Quotes tagged ‘Gang’

“Why can’t a gang ever be a bunch of good guys?”

— Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Ray Palmer / The Atom, Brandon Routh, imdb.com

“Opie Taylor: [entering the courthouse] Hi. You seen my pa? He's the sheriff. Bobby Fleet: You mean he's human enough to have kids? Opie Taylor: Huh? Bobby Fleet: Never mind. He stepped out for a minute. Opie Taylor: Oh. [looking at all the fellas] Pa musta rounded up a gang. You look like from the c…”

— Jack Elinson, Charles Stewart, Opie Taylor, Ron Howard, imdb.com

“Being in a gang shortens your life expectancy, so it's no big surprise when a gangbanger ends up dead.”

— Holly Harold, Lt. Evans, Mark Pellegrino, imdb.com

“I’m not going to lie and say that there is just one solution that will cut down on gang violence. We did it, though. We showed up and we cared. It is really that simple.”

— Tamar Manasseh, nytimes.com

“This has always been the role of the black mother in the community. We watch the kids. All of them. This is that ‘village’ that we hear so much about but that has somehow been forgotten.”

— Tamar Manasseh, nytimes.com

“I am a black, Jewish woman from Chicago. Since the truth about my city will never come out of this White House, I’ll tell it myself.”

— Tamar Manasseh, nytimes.com