If you’re a rat then I’m the biggest fucking mutt in the history of the Mafia. ibid. Lefty
Truth is, he’s been an FBI agent all along. ibid. contact to Sonny and gang
If Donnie calls, tell him, tell him er if it’s going to be anyone, I’m glad it was him. ibid. Lefty
Joe, it’s over. Come on, honey. Come home. ibid. Maggie
The evidence collected by ‘Donnie Brasco’ led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions. Special Agent Joseph Pistone lives with his wife under an assumed name in an undisclosed location. There is still a $500,000 open contract on his head. ibid. caption
New York City 1991: Right there. No, the flower shop. Valentine’s Day, baby. Rob the Mob 2014 starring Michael Pitt & Andy Garcia & Nina Arianda & Ray Romano & Griffin Dunne & Michael Rispoli & Rank Whaley & Burt Young & Yul Vasquez & Samira Wiley & Bill Raymond & Adam Trese et al, director Raymond de Felitta
Plan B, baby ... I run in five minutes – bam! – I’m out of it. ibid. him to her
I want your goddamned shoes. ibid. first robbery
My club. My club today. ibid. second robbery
Reporter: You think it’s a crime?
Her: No I don’t. ibid.
At least with the Mob you know where you stand. ibid. reporter to rozzer
Thomas Uva and Rose Marie de Toma were murdered on Christmas Eve 1992. ibid.
This is the forward section of the Bronx. My home. A world into itself ... It was 1960. A Bronx Tale 1993 starring Lillo Brancato junior & Robert De Niro & Chazz Palminteri & Taral Hicks & Francis Capra & Joe Pesci & Clem Caserta & Kathrine Narducci et al, director Robert De Niro
The Number One man in the neighbourhood – Sonny ... All I could see was Sonny with the gun in his hand. ibid. Calogero
The saddest thing in life is wasting talent. ibid. dad to Calogero
We finally meet face to face. Are you afraid of me? ibid. gangsta to Calogero
Not funny when your nine-year-old kid has a bigger bank account than you. ibid. dad to Sonny
The working man is the tough guy. ibid. dad to Calogero
Eight years past, and as I grew, Sonny grew in power. He became a Boss and I was his friend. ibid. commentary
People don’t respect him; they fear him. ibid. dad to Calogero
Someone fell off the roof. On the Waterfront 1953 starring Marlon Brando & Eva Marie Saint Lee J Cobb & Karl Malden & Rod Steiger & Pat Hennnig & James Westerfield et al, director Elia Kazan, geezer
We got the fattest piers and the fattest harbor in the world. ibid. Johnny
Which side are you with? ibid. her to him
You want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you. ibid. him to her
You gotta get a little fun out of life. ibid.
It wasn’t him, Charlie. It was you ... This ain’t your night. My night – I coulda taken Wilson apart. So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors in the ballpark and what did I get? A one-way ticket to Palooka-ville. You was my brother, Charlie. You shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me ... I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody instead of a bum. ibid. Brando
Someone is pulling me close to the ground. Carlitto’s Way 1993 starring Al Pacino & Sean Penn & Penelope Ann Miller & John Leguizamo & Luis Guzman & Jorge Porcel & Ara Gelici & James Rebhorn & Joseph Siravo & Adrian Pasdar & Viggo Mortensen et al, director Brian de Palma
Just a bunch of cowboys ripping each other off. ibid.
You don’t get reformed, you just run out of wind. ibid.
You did take the million dollars, didn’t you? You ain’t a lawyer no more, Dave. You’re a gangsta now. You on the other side. Whole new ball game. You can’t learn about it in school. And you can’t have a late start. ibid.
Maybe everybody’s lying. When you can’t see the angles no more, you in trouble, baby. ibid.
1) The moment you show fear, this city calls your bet; 2) Make the cash without the flash; 3) You never open your mouth. Never. Witness to the Mob 1998 starring Tom Sizemore & Nicholas Turturro & Debi Mazar & Abe Vigoda & Philip Baker Hall & Frank Vincent & Lenny Venito & Angelo Ruggiero & Michael Imperioli et al, director Thaddeus O'Sullivan
I felt no remorse. No guilt whatsoever. I felt only one thing – I felt power. ibid.
This life of ours is a wonderful life. But it’s very unpredictable. There are so many ways you can screw it up. ibid.
Without trust you can’t have betrayal. ibid.
Nobody got a free ride. We set a tax, and you – the public – paid through the nose. Our family controlled this city. ibid.
Everybody called him the Teflon Don. ibid.
We’re not movie stars: we’re gangstas. ibid.
You can’t count on nobody and nothing in this crazy world. ibid.
When it comes to gambling, all life is seven to five against. ibid.
My testimony helped the government convict thirty-seven other people. ibid.
In reality it was just one double-cross after another. One betrayal after another. Now there’s no family to protect. ibid.
I’m a gangster. What happened happened. ibid.
What fucking kind of a pussy are you? Hoffa 1992 starring Jack Nicholson & Danny De Vito & Armand Assante & J T Walsh & John C Reilly & Frank Whaley & Kevin Anderson & John P Ryan & Robert Prosky & Natalie Nogulich & Nicholas Pryor et al, director Danny De Vito, Jack to Danny
What can they take away? ibid. Hoffa at fish market
What are you afraid of? ibid.
You’re wearing me out. Never let a stranger in your cab. Never let a stranger in your cab, in your house or in your heart unless he is a friend of labor. ibid.
A real grievance can be resolved. Differences can be resolved. But an imaginary hurt – a slight – that motherfucker gonna hate you till the day he dies. ibid. Hoffa to sidekick
If James R Hoffa is acquitted, I will jump from the Capitol Dome. ibid. Kennedy to Hoffa
Someone ought to give that punk a dose of reality. ibid. Hoffa to sidekick
Jimmy’s Our Man Win With Hoffa. ibid. placards at conference
I say fuck the subpoena. ibid. Hoffa to union member
Don’t tell me who I can square off with. Don’t use words with me. Any man, any man who fucks with me ... ibid.
And I say fuck you too. This guy needed his brother elected fucking president of the United States to get a job. You’re a joke. You would have been a bond salesman somewheres. You’re the brother-in-law they make jokes about. I’m proving what? You got nothing on me. You got a TV show. You don’t impress me, and your office don’t impress me, and your family don’t impress me: a bunch of rumrunners, and I don’t need three hundred million dollars, and my brother-elected president’ll whap your fucking ass, you slimy little prick. I beat your ass on that trumped up charge down south, I’m gonna beat you again. There is no organised crime in the Teamsters ... Fuck you and fuck your threats and fuck your brother. ibid. Hoffa to Kennedy
Peter said, That’s God. He just thinks he’s Jimmy Hoffa. ibid. comedian at teamsters’ dinner
You too have the possibility of getting hurt. That’s Life, my friends. It’s give and take and mix it up and that’s what I’m not afraid of, and that’s what made the Teamsters what they are today. ibid. Hoffa at dinner
Fucking man built the union a pair of balls and a billy club: two hundred million a year in dues. ibid. Billy to teamster
They ain’t got nothing; there’s nothing to have. ibid.
I never benefited one dollar by the loans made by the pension fund. ibid. Hoffa outside court
What do I want you to do? I want you to kill the cocksucker. I want you to stuff his arms up his arse, that’s what I want you to do. ibid. Hoffa to Mafia man