Al Capone? Irwin Corey? Ted Bessell? Robert De Niro? Willie Sutton? Apocryphal?
Dear Quote Investigator: The notorious gangster Al Capone reportedly had an odd sense of humor and joked about using coercion. Here are three versions of a saying that is attributed to him:
You get a lot more from a kind word and a gun than from a kind word alone.
You can go further with a smile and a gun, than with a smile alone.
You can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
I am very skeptical. Capone died in 1947, and I haven’t been able to find any expressions like this credited to him when he was alive. The famous actor Robert De Niro did utter the saying in a movie when he was playing the role of Al Capone. Would you explore the origin of this saying?
Quote Investigator: QI has found no substantive evidence that Al Capone made a remark of this type. The earliest citations suggest that the line was created by a comedian named Professor Irwin Corey who performed as an eccentric academic spouting parodic erudition.
In 1953 the trade journal “Variety” published a transcript of an NBC radio broadcast presenting a “survey of humor, down through the ages”. Corey appeared as a comical Hamlet-like character. Emphasis added by QI:[1] 1953 July 29, Variety, Survey of Humor: Double-Talk Hamlet, Start Page 36, Quote Page 51, Column 2, Published by Variety Inc., New York. (ProQuest Variety Archive)
I have a simple philosophy which is poignant. Shoot a point, point blank, unsubtle, simple, poignant. My philosophy is you can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
Corey’s linkage of the quip to Hamlet was odd because within Shakespeare’s play Hamlet wields a sword and not a gun. However, by 1969 Corey had heightened the humor of the line by attaching the words to Al Capone.
Below are additional selected citations in chronological order including the 1969 citation.
In 1958 a Washington D.C. newspaper “The Evening Star” reported that Corey used the jest during a comedy routine:[2] 1958 October 24, The Evening Star, Midtown New York by Robert Sylvester, Quote Page A30, Column 3, Washington, D.C. (GenealogyBank)
Philosophy from Irwin Corey at the Village Vanguard: “You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word.”
In 1962 the Seattle Daily Times of Seattle, Washington reported on an appearance by Corey at a local venue and described some of the jokes he employed:[3] 1962 July 3, Seattle Daily Times, Impeccable Educator: Prof. Irwin Corey Hits Kennedy Steel Stand! by Jack De Yonge, Quote Page 7, Column 7, Seattle, Washington. (GenealogyBank)
On his campaign to become President — “My slogan was: SOAK THE POOR. I figured we’d better get it from the poor before the rich got it.”
On philosophy—“You can get more with a KIND WORD — and a gun — than just with a kind word.”
In 1966 the syndicated column of the “Hollywood Reporter” noted that Ted Bessell, a television actor in a popular sitcom, deployed the quip. The words were not credited to Capone:[4] 1966 December 14, Arizona Republic, Hollywood Reporter: Beatty Makes Hit in Dallas by Mike Connolly’s Staff, Quote Page 36, Column 4, Phoenix, Arizona. (NewspaperArchive)[5] 1966 December 14, Marietta Daily Journal (Marietta Journal), Producer-Actor Beatty Makes Good Impression by Mike Connolly, Quote Page 8B, Column 4, Marietta, Georgia. (GenealogyBank)
Ted Bessell, on his set of “That Girl,” has your thought for the day: You can get more with a kind word—and a gun—than you can with a kind word.
In 1968 a short article printed in a Pennsylvanian newspaper reported that an unnamed comic used the expression during a television broadcast. The joke was not yet connected to a gangster in this instance:[6] 1968 April 3, Leader-Times (Kittanning Simpson Leader Times), “Is Foreign Policy Comic?”, Quote Page 6, Column 1, Kittanning, Pennsylvania. (NewspaperArchive)
Did you hear the television comic the other night:
“You can get more with a kind word, and a gun, than you can get with just a kind word.”
In July 1969 the popular widely-distributed newspaper-supplement “Parade Magazine” published “My Favorite Jokes by Professor Irwin Corey” which included a profile of Corey together with a collection of humorous remarks. This article is the first located by QI that tentatively and satirically assigned the jest to Al Capone:[7] 1969 July 13, Sunday Advocate (Advocate), Section: Parade Magazine (Sunday Supplement), My Favorite Jokes by Professor Irwin Corey, Quote Page, 18, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (GenealogyBank)[8] 1969 July 13, Wichita Eagle, Section: Parade Magazine (Sunday Supplement), My Favorite Jokes by Professor Irwin Corey, Quote Page, 18, Wichita, Kansas. (GenealogyBank)
I think it was Al Capone who once said: “You can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.”
In August 1969 a variant of the expression was printed in a Brooklyn, New York periodical. The ascription to Capone was treated seriously:[9] 1969 August 30, Weekly People, Our own past shows that for well-being the control of production is necessary by John P. Quinn, Quote Page 5, Column 4, Brooklyn, New York. (Old Fulton)
It is said of Al Capone that he always claimed that the best way to get along was with a “kind word and a gun, especially a gun.”
