History Quote by Carl Russo

I grew up in a city, an Italian, knowing what the Mafia was.

— Joseph D. Pistone

If you think about the traditional mafia stories we grew up on, it is always about the death of criminal organisations - things like…

— James Watkins

We feel a special bond with Sicily and its people - in fact, our first campaigns were shot in Sicily, like the one shot…

— Stefano Gabbana

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

— Chazz Palminteri

The Mafia is a question every time an Italian raises his head.

— Mario Cuomo

“He's in the mafia, you know." Jan frowned. "Not everyone who's Italian is in the mafia." "That may be true in Italy-but here there…

— Marshall Thornton

“Being a part of the Mafia was like being in a chess game where you had no idea if you were the queen or…

— Rachel Van Dyken

The Italian mafia, they're very [into] construction. They're in a whole different way of operating than they did back in the '20s.

— Robert Loggia

I'm a huge fan of mafia history - mostly the Italian mafia but also their associates, as well as Whitey Bulger and the Winter…

— Rob Van Dam

The old images seem like a caricature now: the shadowy world of secret rituals, the aging dons behind high-walled estates, the passion for vengeance…

— Robert D. McFadden

I lived in mafia neighborhoods off and on when I was a kid. If you were in Little Italy, in East Harlem, in Brooklyn...…

— Don Winslow

Everyone always says, Does it bother you that Italians are always portrayed as Mafia characters? No, it doesn't bother me. First of all, not…

— Dom Irrera