Al Capone citáty
Al Capone
Datum narození: 17. leden 1899
Datum úmrtí: 25. leden 1947
Alphonse Gabriel Capone byl jedním z nejznámějších šéfů organizovaného zločinu působících v USA ve 20. letech 20. století. Přestože se má za to, že měl na svědomí popravy mnoha desítek lidí, žádná z vražd mu nikdy nebyla prokázána.
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Citáty Al Capone
„I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man.“
— Al Capone
As quoted in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie, p. 26
„Do I do business with Canadian racketeers? I don't even know what street Canada is on.“
— Al Capone
As quoted in Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada (2009) by Stephen Schneider, chapter Five, p. 206 http://books.google.bg/books?id=ZO8jKSn25DAC&printsec=frontcover&hl=bg
„This American system of ours... call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.“
— Al Capone
Interview with Claud Cockburn, as quoted in “Mr. Capone, Philosopher,” Cockburn Sums Up (1981)
„Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies. “
— Al Capone
Будьте осторожны, с теми, кого называете своими друзьями. Я бы предпочел четыре четверти, чем сто пенни.
„This is virgin territory out here for whorehouses.“
— Al Capone
Referring to suburban Chicago, as quoted in The Bootleggers and Their Era (1961) by Kenneth Alsop
„You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.“
— Al Capone
Misquoted in Forbes (6 October 1986), actually attributed to humorist Professor Irwin Corey (1953) http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/11/03/kind-gun/
„Don't get the idea that I'm one of these goddamn radicals. Don't get the idea that I'm knocking the American system.“
— Al Capone
As quoted in In Time of Trouble (1956) by Claud Cockburn
