Gangsters Quotes · Page 5

If I'd had the nerve, I'd have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn't, I became a photographer.

— Man Ray

I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster…

— Edward G. Robinson

The old G's, or the gangsters, turned me away from the street because they knew my dad, and they had a lot…

— Ed Reed

Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren't apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.

— Ruby Dee

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted…

— Brion James

Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schools, you got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rules. When you gonna wake up?

— Bob Dylan

It is the rule of law alone which hinders the rulers from turning themselves into the worst gangsters.

— Ludwig von Mises

Your main contribution is spray painting your nickname on other people's things. And my cousin, who's a 'gangster', he's like, 'No, Tash,…

— Natasha Leggero

When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I…

— Alain Resnais

My father ran London Films. He made films like 'The Red Shoes,' 'The Third Man.' And he had had a long career…

— Mark Helprin

I've never seen a Western that was really truthful. Most are just morality plays. Good guys and bad guys - and the…

— Harry Dean Stanton

Empty the cup every time and it comes back at twice as full. I developed that attitude when I was very, very…

— Quincy Jones

Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. I'm not the thief who grabs your…

— Tupac Shakur

I think we're fascinated by gangsters and that whole lifestyle and crossing the line. We get sort of stuck in our normal…

— Denzel Washington

There are allegations actually that he's [Vladimir Putin] associated with real gangsters in the past and that he runs his top circle…

— Corey Flintoff

“Christmas ought to be brought up to date,” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic…

— John Masefield

You can fail in films because you don't have the talent, or you have too much humility, or you lack ferociousness. I'm…

— John Cassavetes

Basically, as everybody that has had a taste of the record business knows, they are gangsters and crooks.

— Steve Miller

“Behind the facade of elected government are a bunch of corporate controlled gangsters running the country.”

— Steven Magee

In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a…

— Emraan Hashmi

Gangsters dont die, niggas only become immortal. Angels dont only fly, they walk right before you.

— Nas

Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs... gangsters who lust after fortunes and power.

— Cindy Sheehan

I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop... everything! But it all blends together…

— Kreayshawn

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…

— Lenny Kravitz

“The first gang members who joined the military were known as the Hounds, a group of former New York gang members.”

— Carter F. Smith

Rental formal wear of the sky-blue, brocade and shiny varieties is favored by upwardly mobile young gangsters drafted as groomsmen for weddings.

— George V. Higgins

I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to…

— Ice Cube

I think zombies would fit in anywhere. You can tell any story, and put zombies in it. I don't know how I'd…

— George A. Romero

At the age of 12 my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than…

— Henry Hill

In Indonesian, the word isn't translating as "gangster." It's "preman", which comes from the Dutch "préman", which of course the thing that's…

— Joshua Oppenheimer

I could be a comedian. I could be a gangster. I could play all of those parts, even for the first time...…

— Lil Boosie

“The people who control this country are the real gangsters. You know that, right? And if you play by their rules, you're…

— Dan Chaon

It wasn't just British gangster films that really did for me as a kid, personally, it was British films in general.

— William Monahan

I reread Mesrine's book every year because the way the story is told is fascinating. Today, we don't have gangsters like Mesrine…

— Thomas Langmann

If being a gangster were a prerequisite to being a musician, there'd be a lot less cello music, for example.

— Greg Giraldo

I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times.

— Stanley Tucci

Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage…

— A. J. P. Taylor

All these guys claiming they're gangsters, they're not gangsters. They wear makeup for the HD cameras, and that's as simple as it…

— Kevin Holland

When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching. It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters,

— Geoffrey Canada