Al Capone on alcohol
Al Capone17 quotes“When I sell liquor, it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it’s hospitality.”
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It’s a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
Al CaponeAl Capone Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
Al CaponeAl Capone Now I know why tigers eat their young.
Al CaponeAl Capone Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.
Al CaponeAl Capone 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.
Al CaponeAl Capone I have built my organization upon fear.
Al CaponeAl Capone A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
Al CaponeAl Capone You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
Al CaponeAl Capone Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.
Al CaponeAl Capone 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.
Al CaponeAl Capone My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they’re going to stay that way.
Al CaponeAl Capone Vote early and vote often.
Al CaponeAl Capone I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.
Al CaponeAl Capone Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.
Al CaponeAl Capone You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
Al CaponeAl Capone You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.
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I have been advised by the best medical authority, at my age, not to attempt to give up alcohol.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I don’t drink anymore, on the other hand I don’t drink any less either.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I only drink to steady my nerves, sometimes I’m so steady I don’t move for months.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Reality is an illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Everybody’s got to believe in something. I believe I’ll have another beer.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I’m so insecure, I think, that I’ll die before I drink.
Olivia RodrigoOlivia Rodrigo I hope to arrive at my death, late, in love, and a little drunk.
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