Quotes

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

Nicholas Pileggi

Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

Nicholas Pileggi

You learn a lot more from listening than you do from talking.

Nicholas Pileggi

Being a gangster was better than being President of the United States.

Nicholas Pileggi

Money was the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Nicholas Pileggi

One of the hardest things in the world is to separate the friend from the fella who just takes up space.

Nicholas Pileggi

There's nothing better than revenge in this life.

Nicholas Pileggi

Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again, but life goes on.

Nicholas Pileggi

In this business, you gotta have the stomach for violence.

Nicholas Pileggi

The only way to survive in this business is to be tough.

Nicholas Pileggi