--- title: "18 Gang Member Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 18 Gang Member quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Gang Member sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/greg-boyle-3692_different-life_me-wanting-a-gang-member-to-have-a-diffe_1045706.png" --- > [Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/me-wanting-a-gang-member-to-have-a-different-life-would-never-be-the/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/greg-boyle-3692_different-life_me-wanting-a-gang-member-to-have-a-diffe_1045706.png) > [I'm not actually a gang member. I know that's kind of like a joke on the Internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rubi-rose/i-m-not-actually-a-gang-member-i-know-that-s-kind-of-like-a-joke-on/) [Rubi Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rubi-rose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/rubi-rose-17000_gang_i-m-not-actually-a-gang-member-i-know-th_1486518.jpg) > [So if you're a gang member and you would normally be killing somebody, why not kill a white person?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sister-souljah/so-if-you-re-a-gang-member-and-you-would-normally-be-killing-somebody/) [Sister Souljah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sister-souljah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/sister-souljah-11006_gang_so-if-you-re-a-gang-member-and-you-would_997584.jpg) > [We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/we-ought-not-to-demonize-a-single-gang-member-and-we-ought-not-to/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/greg-boyle-3692_demonize_we-ought-not-to-demonize-a-single-gang-m_2505015.png) > [I was a hoodlum. I was a gang member, and art saved my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-murray-abraham/i-was-a-hoodlum-i-was-a-gang-member-and-art-saved-my-life/) [F. Murray Abraham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-murray-abraham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/f-murray-abraham-13832_art_i-was-a-hoodlum-i-was-a-gang-member-and_196615.png) > [We will not rest until being a gang member is a miserable, undesirable life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-ford/we-will-not-rest-until-being-a-gang-member-is-a-miserable-undesirable/) [Rob Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/rob-ford-8296_gang_we-will-not-rest-until-being-a-gang-memb_1192606.jpg) > [“he thinks of it as playing good cop/bad cop. Except we play bad gang member/worse gang member.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-elkeles/he-thinks-of-it-as-playing-good-cop-bad-cop-except-we-play-bad-gang/) [Simone Elkeles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-elkeles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/simone-elkeles-665_play-bad_he-thinks-of-it-as-playing-good-cop-bad_705900.jpg) > [Anyone who knows gangs knows that lawmakers cannot conceive of a law that would lead a hard-core gang member to 'think twice.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/anyone-who-knows-gangs-knows-that-lawmakers-cannot-conceive-of-a-law/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/greg-boyle-3692_cannot_anyone-who-knows-gangs-knows-that-lawmak_3232808.png) > [“The first military-trained gang member was Samuel Mason, leader of the Mason gang of river pirates operating along the Ohio River from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-f-smith/the-first-military-trained-gang-member-was-samuel-mason-leader-of-the/) [Carter F. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-f-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/carter-f-smith-44139_gangsters_the-first-military-trained-gang-member-w_2620436.jpg) > [The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-employer-is-not-going-to-choose-the-gang-member-who-s-just-been/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/greg-boyle-3692_been_the-employer-is-not-going-to-choose-the_2663172.png) > [W a gang member, and especially in a Latino gang, gets jumped in, and then he's given a name, and he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/w-a-gang-member-and-especially-in-a-latino-gang-gets-jumped-in-and/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/greg-boyle-3692_being_w-a-gang-member-and-especially-in-a-lati_1370280.png) > [Nobody succeeds on their own. Someone has to be there to show them the way, and if you give that experience to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cabral/nobody-succeeds-on-their-own-someone-has-to-be-there-to-show-them-the/) [Richard Cabral](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cabral/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/richard-cabral-15527_experience_nobody-succeeds-on-their-own-someone-has_2212206.jpg) > [I'm not really anti-gang - I was a gang member and so was my son. I'm pro-youth, pro-community, pro-family, pro-arts, and pro-peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-m-not-really-anti-gang-i-was-a-gang-member-and-so-was-my-son-i-m/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/luis-j-rodr-guez-15197_art_i-m-not-really-anti-gang-i-was-a-gang-me_3178375.jpg) > [In my barrio, jobs work and money saves lives. When I have had the funds to place a gang member on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/in-my-barrio-jobs-work-and-money-saves-lives-when-i-have-had-the/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/greg-boyle-3692_gang_in-my-barrio-jobs-work-and-money-saves-l_3226628.jpg) > [“He's a Stone Dead gang member. He'll be hanging with the other Deads, and the Deads own the fifth block of Stark.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-evanovich/he-s-a-stone-dead-gang-member-he-ll-be-hanging-with-the-other-deads/) [Janet Evanovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evanovich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/janet-evanovich-291_dead-inside_he-s-a-stone-dead-gang-member-he-ll-be-h_183058.png) > [In 'The Hate U Give,' I play Big Mav', who was incarcerated for a number of years and is raising three children.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/in-the-hate-u-give-i-play-big-mav-who-was-incarcerated-for-a-number/) [Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/russell-hornsby-19820_best_in-the-hate-u-give-i-play-big-mav-who-wa_383922.jpg) > [As to whether Marcos is gay: Marcos is gay in San Francisco, black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/subcomandante-marcos/as-to-whether-marcos-is-gay-marcos-is-gay-in-san-francisco-black-in/) [Subcomandante Marcos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/subcomandante-marcos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/subcomandante-marcos-17145_anarchist_as-to-whether-marcos-is-gay-marcos-is-ga_1965631.jpg) > [“CONFESSIONS OF A GANGSTER A former gang member talks about racial violence from way back in the eighties. “It started out innocently,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-flaherty/confessions-of-a-gangster-a-former-gang-member-talks-about-racial/) [Colin Flaherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-flaherty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/colin-flaherty-16511_quote_confessions-of-a-gangster-a-former-gang_380170.jpg) ## Top authors on Gang Member - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-greg-boyle-39336.jpg) Greg Boyle 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gang-member/greg-boyle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gang-member/#itemlist", "name": "Gang Member Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to have one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Greg Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/me-wanting-a-gang-member-to-have-a-different-life-would-never-be-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/greg-boyle-3692_different-life_me-wanting-a-gang-member-to-have-a-diffe_1045706.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/greg-boyle-3692_different-life_me-wanting-a-gang-member-to-have-a-diffe_1045706.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/greg-boyle-3692_different-life_me-wanting-a-gang-member-to-have-a-diffe_1045706.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to…” — Greg Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not actually a gang member. 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