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 v USA. Působil 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. Wikipedia
Citáty Al Capone
„Do I do business with Canadian racketeers? I don't even know what street Canada is on.“
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
„You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.“
Misquoted in Forbes (6 October 1986), actually attributed to humorist Professor Irwin Corey (1953) http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/11/03/kind-gun/
Disputed
Varianta: You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
„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.“
As quoted in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie, p. 26
„This is virgin territory out here for whorehouses.“
Referring to suburban Chicago, as quoted in The Bootleggers and Their Era (1961) by Kenneth Alsop
„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.“
As quoted in In Time of Trouble (1956) by Claud Cockburn
„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.“
Interview with Claud Cockburn, as quoted in “Mr. Capone, Philosopher,” Cockburn Sums Up (1981)