In October 1970 a newspaper in Iowa printed the statement and credited Capone:[10] 1970 October 4, Waterloo Sunday Courier (Waterloo Daily Courier), Thoughts While Viewing, Quote Page 43, Column 1, Waterloo, Iowa. (NewspaperArchive)
It was Al Capone who once said, “You can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.”
In November 1970 the expression was published with a tentative ascription to Capone in a Wisconsin newspaper:[11]1970 November 21, Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, “Look to Good, Clean Land: The Notebook” by Emilie Russert (Women’s Editor), Quote Page 12, Column 7, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. … Continue reading
I think it was Al Capone who said “You can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.”
In 1972 an economist was quoted using the expression in Time magazine. The topic was wage and price controls and Capone was credited:[12] 1972 February 14, Time, Time Essay: The Future of Free Enterprise by Donald Morrison, Time, Inc., New York. (Online Time magazine Archive; accessed content.time.com on October 31, 2013)
Says Walter Heller, a member of TIME’S Board of Economists: “Things will never be the same again. Even after controls are lifted, there will be the threat of their reimposition. As Al Capone put it: ‘You can get so much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.’”
In 1974 “Parade Magazine” published “My Favorite Jokes by Jim Gannon & Wil Gerstenblatt”, and the comedy team mentioned a variant of the jest attributed to Capone:[13] 1974 September 1, Springfield Union, Section: Parade Magazine (Sunday Supplement), My Favorite Jokes by Jim Gannon & Wil Gerstenblatt, Quote Page 12, Springfield, Massachusetts. (GenealogyBank)
We leave you with some of Al Capone’s wisdom: You can always get somewhere with a kind word and a gun.
In 1977 the economist Heller was quoted in a Boston, Massachusetts newspaper, but this time he used the word “smile” instead of the phrase “kind word”:[14] 1977 January 8, Boston Herald American (Boston Herald), Carter adviser outlines steps to halt inflation, Quote Page 8, Column 5, Boston, Massachusetts. (GenealogyBank)
Commenting on Carter’s potential coercive powers for dealing with the spiral, Heller quoted the depression era gangster Al Capone, “You can go further with a smile and a gun, than with a smile alone.”
In 1979 the language maven William Safire writing in the New York Times stated that the saying was used by an economic adviser who ascribed the words to Capone:[15] 1979 September 24, New York Times, ESSAY: Rejected Counsel Returns by William Safire, Quote Page A19, New York. (ProQuest)
One of Mr. Kennedy’s eminent economic advisers, when in a facetious mood on the subject of incomes policy, likes to recall an aphorism attributed to the gangster Al Capone: “You get a lot more from a kind word and a gun than from a kind word alone.”
In 1987 the film “The Untouchables” was released, and it dramatized the conflict between Al Capone and a team led by government agent Eliot Ness. During a scene with journalists Al Capone played by Robert DeNiro replied to a question about his reputation for using violence with these words:[16]YouTube video, Title: “The Untouchables (1/10) Movie CLIP – A Kind Word and a Gun (1987) HD”, Uploaded on October 6, 2011, Uploaded by: movieclips, (Quotation starts at 1 minute 12 … Continue reading
I grew up in a tough neighborhood, and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun, than you can with just a kind word; and in that neighborhood it might have been true.
In modern times, another famous criminal sometimes receives credit for the saying. A 1988 business book titled “Changing The Game: The New Way To Sell” ascribed the quip to the bank robber Willie Sutton:[17] 1988, Changing The Game: The New Way To Sell by Larry Wilson with Hersch Wilson, Quote Page 264, A Fireside Book: Simon & Schuster, New York. (Google Books Preview)
Willy Sutton said it best. Willy was one of the world’s great management strategists. He was also one of the world’s greatest bank robbers. Willy’s management philosophy: “You can influence more people and get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”
The important reference work “The Yale Book of Quotations” (2006) included a note of commentary about this quotation. The editor pointed out that a 1980 book had linked the statement to the entertainer Irwin Corey:[18] 2006, The Yale Book of Quotations by Fred R. Shapiro, Section: Al Capone, Page 130, Yale University Press, New Haven. (Verified on paper)
Usually associated with Capone, but Paul Dickson, The Official Explanations (1980), attributes to Irwin Corey, “You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word.”
In conclusion, QI hypothesizes that this quip was crafted by the humorist Professor Irwin Corey by 1953. Further, QI believes that Corey fabricated the ascription to Al Capone by 1969 to enhance the comical effect and with no real intention to deceive. Nevertheless, the attribution was taken seriously, and today the expression is often incorrectly attributed to Capone.
(Great thanks to researcher Barry Popik who located the 1953 citation and other helpful citations.)
Update History: On August 23, 2016 citations dated 1953 and 1958 were added.
