Joey Gallo Quotes

"I respectfully decline to answer because I honestly believe my answer might tend to incriminate me"

"A dog's a pain in the neck if you're trying to bust in some place. Even if you kill him, it makes a lot of noise, some dogs are hard to shoot. They move pretty good. Then you've got to shoot again, and pretty soon you've woken up the whole neighborhood"

"They ring the bell for breakfast, all the cell doors open up - but Joey Gallo don't go out and march down to the mess hall with a guy in front and a gut behind. He waits. I'm in no hurry. When everybody's passed, then I go out"

Same as in prison. You got to go right to what it takes to get by. You got to do what you have to do to survive. But it's got to be for a reason, right? I mean it's not just to stay alive no matter what"

"How could I be any different. I travelled with bums from the time I was nine, you know what I mean? At thirteen I was running with the gang, and anything we couldn't steal we busted"

"Me, I can't even get to run a crap game. Why? Ya need a college education to run a crap game? When you want someone hit, we're good enough. But not good enough to come to the house"

"It's the only way to go. By your own hand. I honour him for that. He was a brave man. When it's all over and there's nothing more, you kill yourself" [about Abner Zwillman]

"This guy meets me in the machine shop and he's coming at me with a wrench, and I know this is a contract. So you know what I did? I jumped up and bit his tit off"

"I read. I go see the Rabbi - he's a straight shooter. I don't bother with the Priest - a bull artist - but I saw a lot of the Rabbi"

"No, the difference between you and me is that I can kill you. But you can't kill me"

"I could have worked my way up to head soda jerk at Whelan's Drugstore, but what kind of life is that for a guy like me?"

"You know, I never in my whole life sat with my back to that much window"

"A lot of people think I look like Richard Widmark"

"Nice carpet you got here. Good for a crap game"