For most of the guys, killings got to be accepted. Murder was the only way that everybody stayed in line. You got out of line, you got whacked. Everybody knew the rules. — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is a city of kickbacks. A desert city of greased palms. A place where a $20 bill can buy approval, a $100… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
Everybody gets pinched but you did it right. You told them nothing and they got nothing. You learned the two greatest things in life:… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
For most of the guys, killings got to be accepted. Murder was the only way that everybody stayed in line. You got out of… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized. — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
“On one occasion Jimmy is said to have given the elderly, impoverished mother of a young hood five thousand dollars. The woman’s son was… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
