Bickle · 1976Rupert Pupkin2 quotes
Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime. — Rupert Pupkin · 1982You know, Jerry, I'm going to tell you something. Friendship is a two-way street. Do you know that? And you couldn't care less about me. — Rupert Pupkin · 1982Sam 'Ace' Rothstein2 quotes
In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager and the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all. — Sam 'Ace' Rothstein · 1995When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point? — Sam 'Ace' Rothstein · 1995Sam (Ronin)2 quotes
I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of. — Sam (Ronin) · 1998All good things come to those who wait. — Sam (Ronin) · 1998James Conway1 quote
Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut. — James Conway · 1990Noodles1 quote
I like the stink of the streets. It makes me feel good. And I like the smell of it, it opens up my lungs. And it gives me a hard-on. — Noodles · 1984Pat Sr.1 quote
You gotta pay attention to the signs. When life reaches out a moment like this, it's a sin if you don't reach back. I'm telling you its a sin if you don't reach back! It'll haunt you for the rest of your days like a curse. — Pat Sr. · 2012