Gangsters Quotes
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![Alain Robbe-Grillet](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1477767639i/31274._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“To tell the truth, girls are no longer the way they used to be. They play gangsters, nowadays, just like boys. They organize rackets. They plan holdups and practice karate. They will rape defenseless adolescents. They wear pants... Life has become impossible.”
― Djinn
― Djinn
![Kevin Ansbro](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1506848925i/8427404._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“For anyone with a library in their head and love in their heart,”
― The Fish That Climbed a Tree
― The Fish That Climbed a Tree
![John Masefield](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1494479458i/6209._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“Christmas ought to be brought up to date,” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.”
― The Box of Delights
― The Box of Delights
![Mark Capell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1351753504i/5230090._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“There was a ringing in his ears, like a dead phone line that he couldn’t hang up on.”
― Run, Run, Run
― Run, Run, Run
![Junot Díaz](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1487667538i/55215._UX200_CR0,21,200,200_.jpg)
“In her mind the U.S. was nothing more and nothing less than a país overrun by gangsters, putas, and no-accounts. Its cities swarmed with machines and industry, as thick with sinvergüencería as Santo Domingo was with heat, a cuco shod in iron, exhaling fumes, with the glittering promise of coin deep in the cold lightless shaft of its eyes.”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
![Neil Walker](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1598790237i/380391._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“To them, kindness was seen as weakness, mercy was perceived as cowardice and negotiation was a code word for a bullet in the head.”
― Drug Gang Takedown
― Drug Gang Takedown
![James Mahaffey](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1485665911i/7476706.jpg)
“The Soviets were worried that the Americans would attack their "sparkling new Mir space station, ... in a space shuttle, throw out grappling hooks, forcibly board the peaceful habitat and claim it as captured territory. To the hard-core Soviet mind-set, the American government was an unstable combination of cowboys and gangsters, unpredictable and capable of any insane action. The cosmonauts would have to be armed against outrageous aggression.”
― Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder
― Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder
![J.J. Connolly](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1550333824i/17914123._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Meditation is concentrating the front of the mind with a mundane task so the rest of the mind can find peace.”
― Layer Cake
― Layer Cake
![Carlos Salinas](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1415413274i/8103132._UX200_CR0,20,200,200_.jpg)
“Cuz even a gangsta rapper can find redemption
For the sins committed before revelation.”
― Got the Flow: The Hip-Hop Diary of a Young Rapper
For the sins committed before revelation.”
― Got the Flow: The Hip-Hop Diary of a Young Rapper
![Jonathan Latimer](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1323263799i/126728.jpg)
“What are they trying to do?” Davison asked. “I never heard of anything like this.”
I took my eyes off Ginger’s legs. “Gangsters,” I said.
“But they’ve gone out of style,” Davison said. “They don’t have gangsters any more.”
“Suppose you go out and tell them that,” I said.”
― Solomon's Vineyard
I took my eyes off Ginger’s legs. “Gangsters,” I said.
“But they’ve gone out of style,” Davison said. “They don’t have gangsters any more.”
“Suppose you go out and tell them that,” I said.”
― Solomon's Vineyard
![Jonathan Latimer](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1323263799i/126728.jpg)
“Pug said: “I’m trying to think of the best way of knocking you off.”
“The Chinese do it with rats,” I said. “They let ‘em eat the victim.”
“Where am I going to get the rats?”
“Well,” I said, “there’re three in the car now.”
I don’t know which one hit me; Pug or the guy with the garlic breath. It was the barrel of a pistol and it cooled me for a couple of minutes. When I came to we had stopped by a small shack. I was alone with the guy on my left.”
― Solomon's Vineyard
“The Chinese do it with rats,” I said. “They let ‘em eat the victim.”
“Where am I going to get the rats?”
“Well,” I said, “there’re three in the car now.”
I don’t know which one hit me; Pug or the guy with the garlic breath. It was the barrel of a pistol and it cooled me for a couple of minutes. When I came to we had stopped by a small shack. I was alone with the guy on my left.”
― Solomon's Vineyard
“She was floating in the midst of a black sea, in the darkest of nights, with no hope or care to see light again. She was a mere wave away from drowning in blackness.”
― The Whyte Divide
― The Whyte Divide
![A.H. Septimius](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1516704159i/16521708._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“To discover what becomes of men who do not pay debts owed to Ratilla, one must visit the underworld.”
― Crowns Of Amara: The Return Of The Oracle
― Crowns Of Amara: The Return Of The Oracle
![Carter F. Smith](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1489491955i/5913335.jpg)
“Gang members have joined the military since the mid-1800s.”
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
![Carter F. Smith](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1489491955i/5913335.jpg)
“The first military-trained gang member was Samuel Mason, leader of the Mason gang of river pirates operating along the Ohio River from the 1790s.”
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
![Carter F. Smith](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1489491955i/5913335.jpg)
“Gangs have had connections to the U.S. Military in every period since the founding of the country.”
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
![Carter F. Smith](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1489491955i/5913335.jpg)
“The first gang members who joined the military were known as the Hounds, a group of former New York gang members.”
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
![Carter F. Smith](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1489491955i/5913335.jpg)
“Jesse and Frank James were the most well-known military-trained gang members”
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
― Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
“I would be a gang member in a heartbeat.
If it was to provide meals to those who cannot eat
To give free care to all those who are sick
To take the homeless out of the streets quick
If I could be a voice for those who are scared to speak
And to protect and defend all those who are weak.”
―
If it was to provide meals to those who cannot eat
To give free care to all those who are sick
To take the homeless out of the streets quick
If I could be a voice for those who are scared to speak
And to protect and defend all those who are weak.”
―
“Ever hear the expression "never gamble with scared money"?' I nodded. 'They say that because every time you do, you lose. It's that way with us. We win because we're not afraid of the stakes or the consequences. What can they do, put us away for awhile? You know the right people and doing time is like a paid vacation.”
― The Kiss Off
― The Kiss Off
“A journalist may think he or she is breaking a story, but the journalist is seldom aware of the hidden agenda behind it. Journalists are often used by cops, politicians, gangsters and film stars to propagate their agenda.”
― Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison
― Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison
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