приписывается Аль Капоне, но Пол Диксон в «The official explanations» (1980) приписывает её Ирвину Кори
You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
Вариант: С помощью доброго слова и пистолета вы можете добиться гораздо большего, чем только одним добрым словом.
Источник: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5067884-the-official-explanations «The official explanations»
Источник: «The Yale Book of Quotations» Fred Shapiro, Joseph Epstein
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You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
приписывается Аль Капоне, но Пол Диксон в «The official explanations» (1980) приписывает её Ирвину Кори
You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
Вариант: С помощью доброго слова и пистолета вы можете добиться гораздо большего, чем только одним добрым словом.
Источник: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5067884-the-official-explanations «The official explanations»
Источник: «The Yale Book of Quotations» Fred Shapiro, Joseph Epstein
Christmas is the time of the year when you have to bring your creativity out. Creative out of love or to get a bit nifty. Crafted gifts and cards show dedication and compassion towards the receiver. The tradition of crafting cards and gifts has existed for centuries, and with those crafts subsisting, the songs, words, idioms, and poems are now rooted in our culture or collective consciousness. The collection of Christmas phrases is a collection of culturally embedded phrases known worldwide. When you write and share these Christmas Phrases on Christmas cards, you share the spirit of Christmas with them.
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Christmas Phrases
The top 10 Christmas Phrases include
- Believe in the Magic of Christmas
- Tis the season
- Peace on Earth
- Let It, Snow
- Merry and Bright
- Deck the Halls
- A Thrill of Hope
- Naughty or Nice
- Merry and Bright
- Goodwill to Men
Joy to the World
Ho Ho Ho
Let Your Heart Be Light
Better Not Pout
Baby, it’s Cold Outside
Peace, Joy, and Love
Home for the Holidays
Dear Santa…
Naughty or Nice?
Jack Frost Nipping at Your Nose
Sparkle and Shine
Good Tidings
Under the Mistletoe
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
Christmas is in the Air
Jingle All the Way
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
‘Til He appeared and the Soul Felt Its Worth
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
There’s Room for Everyone On the Nice List
Wherever You Find Love, It Feels Like Christmas
Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night!
On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer and Vixen, on Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen
Funny Christmas Phrases
Funny Christmas does not make fun of Christmas but adds a witty decision to Christmas. It is like adding a pinch of cinnamon to the dish. It just adds to the flavor. The funniest of the Christmas phrases is one with puns. We have collected exclusively the punniest of all the phrases for your annoying friends. Pick your favorite.
Funny Christmas phrases Include
You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.
Don we now our ugly sweaters.
Keep Calm and Wait for Santa.
Santa is looking younger each year.
God bless us, everyone! (Excluding assholes, of course.)
What does Santa call his little helpers? Subordinate clauses!
May your nuts remain untracked this holiday season.
What do you call a kid who won’t sit on Santa’s lap? Claustrophobic!
May you be surrounded by ho’s this Christmas season.
Why did Santa quit smoking? Because it was bad for his elf.
What’s the difference between a snowman and a snowwoman? Snowballs!
Sure, being on the Nice list gets you more presents, but being Naughty is its own reward.
Whoever said “All is Calm” has never been to our house around Christmas. Some might say we’re not very bright, either.
Just one Santa delivery team? How could there be? There are 526,403,012 children, all expecting presents before tomorrow morning. So, that’s 22 million children per hour. It’s impossible. Obviously, I got a second sled.” (Steven Moffat)
Some Puny Christmas Phrases as Bonus!!!
Elves are always defending the shape of their ears. They make some good points.
How did Rudolph survive his first trip with Santa? He held on for dear life!
Did you hear that reindeer like to gather in large groups? Yeah, I heard!
What do you call a reindeer ghost? Cari-boo!
If you’re lucky this Christmas, Santa Claus will grace you with his presents.
Did you hear about the mall Santa who lost his job? He was fired for Claus!
Santa’s beard is so long because he’s bad at shaving. Why do you think they call him Saint Nick?
How do the elves clean Santa’s sleigh on the day after Christmas? They use Santa-tizer!
What do you call someone who can’t stop thinking about past Christmases? Santa-mental!
Why does Santa always pick the last sleigh in his garage to take out on Christmas Eve? Because he insists on having the final sleigh!
Remember not to leave a fire burning in your fireplace this Christmas Eve, or else you might wake up to a Crisp Kringle.
What do Santa’s little helpers like to eat on a cold day at the North Pole? Elf-abet soup!
Santa owes a lot to his little helpers. You might say he’s an elf-made man.
What do you call an elf that runs away from Santa’s Workshop? A rebel without a Claus!
What did Santa’s helper do when he wanted to improve his toy-making skills? He read an elf-help book!
Did you hear the forecast for Christmas Eve? They’re calling for rain, dear!
What do you call a reindeer that suddenly forgets how to fly? The dearly departed!
Christmas Card Phrases
The best present one can hope for this year is to spend time together. I can’t wait to celebrate the holidays with you.
- Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Let your heart be light.
