--- title: "40 Al Capone Quotes by 33 authors" description: "Browse 40 Al Capone quotes by 33 authors. Discover the best Al Capone sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/garry-kasparov-910_als_putin-is-like-al-capone-1286473_1286473.png" --- > [Putin is like Al Capone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kasparov/putin-is-like-al-capone/) [Garry Kasparov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-kasparov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/garry-kasparov-910_als_putin-is-like-al-capone-1286473_1286473.png) > [I went to high school with Al Capone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desi-arnaz/i-went-to-high-school-with-al-capone/) [Desi Arnaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desi-arnaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/desi-arnaz-15121_capone_i-went-to-high-school-with-al-capone-310_3105218.jpg) > [“You’re either at the table, or on the menu. - Al Capone”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sapphire-knight/you-re-either-at-the-table-or-on-the-menu-al-capone/) [Sapphire Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sapphire-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/119/sapphire-knight-68567_quote_you-re-either-at-the-table-or-on-the-men_1317880.jpg) > [Having the USDA design your food pyramid is like having Al Capone do your taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caldwell-esselstyn/having-the-usda-design-your-food-pyramid-is-like-having-al-capone-do/) [Caldwell Esselstyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caldwell-esselstyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/caldwell-esselstyn-47208_als_having-the-usda-design-your-food-pyramid_2309409.png) > [Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-remnick/capitalism-in-russia-has-spawned-far-more-al-capones-than-henry-fords/) [David Remnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-remnick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/david-remnick-4397_als_capitalism-in-russia-has-spawned-far-mor_2827086.jpg) > [How many gangsters you know, from Al Capone up to John Gotti, been gay?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/method-man/how-many-gangsters-you-know-from-al-capone-up-to-john-gotti-been-gay/) [Method Man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/method-man/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/method-man-12334_als_how-many-gangsters-you-know-from-al-capo_844018.jpg) > [So while you're imitating Al Capone, I'll be Nina Simone And defecating on your microphone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauryn-hill/so-while-you-re-imitating-al-capone-i-ll-be-nina-simone-and/) [Lauryn Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauryn-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/lauryn-hill-1933_als_so-while-you-re-imitating-al-capone-i-ll_671171.jpg) > [I never put my arms around John Gotti, Al Capone or Lucky Luciano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-stack/i-never-put-my-arms-around-john-gotti-al-capone-or-lucky-luciano/) [Robert Stack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-stack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/robert-stack-16800_als_i-never-put-my-arms-around-john-gotti-al_516038.jpg) > [When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-levant/when-i-was-young-i-looked-like-al-capone-but-i-lacked-his-compassion/) [Oscar Levant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-levant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/oscar-levant-11056_als_when-i-was-young-i-looked-like-al-capone_2440608.png) > [They are superpower of villains. They are superpower of Al Capone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-saeed-al-sahaf/they-are-superpower-of-villains-they-are-superpower-of-al-capone/) [Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-saeed-al-sahaf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/mohammed-saeed-al-sahaf-3653_al_they-are-superpower-of-villains-they-are_501214.jpg) > [Did Robert De Niro actually look like Al Capone in 'The Untouchables?' Or did Van Kilmer look like Jim Morrison in 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanjay-leela-bhansali/did-robert-de-niro-actually-look-like-al-capone-in-the-untouchables/) [Sanjay Leela Bhansali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanjay-leela-bhansali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/sanjay-leela-bhansali-5108_de-niro_did-robert-de-niro-actually-look-like-al_1326647.jpg) > [“You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.’ Al Capone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashwin-sanghi/you-can-get-much-farther-with-a-kind-word-and-a-gun-than-you-can-with-2/) [Ashwin Sanghi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashwin-sanghi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/ashwin-sanghi-3271_capone_you-can-get-much-farther-with-a-kind-wor_1278917.png) > [I'm a nonviolent person until I see a spider. then I turn into Al Capone, and I want him DEAD! I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-a-nonviolent-person-until-i-see-a-spider-then-i-turn-into-al/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/anonymous-1_family_i-m-a-nonviolent-person-until-i-see-a-sp_842309.jpg) > [Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/gangsta-to-us-didn-t-have-anything-to-do-with-al-capone-and-stuff/) [Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/ice-cube-912_als_gangsta-to-us-didn-t-have-anything-to-do_2230299.jpg) > [“Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because theguys that invented religion have sure beentrying hard to keep everybody else out.