Al Capone
Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Caponewas an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33 years old...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCriminal
Date of Birth17 January 1899
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
funny drinking humor
When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it's hospitality.
tired light sick
I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
racket
Once in the racket you're always in it.
guy racket crooked
It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
gun kind kind-words
You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
opportunity hands giving
Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.
ideas political knocking
Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.
war world lists
I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.
class mafia racket
Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
horse years two
I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me another million I'd put it right in the nose of some horse that looked good to me.
rap marijuana cash
I did it for the love of cash your honer, traffickin' cross the verrazano, coke dealin marijuana
trouble prohibition made
Prohibition has made nothing but trouble
america healthy mind
Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can't afford to let it in...We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses; we must see that his mind remains healthy.
opportunity hands giving
This American system of ours,call it Americanism,call it capitalism,call it what you will,gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and make the most of it.