- Ho Ho Hope you’ve been good this year. Merry Christmas!
- May the spirit of Christmas is with you throughout the New Year.
- ending you glad tidings this holiday season.
- Thinking of you this Christmas. “Yule” be on my mind.
- I hope your holiday season is so bright that you need sunglasses!
- I hope this special time of year is filled with joy!
- I’d send you peace, love, and joy in an envelope if I could.
- God bless you this holiday season—Merry Christmas!
- May the sights and sounds of Christmas work their merry magic in your heart.
May the sweet magic of Christmas conspire to gladden your heart and fill every desire.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Let us celebrate by spreading goodwill and Christmas cheer!
May this Christmas end the present year on a cheerful note and make way for a fresh and bright New Year. Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
May the Christmas season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter.
Thinking warmly of each of you and wish your family an extra measure of comfort, joy, and hope this Christmas.
May the magic and thrill of the holiday season stretch on!
Have a great Christmas! Take the time to celebrate your desires, values, and affections with your loved ones. Wishing you all the best.
The [insert name here] family wishes you and all those close to you a joyous holiday season and a new year filled with happiness and hope for a world at peace.
Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings happiness, may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
To those we love and see each day and other loved ones far away, to all good friends who mean so much, and those with whom we’re out of touch… Wishing you every happiness this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
Hope you have a remember-forever-and-ever kind of holiday.
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly Merry Christmas.” -Peg Bracken
A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small.” -Eva K. Logue
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” -Norman Vincent Peale
“The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature.” -Andy Rooney
“Keep calm and jingle on.” -Anonymous
“If kisses were snowflakes, I’d send you a blizzard.” -Anonymous
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” -Bob Hope
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.” -Thomas Tusser
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone else” -Charles Schulz
Here’s to a season filled with warmth, comfort, and good cheer!
Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide-open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years. Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart. (George Mathew Adams)
Short Christmas Phrases
If you want your Christmas greeting or wish to be concise, clean yet inspirational, then this category is for you. You can use one of the following Short Christmas phrases and convey your wishes without the need for long motivational cards.
Reindeer Xing
This House is Under Elf Surveillance
Santa’s Little Helper
Dashing Through the Snow
Dreaming of a White Christmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
O Christmas Tree
Christmas is Claus for Celebration
Silent Night, Holy Night
Season’s Greetings
Away in a Manger
Christmas is Coming
Bah Humbug!
Making Spirits Bright
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Reindeer Parking
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
All I Want For Christmas Is You
All is Calm, All is Bright
I Believe in Santa Clause
The Weary World Rejoices
Let Earth Receive Her King
Dashing Through the Snow
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Oh Come Let Us Adore Him
Christmas Bells Are Ringing
For unto Us a Child Is Born
Glory To The Newborn King
Like turkeys voting for Christmas
Lit up like a Christmas tree
Have A Holly Jolly Christmas
‘Tis The Season To Be Freezin’
Let There Be Peace On Earth
All I Want for Christmas is You
Don’t Get Your Tinsel in a Tangle
Walking In A Winter Wonderland
Believe in the Magic of Christmas
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid.
“Fra-gee-lay. Must Be Italian.”
Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Meet Me Under the Mistletoe
O Come Let Us Adore Him
Comfort and Joy
Eat, Drink & Be Merry
All is Bright
Sleigh Bells Ring
Fa La La La La
This Way to Santa’s Workshop
Merry Christmas Phrases
Merry Christmas phrases are the best ones to use on the cards. They are authentic and genuine, and above all, they represent the Christmas vibe. They are also more formal, so if you are looking for the perfect phrase to write on Christmas cards for colleagues, boss, aunt, or uncle, these are perfect for you.
Here is a collection of the best Merry Christmas phrases
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
You make the stars shine brighter and the winter days warmer just by being in my life. Merry Christmas to my favorite person in the world.
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” (Burton Hills)
From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another the warmth and joy of Christmas bring us closer to each other.” (Emily Matthews)
Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” (Margaret Thatcher)
Christmas is all about love, family, and children. it doesn’t matter what we eat or what presents we get as long as the holidays are spent with loved ones. happy happy happy Christmas.”
For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It’s a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking, and making merry.” (Malaika Arora Khan)
I love spending time with my family and friends during the holidays, and my favorite holiday tradition would be the pozole that my mom makes almost every Christmas. It’s the best!” (Becky G)
Naughty Christmas Phrases
Christmas is not only for the little angels but also for the little devils. By the devil, I mean people who like to get a little naughty sometimes. These naughty creatures wouldn’t want to feel left out of the Christmas greetings. Make sure you have that naughty touch in your Christmas cards to make them wholesome.
We have assembled a list of the Best Naughty Christmas Phrases
Be Naughty. Save Santa the Trip.
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.
What kind of fish do they have at the North Pole? Jollyfish!
What does a cranky sheep say at Christmastime? Baa humbug!