— Al…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/hell-must-be-a-pretty-swell-spot-because-theguys-that-invented/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/anonymous-1_religion_hell-must-be-a-pretty-swell-spot-because_1833817.jpg) > [Someone once accused me of being like Eliot Ness. I sad no sir, I'm not E.N., but I can promise you that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-stack/someone-once-accused-me-of-being-like-eliot-ness-i-sad-no-sir-i-m-not/) [Robert Stack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-stack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/robert-stack-16800_accused_someone-once-accused-me-of-being-like-el_695211.jpg) > [“Costello must have been the guiding genius behind the 1929 Atlantic City gathering when Al Capone came to confer with the bootleggers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lacey/costello-must-have-been-the-guiding-genius-behind-the-1929-atlantic/) [Robert Lacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lacey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/robert-lacey-19493_atlantic-city_costello-must-have-been-the-guiding-geni_2903427.jpg) > [Anything goes when ever we all alone. She know I run shit like Al Capone and I just give it? just to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-stalin/anything-goes-when-ever-we-all-alone-she-know-i-run-shit-like-al/) [J Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-stalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/j-stalin-27164_al-capone_anything-goes-when-ever-we-all-alone-she_2190888.jpg) > [I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. The record of racketeering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smedley-butler/i-helped-in-the-raping-of-half-a-dozen-central-american-republics-for/) [Smedley Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smedley-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/smedley-butler-17291_als_i-helped-in-the-raping-of-half-a-dozen-c_2033171.png) > [“A couple of weeks later Russell told me that Joey Glimco was Giuseppe Primavera. He had been with Al Capone and was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/a-couple-of-weeks-later-russell-told-me-that-joey-glimco-was-giuseppe/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_a-couple-of-weeks-later-russell-told-me_1147537.jpg) > [Al Capone's my uncle. The old days were a lot different. The Latin Casino was the big time. When I got there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-rickles/al-capone-s-my-uncle-the-old-days-were-a-lot-different-the-latin/) [Don Rickles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-rickles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/don-rickles-1705_after-hours_al-capone-s-my-uncle-the-old-days-were-a_278559.jpg) > [“Now I understood why Russell would ask me to drive him to different places and wait for him in the car while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/now-i-understood-why-russell-would-ask-me-to-drive-him-to-different/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/charles-brandt-2101_business_now-i-understood-why-russell-would-ask-m_1095378.jpg) > [If we go back to the birth of 'Superman' and 'Batman' in America in the '30s, they were created because of events…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikramaditya-motwane/if-we-go-back-to-the-birth-of-superman-and-batman-in-america-in-the/) [Vikramaditya Motwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikramaditya-motwane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/vikramaditya-motwane-6285_batman_if-we-go-back-to-the-birth-of-superman-a_202518.jpg) > [“So you can imagine what happens when a mainland species gets introduced to an island. It would be like introducing Al Capone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/so-you-can-imagine-what-happens-when-a-mainland-species-gets/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/douglas-adams-122_als_so-you-can-imagine-what-happens-when-a-m_1477187.png) > [“Tommy to Zack- "Aw, come on. Just a little slow torture, then? Can't I make him scream like a girl, just once?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-davis/tommy-to-zack-aw-come-on-just-a-little-slow-torture-then-can-t-i-make/) [Jo Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/jo-davis-32551_al-capone_tommy-to-zack-aw-come-on-just-a-little-s_2626968.jpg) > [I had a swell racket. I was rewarded with honors, medals, promotions. l might have given Al Capone a few hints. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-had-a-swell-racket-i-was-rewarded-with-honors-medals-promotions-l/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/anonymous-1_als_i-had-a-swell-racket-i-was-rewarded-with_1877652.jpg) > [“An island, on the other hand, is small. There are fewer species, and the competition for survival has never reached anything like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/an-island-on-the-other-hand-is-small-there-are-fewer-species-and-the/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/douglas-adams-122_evolution_an-island-on-the-other-hand-is-small-the_2521756.png) > [“So, whenever the subject of Iraq came up, as it did keep on doing through the Clinton years, I had no excuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/so-whenever-the-subject-of-iraq-came-up-as-it-did-keep-on-doing/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/christopher-hitchens-117_al-capone_so-whenever-the-subject-of-iraq-came-up_2246112.jpg) > [“On the other hand, in his book, The Enemy Within, Bobby Kennedy wrote about his experiences and observations as chief counsel for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/on-the-other-hand-in-his-book-the-enemy-within-bobby-kennedy-wrote/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_on-the-other-hand-in-his-book-the-enemy_1397427.jpg) > [Suppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind that Al Capone had. Suppose you had had his environment and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie/suppose-you-had-inherited-the-same-body-and-temperament-and-mind-that/) [Dale Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-carnegie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/dale-carnegie-382_als_suppose-you-had-inherited-the-same-body_2311773.jpg) > [“Not even much survives as memory. Many of the most notable names of the summer—Richard Byrd, Sacco and Vanzetti, Gene Tunney, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/not-even-much-survives-as-memory-many-of-the-most-notable-names-of/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/bill-bryson-340_american-history_not-even-much-survives-as-memory-many-of_1286317.jpg) > [“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smedley-d-butler/i-spent-33-years-and-four-months-in-active-military-service-and/) [Smedley D. