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.
Citáty Al Capone
„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
„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