#gangster

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. ↗

— Lord Acton

#control #few #frequently #gangsters #get

The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#money

I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#always #choices #could #cowboy #films

Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#crime #dirty #feel #feels #gangster

Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know? ↗

— Paul Walker

#coast #east #east coast #gangster #know

Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#beating #bunch #experience #find #gangsters

I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#always #been #drug addict #films #gangster

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. ↗

— Stanley Kubrick

#all nations #always #gangsters #great #great nations

We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by crooked managers. It is just a gangster's paradise. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#crooked #did #early #gangster #get

That's basically the gangster code. Just be yourself. Just be you, dog. The easiest way to get your card plucked around a gangster is to be a fake. If we feel like you're trying too hard, if you're trying to act like you're from the street, you're in trouble. ↗

— Ice-T

#life