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smedley-d-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/smedley-d-butler-54538_big-business_i-spent-33-years-and-four-months-in-acti_688636.jpg) > [“Thunder Road” became a codename for particular routes everyone knew through the main thoroughfares. Numerous drivers ended up risking their lives for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-river-editors/thunder-road-became-a-codename-for-particular-routes-everyone-knew/) [Charles River Editors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-river-editors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/charles-river-editors-1165_prohibition_thunder-road-became-a-codename-for-parti_2964126.jpg) > [We, oh we, oh Da girl them, da girl them, da girl them ho Oh we, oh we, oh, Come on, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-driftking-whitmore/we-oh-we-oh-da-girl-them-da-girl-them-da-girl-them-ho-oh-we-oh-we-oh/) [Corey Driftking Whitmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-driftking-whitmore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/corey-driftking-whitmore-63424_t-spoon-lyrix_we-oh-we-oh-da-girl-them-da-girl-them-da_1516950.jpg) > [So while you're imitating Al Capone, I'll be Nina Simone, And defacating on your microphone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauryn-hill/so-while-you-re-imitating-al-capone-i-ll-be-nina-simone-and-2/) [Lauryn Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauryn-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/lauryn-hill-1933_als_so-while-you-re-imitating-al-capone-i-ll_1190991.jpg) > [You had to grow up sometime. The fellows who grew early, they were in jeopardy. They became the cops and the crooks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kirby/you-had-to-grow-up-sometime-the-fellows-who-grew-early-they-were-in/) [Jack Kirby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kirby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/jack-kirby-4317_als_you-had-to-grow-up-sometime-the-fellows_2048024.jpg) > [I'd been doing the Chicago theatre thing for years. The money was kinda good - thanks to a push by my old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buddy-lester/i-d-been-doing-the-chicago-theatre-thing-for-years-the-money-was/) [Buddy Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buddy-lester/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/buddy-lester-76909_been_i-d-been-doing-the-chicago-theatre-thing_3044784.jpg) > [“I want you to stop being subhuman and become 'yourself'. 'Yourself,' I say. Not the newspaper you read, not your vicious neighbor's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-reich/i-want-you-to-stop-being-subhuman-and-become-yourself-yourself-i-say/) [Wilhelm Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/wilhelm-reich-2565_emotional-plague_i-want-you-to-stop-being-subhuman-and-be_256753.jpg) > [“Deep down, Story Easton knew what would happen if she attempted to off herself—she would fail It was a matter of probability.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-leiknes/deep-down-story-easton-knew-what-would-happen-if-she-attempted-to-off/) [Elizabeth Leiknes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-leiknes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/elizabeth-leiknes-97198_failure_deep-down-story-easton-knew-what-would-h_1808211.jpg) > [“It seems to be little noticed that this yearning to dragoon and terrify all persons who happen to be lucky is at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/it-seems-to-be-little-noticed-that-this-yearning-to-dragoon-and/) [H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/h-l-mencken-2-5374_quote_it-seems-to-be-little-noticed-that-this_1710519.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/al-capone/#itemlist", "name": "Al Capone Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Putin is like Al Capone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Garry Kasparov" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kasparov/putin-is-like-al-capone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/garry-kasparov-910_als_putin-is-like-al-capone-1286473_1286473.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/garry-kasparov-910_als_putin-is-like-al-capone-1286473_1286473.png", "url": 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The average American radical today likes to think of himself as a profound and somber fellow, privy to arcana not open to the general; he is actually only a poor fish, with distinct overtones of the jackass. What ails him, first and last, is simply envy of his betters. Unable to make any progress against them under the rules in vogue, he proposes to fetch them below the belt by making the rules over. He is no more an altruist than J. Pierpont Morgan is an altruist, or Jim Farley, or, indeed, Al Capone. Every such rescuer of the downtrodden entertains himself with gaudy dreams of power, far beyond his natural fortunes and capacities. He sees himself at the head of an overwhelming legion of morons, marching upon the fellows he envies and hates. 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