Al Capone
Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Caponewas an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33 years old...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCriminal
Date of Birth17 January 1899
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
funny drinking humor
When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it's hospitality.
gun kind kind-words
You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.
racket
Once in the racket you're always in it.
jobs grief florida
I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor.
young knows tigers
Now I know why tigers eat their young.
rap marijuana cash
I did it for the love of cash your honer, traffickin' cross the verrazano, coke dealin marijuana
organization built
I have built my organization upon fear.
tired light sick
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.
witty humorous voting
Vote early and vote often.
ideas political knocking
Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.
motto public-service my-motto
Public service is my motto.
army guy soldier
These guys are not from the Iraqi army, ... These are not Iraqi soldiers. They are not members of any of the Iraqi armed forces.
drinking demand supply-and-demand
All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.
guy racket crooked
It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.