Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Once in the racket you're always in it.
Al Capone
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Al Capone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 17
Died: 1947
Died: January 25
Brooklyn
New York
Sunday Albert
Scarface
Alphonse Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone
Always
Racket
More quotes by Al Capone
I don't even know what street Canada is on.
Al Capone
Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.
Al Capone
Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'
Al Capone
A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
Al Capone
You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.
Al Capone
I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.
Al Capone
I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for
Al Capone
Now I know why tigers eat their young.
Al Capone
Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can't afford to let it in...We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses we must see that his mind remains healthy.
Al Capone
It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
Al Capone
I have built my organization upon fear.
Al Capone
When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it's hospitality.
Al Capone
Prohibition has made nothing but trouble
Al Capone
I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
Al Capone
My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.
Al Capone
I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.
Al Capone
I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor.
Al Capone
I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.
Al Capone
Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.
Al Capone
All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.
Al Capone