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Meyer Lansky Quotes

Total quotes: 16
“School is too important at your age. Now, I don’t know how fully convinced you are of the importance of learning, but in due time you will realize the importance of school.”
— Meyer Lansky, Meyer Lansky grandson recalls advice, not gangster
Tagged: Education
“When you lose your money, you lose nothing; when you lose your health, you lose something; when you lose your character, you lose everything.”
— Meyer Lansky, Meyer Lansky grandson recalls advice, not gangster
Tagged: Money, Health, Character
“Don't lie. Tell one lie, then you gotta tell another lie to compound on the first.”
— Meyer Lansky, The Little Black Book of Mafia Wisdom
Tagged: lying
“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, January 15: Meyer Lansky
Tagged: Wealth, Crime, Astors, Vanderbilts
“A newspaper man wrote an article that I had 300 million dollars, well, I wish I had a million dollars.”
— Meyer Lansky, Meyer Lansky Interview 1971
Tagged: Wealth
“Never build something where you don’t own the land underneath. They can take it away at any time.”
— Meyer Lansky, Mob architect Meyer Lansky stressed education, honesty as the best policy | Toronto Star
Tagged: Private Property
“All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here....We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games.”
— Meyer Lansky, Soviet American
Tagged: NCAA, Sports, Las Vegas, Gambling
“I was a Jew and I felt for those Jews in Europe who were suffering. They were my brothers.”
— Meyer Lansky
Tagged: Jews, Holocaust
“I am more than anything a Jew, a Russian Jew, he told his friend. I know a communist revolution when I see one, and this is a communist revolution.”
— Meyer Lansky, “HAVANA NOCTURNE”
Tagged: Communism, Cuba
“We're bigger than General Motors.”
— Meyer Lansky, Gangster Angst : LITTLE MAN: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life, By Robert Lacey(Little, Brown: $24.95; 547 pp.)
Tagged: Organized Crime, Mafia, General Motors
“I am not a religious Jew, but I am a Jew in my heart.”
— Meyer Lansky, Meyer Lansky Interview 1971
Tagged: Jewishness
“I have been under surveillance for many years now...maybe for the last 10 years. And I am sure if these men didn't find anything against me who have every resource at its hand, they should know whether I'm in any wrong activities or not.”
— Meyer Lansky, Sandra Lansky says mob boss father treated her like a princess
Tagged: Mafia, Organized Crime, FBI
“They wanted the Nazis taken care of but were afraid to do the job themselves. I did it for them. And when it was over they called me a gangster. No one ever called me a gangster until Rabbi Wise (Stephen Wise) and the Jewish leaders called me that.”
— Meyer Lansky
Tagged: Nazis, Jews, Gangsters
“They accused me of making a president. Now, I don’t know Mr. Nixon any more than what I read in the newspapers. The closest I ever got to him was seeing him on television. They claim I have 50% of Lebanon’s casinos. Fifty percent of Monte Carlo….Now, how ridiculous can we really get? This is just a global lie. Say it long enough, and you’ll get people to believe it.”
— Meyer Lansky, Meyer Lansky Interview 1971
Tagged: Richard Nixon, Gambling
“When I was a boy, my father moved us from Russia to the Upper East Side. He was weak, my father—never stood up. One day, on the way to school, I was stopped by a gang of older boys. The leader said he wanted my lunch money. I told him, go fuck himself. He laughed, said he'd beat it out of me, so I spit in his face. He did beat me - they all did—and he took my money. Next day, same thing: Again I spit in his face, again we fought. But the third day, the kid asked me to join his gang. He was Charlie Luciano. That's how we teamed up. Last year, we made more money than the President of the United States. And I think you will find us to be responsible partners, both here and in Florida, should you need eyes on the investment.”
— Meyer Lansky, Boardwalk Empire, Season 4: All In
Tagged: Russia, Upper East Side, President, Mob
“We got there in the evening and found several hundred people dressed in their brown shirts. The stage was decorated with a swastika and pictures of Hitler. The speakers started ranting. There were only fifteen of us, but we went into action….We attacked them in the hall and threw some of them out the windows. There were fistfights all over the place. Most of the Nazis panicked and ran out. We chased them and beat them up, and some of them were out of action for months. We wanted to teach them a lesson. We wanted to show them that Jews would not always sit back and accept insults.”
— Meyer Lansky
Tagged: Antifa, Nazis, Hitler
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