“I asked Santa to Put You Under My Tree This Morning. Where Are You? LOL”
It’s All Fun and Games ‘Til Santa Checks the Naughty List.
Don’t forget your buddies at Christmastime. Bros before ho ho ho’s.
What does a festive sheep say at Christmastime? Fleece Navidad!
I’m pining for a Christmas tree to spruce up the place.
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth (Spike Jones song)
Some people love eggnog, while others find it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
Did you know that Father Christmas has a daughter? Her name is Mary Christmas!
Some people love eggnog, while others find it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
The Weather Outside is Frightful, But The Fire Is So Delightful
Are you part of the Inn crowd or are you one of the Stable few?
Did you know that Father Christmas has a daughter? Her name is Mary Christmas!
We all know that Santa Claus brings gifts to children, but who brings gifts for the pets? Santa Paws!
Did you hear about the kid who wouldn’t eat broken candy canes? He wouldn’t take them unless they were in mint condition!
Did you hear about the amorous couple whose car stalled on Christmas Eve? They got a mistle-tow!
Christmas Tree Phrases
Done up like a Christmas tree.
“The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!”
Christmas Gifts, Christmas Trees, Christmas is the time to please.
The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature.
The perfect Christmas tree, all Christmas trees are perfect.
“I grew up with a Christmas tree, I’m going to stay with a Christmas tree.” – Thomas Menino
“Not everyone who sells Christmas trees believes in Santa Claus.” – Matt Barr
“Christmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead.” – (Bill Bryson)
“A Christmas tree–the perfect gift for a guy. The plant is already dead.” – (Jay Leno)
“A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on” – John Stott
“my beer drunk soul is sadder than all the dead Christmas trees of the world.” – Charles Bukowski
“The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.” – Tess Gerritsen
“If my Valentine you won’t be; I’ll hang myself on your Christmas tree.” – Ernest Hemingway
“They’ve got plastic Christmas trees now. They’re hard to tell from the real aluminum ones.” – Milton Berle
“If God consistently sent lightning bolts in response to bad doctrine, our planet would sparkle nightly like a Christmas tree.” – Philip Yancey
The Christmas tree is a symbol of love, not money. There’s a kind of glory to them when they’re all lit up that exceeds anything all the money in the world could buy.
“The best gifts in life will never be found under a Christmas tree, those gifts are friends, family, children, and the one you love.”
“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” – Larry Wilde.
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” – Burton Hillis.
“Don’t measure the height of your Christmas tree. Measure the abundance of the love present in your heart! Have a Blessed Christmas!”
“The Christmas tree is a symbol of love, not money. There’s a kind of glory to them when they’re all lit up that exceeds anything all the money in the world could buy.”
“Taking down the Christmas tree makes it feel official: time to get back to joyless and cynical.” – Greg Fitzsimmons
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” – Bill Vaughan
“November, I’ll give thanks that you belong to me. December, you’re the present beneath my Christmas tree.” – Neil Sedaka
“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin – inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” – John J. Geddes
“There’s no experience quite like cutting your own live Christmas tree out of your neighbor’s yard.” – Unknown
“The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.” – Tess Gerritsen
“The Christmas spirit that goes out with the dried-up Christmas tree is just as worthless.” – Unknown
“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” – Maya Angelou
“You don’t want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what’s out there now does – you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree.” – Padma Lakshmi
“I love Christmas tree bulbs, and I started putting them in my paintings. You’ve got to plug this painting in, and it’s got a rig in the back so that each one can be replaced if it burns out.” – David Lynch
“If I want to put a Christmas tree in my yard, or three crosses for the crucifixion story, that’s fine. But if I try to use public property or a public school as a way to impress my religion on other people, I think that violates the constitution.” – John Shelby Spong
Where The Treetops Glisten and Children Listen to Hear Sleigh Bells In The Snow.
“Our task is to stand tall in God’s love, secure in our place, sparkling in kindness, surrounded by his goodness, freely giving to all who come our way. You, me, and the Christmas tree. Picked, purchased, and pruned.” – Max Lucado
“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” – Garrison Keillor
“Make your plate look like a Christmas tree,” I tell people, “mostly green with splashes of other bright colors.” – Victoria Moran
“Taking down the Christmas tree makes it feel official: time to get back to joyless and cynical.” – Greg Fitzsimmons
“Now I’m an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.” – Orson Welles
“I manage a toast to the Christmas tree and one to the sweet absurdity in the miracle of the verb to be. Lucky you, lucky me.” – Miller Williams
“I bought a Christmas tree for twenty dollars. When I came home the next day, my wife was wearing it in her hair.” – Milton Berle
“It is the custom to sneer at the modern apartment-house, television, big-city Christmas, with its commercial taint . . . office parties, artificial . . . Christmas trees . . . but future generations in search of their lost Christmases may well remember its innocence; yes, and its beauty, too.” – Paul Gallico
“Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.” – T. S. Eliot
“While I was walking I passed these two guys that were unloading this big Christmas tree of a truck. One guy, kept saying to the other guy, ‘Hold the sonunvabitch up! Hold it up, for Chrissake!’ It certainly was a gorgeous way to talk about a Christmas tree.” – J. D. Salinger
“Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room. All those presents under it, all that anticipation. Just a way of saying there’s always light and hope in the world.” – Nora Roberts
“Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true surprise of life.” – ( Karl Kraus)
“The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.” – Andy Rooney
“I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree. The tree was planted in the middle of a great round table and towered high above their heads. It was brilliantly lighted by a multitude of little tapers, and everywhere sparkled and glittered with bright objects.” – Unknown
Religious Christmas Phrases
Religious Christmas phrases are part of the article so that we could help you keep alive the original aim of it. The religious lens is necessary to keep the spirit of Christmas intact. If not, then it is all going to be just about tradition without any meaning. The meaning is Significant for any festival to take place in its full spirit and leave an impact.
