Al Capone Prohibition Quotes & Sayings

Neither, it turned out, was politics. His views on government were strong, if a trifle simplistic. The cause of the Depression, he felt, was Al Capone. "The trouble with the nation's economy," he declared, was simply Prohibition, which "makes it possible for large-scale dealers in illicit liquor to amass tremendous amounts of currency"; the "present economic crisis," he explained, was due to the "withdrawal of billions of dollars from the channels of legitimate trade" by these bootleggers. — Robert A. Caro

Watching the videotape seemed to induce a strangely stiff erection with no connection to the rest of me. — Jim Provenzano

A friendship between reporter and source lasts only until it is profitable for one to betray the other. — Maureen Dowd

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble — Al Capone

The Ocean Health Index is like the thermometer of the ocean. It will allow us to take the temperature to know what is going on at the global level, trying to integrate different impacts, including overfishing, invasive species, coastal development, and climate change. — Enric Sala

My father was ruined by hard drink - he sat on an icicle. — Bob Monkhouse

If you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. — George W. Bush

You know, Antoine, I can't see what people like them and a person like myself could possibly have in common." He — Nikki Smith

If you shoot a Mime, do you need to use a silencer? — Steven Wright

Nonfiction that smells like fiction is neither. — David Mitchell

If it's public, it's not bonding. — Will Advise

Satan's aim is to destroy our joy and trust and delight in God, and to make God look worthless in the world's eyes. Everytime someone forsakes God for the world, gets angry at God when part of the world is taken away from them, they highlight the world as valuable ... and everytime someone stays with God, when the world is taken away, and praises God, they highlight the value and glory of God. — John Piper

Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton's personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission - his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity. — Arlie Russell Hochschild