"Fish with its mouth closed never gets caught" - Tony Accardo.

“Only Capone kills like that.” ~ George (Bugs) Moran’s response to the St. Valentine’s Day massacre.

“Most men I know pissed away their fortunes. I’m the only one I know that made a fortune pissin'” ~ Frank Costello

"Don't worry, don't worry. Look at the Astors and the Vanderbilts, all those big society people. They were the worst thieves...and now look at them. It's just a matter of time." ~ Meyer Lansky

"I'm an American citizen, first class. I don't have a badge that makes me an official good guy like you. But I work just as honest for a livin'." ~ Salvatore (Charlie Lucky) Lucania

I'm used to being a supporting player in the background. All I ever wanted, at the very most, was to have a small part in something where people were like, 'Oh, right, that one guy, whoever he is, was pretty good in that.' That's all I ever really strived for or expected.

Camorra's most brutal boss Raffaele Cutolo.

"I'm not a religious Jew, but I am a Jew in my heart." ~ Meyer (The Little Man) Lansky

“If a guy is dumb, somebody is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don’t, then you’re just as dumb as him” ~ Arnold (The Brain) Rothstein

"Mafia is a process...not a thing. Mafia is a form of clan cooperation where individual members pledge lifelong loyalty of friendship, connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience. This was the glue that held us together." ~ Giuseppe (Don Peppino) Bonanno

“I like to be myself. Misery loves company.” ~ Antonio (Tony Ducks) Corallo

The U.S. Senate Investigations Committee...Senator Pat Geary; "Mr Cicci, was there always a buffer involved?

Willie Cicci; "A what?"

Senator Geary; "A buffer...someone in between you and your possible superiors who passed on to you the actual order to kill someone?"

Willie Cicci; "Oh, yeah, a buffer. Lol, the Family had a lot of buffers!, lol." ~ Corleone Family soldier Willie Cicci (The Godfather)
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PS: It seems that we have a lot of "buffers" around here. LOL...a lot of 'would be' Willie Ciccis. Lol

"There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on." ~ Constantino (Big Paul) Castellano

The United States of America versus Anthony Spilotro..."Now what kind of odds are those?” ~ Outfit soldier Anthony (Tony the Ant) Spilotro

Quote by Totò Riina

“You haven't understood, or rather you don't want to understand, what Corleone means. You are judging honest gentlemen whom the Carabinieri and the police reported on a whim . We want to warn you that if even one gentleman from Corleone is convicted , you will be blown up , you will be destroyed, you will be slaughtered as will your family members ... now all you have to do is be judicious!"

"The church wants you in your place and on your knees, kneel, stand, kneel, stand. If you go for that sort of thing, I don't know what to do for you...A man makes his own way. No one gives it to you. You have to take it." ~ Francesco (Frank Costello) Castiglia

“Honest people have no ethics” ~ Simone Rizzo (Sam the Plumber) DeCavalcante

Mrs. Strollo, "Put on your coat honey, it's cold outside."

Antonio (Tony Bender) Strollo, "It's ok, I’m only going out for a few minutes, down to the corner. I'll be back soon.”

Bernardo Provenzano studied the Bible and liked to quote passages from it. It sometimes drove his men crazy lol.

I heard that too. Mafiosi are often a complex bunch, who so-called "regular" folks often cannot fathom, who sometimes have funny quirks and ways, with their own set of "morals."

Everyone remembers the tone of contempt used by Riina and his expression of displeasure regarding the repentant Tommaso Buscetta when he described him, during the television broadcast of a trial, as "a womanizer, a man who has many women." He had many women despite being married, so he was a subspecies of man, less than a tarambana.

Cigarette smuggling made Michele “The Madman” Zaza a fortune and earned him another nickname: “King of the Blondes.”

Under questioning, he once testified: “First I’d sell 5 cases of Philip Morris, then 10, then a 1,000, then 3,000, and I bought myself six or seven ships that you took away from me… I used to load 50,000 cases a month. I could load 100,000 cases, $10 million dollars on trust. All I had to do was make a phone call. I’d buy $24 million dollars’ worth of Philip Morris in three months. My lawyer will show you the receipts. I’m proud of that! $24 million!”

Yes, Michele Zaza, I've heard of him. But he wasn't Sicilian, was he? Wasn't he Napolitano?

“I ate from the same table as Albert. We came from the same womb. But I know he killed many men and he deserved to die” ~ Anthony (Tough Tony) Anastasio

Michele Zaza]; Procida, April 10, 1945 – Rome, July 18, 1994) was a member of the Camorra criminal organisation who was also initiated in the Sicilian Mafia. He headed the Zaza clan n Naples. On July 18, 1994, he died of a heart attack in a Rome hospital where he had been transferred from the Rebibbia prison. His nephew Ciro Mazzarella, who had remained in Naples to control the territory, succeeded Zaza as the head of the clan, which started to be called Mazzarella clan, and no longer Zaza clan.

“For nearly a 30-year period after the Castellammarese War no internal squabbles marred the unity of our family, and no outside interference threatened the family or me.” ~ Giuseppe (Joe Bananas) Bonanno

“What do you mean, like do I carry a membership card that says ‘Mafia’ on it?” ~ Quarico (Willie Moore) Moretti testifying before a U.S. Senate Committee

“I don’t care whose in the car…everybody goes!” ~ Philip (The Chicken Man) Testa

Google boy working over time !!!

“You weren’t supposed to walk away no more. You fucked me, and that was the worst thing you ever did” ~ Thomas (Tommy A) Agro

“I called your fuckin' house five times yesterday, your wife said you weren't home. Now if she thinks she's a dunsky, or you think your a dunsky, and you’re gonna disregard my motherfucking phone calls, I’ll blow you and that fucking house up….understand me?

This is not a fuckin' game here! My time is valuable. If I ever hear anybody else calls you and you respond within five days, I’ll fuckin' kill you.” ~ John Gotti