Asleep with Jesus
For Christ’s sake
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild
Come to Jesus
Every Time A Bell Rings an Angel Gets His Wings
Christmas is a time to believe in things you can’t see
Let There Be Peace On Earth and Let It Begin with Me
Oh by Golly Have a Holly Jolly Christmas This Year
It’s Christmas in the Heart That Puts Christmas in the Air
Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.
Where meek souls will receive Him still, the dear Christ enters in.
The Best Way to Spread Christmas Cheer is Singing Loud for All to Hear
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
To prepare our hearts for Christmas, we must cultivate the spirit of expectancy.”
For Unto You Is Born This Day in The City Of David A Savior Which Is Christ The Lord
And His Name Shall Be Called Wonderful, Counselor, All Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.
We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.
The great challenge left to us is to cut through all the glitz and glam of the season that has grown increasingly secular and commercial and be reminded of the beauty of the One who is Christmas.
Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His Only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that’s set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God’s gift of the Christ child
God grant you the light in Christmas, which is faith; the warmth of Christmas, which is love; the radiance of Christmas, which is purity; the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice; the belief in Christmas, which is truth; the all of Christmas, which is Christ.
“Ultimately, Santa is here to teach us about giving unconditionally. That’s why he visits so many children. But when kids get older they don’t need him as much because they have already learned the lesson and have started giving to others just as Santa gave to them.”
Christmas Holiday Phrases
The holiday season is contained in many grandeur events. Christmas is also part of it, most people make the holiday all about Christmas. So If you are planning to send Cards pre-Christmas and in general excited about the holiday season, these phrases are for you.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Christmas waves a magic wand over the world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Let us celebrate by spreading goodwill and Christmas cheer!
May the Christmas season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter.
Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings happiness, may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps… means a little bit more
Famous Christmas Phrases
The most famous ones are the ones which you must have heard once or let’s be real, every year in your life. These phrases are said by celebrities and used on social media, cards, or in shops. They do bring that trendy Christmas vibes.
Here is a collection of Trendy Famous Christmas Phrases
Keep calm Christmas is coming.
Prepare your ears, Christmas music is coming.
You are either a little late or very, very early.
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” (Edna Ferber)
“All the world is happy when Santa Claus comes.” (Maud Lindsay)
Christmas is coming, keep calm and carry on accounting.
Galgo, you might want to get out of that seat. Christmas is coming.
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” (Calvin Coolidge)
“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” (Dr. Seuss)
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality. (Washington Irving)
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” (Charles Dickens)
“Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.” (Eric Sevareid)
You better watch out, you better not cry Better not pout, I’m telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town.
“Santa only comes to those who believe. He doesn’t care if you believe in him or not, and he’s not trying to make anyone believe who doesn’t believe. If you don’t believe, he just skips your house.” (Jenn-Anne)
“To say there is no Santa Claus is the most erroneous statement in the world. Santa Claus is a thought that is passed from generation to generation. After a time, this thought takes on a human form. Maybe if all children and adults understand the symbolism of this thought we can actually attain Peace on Earth and goodwill to men everywhere.” (Charles W.Howard)
The more the merrier. That is why we brought a vast collection of Christmas phrases to add a great phrase to your Christmas cards. Christmas is all about sharing, giving, and receiving. It should not strictly be Gifts, but it could be simple words. A simple expression can make someone feel happy and special, so why restrain our words. These phrases bring joy and comfort to the faces who go through the practicalities of life all year long and let them know how much you care.
