#mafia

Never show anger at slight,Tell nothing.Earn Respect from everyone by deeds,not Words.Respect the members of your Blood Family.Gambling was Recreation,Not a way to earn a Living.Love your Father,your Mother, your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife.And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children.And once that happened to You,your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread ↗

— Mario Puzo

#family-values #life #mafia #rules #anger

If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter. ↗

— John M. Gottman

#crime #humor #inspirational #mafia #business

The other Dons in the room applauded and rose to shake hands with everybody in sight and to congratulate Don Corleone and Don Tattaglia on their new friendship. It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gift greetings, but they would not murder each other. That was friendship enough in this world, all that was needed. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#diplomacy #mafia #friendship

You're not driving home if it's late, though. I am accustomed to dropping my women off at their door," he snickered because he knew she'd blush and he wanted her to, "and sometimes I put them to bed. ↗

— S.W. Frank

#mafia #home

At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away. They thought I was from the Mafia. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#down #everyone #get #high #high school

Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#cia #committed #crime #culture #dogs

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#attracting #chance #desperation #good #good chance

The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#liberty #mafia #me #members #protects

I don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally. ↗

— James Gandolfini

#away #because #bit #bother #character

I wasn't aware of it at the time, but I was a big favorite with the Mafia. ↗

— Brenda Lee

#big #favorite #i #mafia #time