Famous As: Gangster, Co-Founder & Boss of the ‘Chicago Outfit’ Crime Family
Born In: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died At Age: 48
Listed amongst the most feared American gangsters of all-time, Alphonse Gabriel Capone, renowned as Al Capone, was the lynchpin of the ‘Chicago Outfit’. “Big Al” shot towards fame by smuggling alcohol during the Prohibition Era in the United States. Starting off with low level crimes as a member of the ‘Five Points Gang’, he began his violent criminal exploits under Johnny Torrio. After taking over from Torrio, he expanded the bootlegging business with profitable support from the then Mayor of Chicago — William Hale Thompson. Unlike other notorious criminals, the “Scarface” did not operate under stealth. On the contrary, Capone adored public adulations during his frequent appearances at ball games. Many viewed him as the modern day Robin-Hood. It all came to rest after the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre between rival gang members which killed seven men in broad daylight. This damaged Capone’s and Chicago’s reputation which led to public demand for his detention, and that made him ‘Public Enemy Number One’. Later, he was convicted of income tax evasion and was sentenced for 11 years in Federal prison. Read through these intriguing quotes from this notorious American Gangster, giving us a glimpse of his mind. A collection of famous quotes by Al Capone.
You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.Al Capone
I’m a kind person, I’m kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you’ll remember me forAl Capone
In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.Al Capone
A crook is a crook, and there’s something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician. You can only get a little of his time because he spends so much time covering up that no one will know that he is a thief. A hard-working crook will-and can-get those birds by the dozen, but right down in his heart he won’t depend on them-hates the sight of them.Al Capone
I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.Al Capone
A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.Al Capone
Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.Al Capone
I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat. You just have them transferred someplace where they can’t do you any harm. But don’t ever talk to me about the honor of police captains or judges. If they couldn’t be bought they wouldn’t have the job.Al Capone
I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man.Al Capone
I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.Al Capone
Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there’s a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler ‘get Capone.’Al Capone
They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.Al Capone
I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want,Al Capone
You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.Al Capone
Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.Al Capone
Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.Al Capone
This American system of ours,call it Americanism,call it capitalism,call it what you will,gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and make the most of it.Al Capone
We been on the road for 18 hours… I need a bath, some chow… and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?Al Capone
Now I know why tigers eat their young.Al Capone
Prohibition has made nothing but troubleAl Capone
You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.Al Capone
I don’t even know what street Canada is on.Al Capone
You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.Al Capone
When I sell liquor, it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it’s hospitality.Al Capone
Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can’t afford to let it in…We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses; we must see that his mind remains healthy.Al Capone
I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.Al Capone
You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.Al Capone
Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.Al Capone
I’ve lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like ’em, and if someone handed me another million I’d put it right in the nose
of some horse that looked good to me.Al Capone
You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.Al Capone
You’ll accomlish more with a kind word and a gun, than you will with a kind word alone.Al Capone
Do not mistake my kindness for weakness, I am kid to everyone, but if you are unkind to my it will not be weakness that you will remember me for.Al Capone
Quotes about:
Capitalism
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Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.
Al Capone
Best Friend, Fake Friends, Bad Friend
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I’m a kind person, I’m kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you’ll remember me for
Al Capone
Kindness, Badass, Bad Ass
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A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.
Al Capone
Gun
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In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.
Al Capone
Balls, Break, This Life
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A crook is a crook, and there’s something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician. You can only get a little of his time because he spends so much time covering up that no one will know that he is a thief. A hard-working crook will-and can-get those birds by the dozen, but right down in his heart he won’t depend on them-hates the sight of them.
Al Capone
Hate, Hard Work, Heart
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I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.
Al Capone
Earth, Poverty, Hell
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Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.
Al Capone
Bootlegging
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I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.
Al Capone
Men, Gangsta, Demand
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Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.
Al Capone
Guy, Trying, Hell
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I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man.
Al Capone
Men, Years, Giving
«How to Win Friends and Influence People». Book by Dale Carnegie, p. 26, 1936.
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You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.
Al Capone
Gun, Accomplish, Handshake
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They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.
Al Capone
Illegal, Taxes
«Biography/ Personal Quotes». www.imdb.com.
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I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.
Al Capone
People, Giving, Want
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I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat. You just have them transferred someplace where they can’t do you any harm. But don’t ever talk to me about the honor of police captains or judges. If they couldn’t be bought they wouldn’t have the job.
Al Capone
Jobs, Judging, Police
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Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
Al Capone
Class, Mafia, Bootlegging
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You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
Al Capone
Gun, Power, Kind
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Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there’s a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler ‘get Capone.’
Al Capone
Fall, Cat, Marine
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Now I know why tigers eat their young.
Al Capone
Young, Knows, Tigers
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This American system of ours,call it Americanism,call it capitalism,call it what you will,gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and make the most of it.
Al Capone
Opportunity, Hands, History
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When I sell liquor, it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it’s hospitality.
Al Capone
Funny, Drinking, Humor
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Prohibition has made nothing but trouble
Al Capone
Mafia, Trouble, Prohibition
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We been on the road for 18 hours… I need a bath, some chow… and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?
Al Capone
Needs, Down And, Baths
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I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
Al Capone
Tired, Light, Sick
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Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can’t afford to let it in…We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses; we must see that his mind remains healthy.
Al Capone
America, Healthy, Mind
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Public service is my motto.
Al Capone
Motto, Public Service, My Motto
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Альфонс Габриэль «Аль» Капоне (итал. Alphonse Gabriel «Al» Capone; 17 января 1899 — 25 января 1947) — знаменитый американский бандит, действовавший в 1920—1930-х годах на территории Чикаго.
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You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.[1] |
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Капитализм – это легитимный рэкет господствующего класса. |
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Организация, которую я создал, построена на страхе. |
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Я обычный человек. Всё что я делаю – это лишь удовлетворяю спрос. |
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I’ve been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War. |
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- ↑ «The Yale Book of Quotations» Fred Shapiro, Joseph Epstein
- ↑ [1] «The official explanations»
- ↑ «The Bootleggers and Their Era» (1961) Кеннет Олсоп, «The Yale Book of Quotations»
Who was Al Capone?
Al Capone, full name – Al Gabriel Capone, was born on January 17, 1899, in New York City, US. Although the name centres Italian, he was born and brought up in the US. Capone was an American gangster and a businessman, also known and recognized by his nickname – Scarface. He was the co-founder and the boss of the Chicago Outfit, a mafia gang selling drugs. He was a crime boss for seven years of his life and got arrested at 33.
Early Life:
Al Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Gabriele Capone, was a barber, and his mother, Teresa Capone, was a seamstress. Both his parents were Italian immigrants. In 1983, his parents first immigrated from Southern Italy. The following year the family travelled to the US from Fiume through the ship.
Al Capone was known to be a good student, but he had trouble following the rules. His school life ended early, at the age of 14, because he was expelled from school for hitting his teacher on the face. He played semi-professional from 1916 – 1918, where he met a guy who was a gangster that later became his mentor.
In Popular Culture:
Al Capone is known to be one of the most notorious men of the 20th century. He was a widely known gangster; later, he became the subject of many articles, films, and books. He made himself and his image so fascinating in the media that everyone was so curious about his life.
Al Capone is the face behind all the gangster faces, criminals, and crime lords of the television. He was the kind of personality that led to the main front and the criminals’ character of the films, articles, etc. His hat and his suit were the primary and essential physical attributes of his personality.
Here are the best of ‘Al Capone’ Quotes.
Al Capone quotes on Life:
“In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.”
― Al Capone
“I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man.”
― Al Capone
“I’m a kind person, I’m kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you’ll remember me for.”
― Al Capone
“I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.”
― Al Capone
“Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.”
― Al Capone
“Public service is my motto.”
― Al Capone
“I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.”
― Al Capone
Al Capone quotes on Business:
“I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.”
― Al Capone
“I have built my organization upon fear.”
― Al Capone
“All I ever did was sell beer and whiskey to our best people.”
― Al Capone
“All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.”
― Al Capone
“The funny part of the whole thing is that a man in this line of business has so much company. I mean his customers.”
― Al Capone
“Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.”
― Al Capone
“The country wanted booze and I organized it. Why should I be called a public enemy?”
― Al Capone
“If people did not want beer and wouldn’t drink it, a fellow would be crazy for going around trying to sell it!”
― Al Capone
“Why not treat our business like any other man treats his, as something to work at in the daytime and forget when he goes home at night? There’s plenty of business for everybody. Why kill each other over it?”
― Al Capone
Al Capone quotes on Crime and Guns:
“It seems like I’m responsible for every crime that takes place in this country.”
― Al Capone
“They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.”
― Al Capone
“Once you’re in the racket, you’re always in it.”
― Al Capone
“We been on the road for 18 hours… I need a bath, some chow… and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?”
― Al Capone
“I’ve been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.”
― Al Capone
“Racketeer? Why the real racketeers are the banks!”
― Al Capone
“A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.”
― Al Capone
“You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.”
― Al Capone
“You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.”
― Al Capone
“I’m the boss. I’m going to continue to run things. They’ve been putting the roscoe on me for a good many years and I’m still healthy and happy. Don’t let anybody kid you into thinking I can be run out of town. I haven’t run yet and I’m not going to.”
― Al Capone
Al Capone quotes on Reality and Learnings:
“Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.”
― Al Capone
“Vote early and vote often.”
― Al Capone
“The worst type of these punks is the big politician. You can only get a little of his time because he spends so much time covering up that no one will know that he is a thief.”
― Al Capone
“Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.”
― Al Capone
“A crook is a crook, and there’s something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake.”
― Al Capone
“Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.”
― Al Capone
“You’d be surprised if you knew some of the fellows I’ve got to take care of.”
― Al Capone
“The parasites will trail you, begging for money and favors, and you can never get away from them no matter where you go.”
― Al Capone
Al Capone quotes on Peace:
“I have always been opposed to violence, to shootings. I have fought, yes, but fought for peace.”
― Al Capone
“I believe I can take credit for the peace that now exists in the racket game in Chicago. I believe that the people can thank me for the fact that gang killings here are probably a thing of the past.”
― Al Capone
“We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses; we must see that his mind remains healthy.”
― Al Capone
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