Mickey Cohen Professions : Gangster Born : September 4, 1913 Died : July 29, 1976 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Mickey Cohen I'm not an educated man, but I've read some history. Every kingdom comes up bloody. Every castle is built on a pile of bones. When I came out here, LA was nothing. Back east I was a gangster, out here I'm god. Mickey Cohen castles east men All good things must one day be burnt to the ground for the insurance money. Mickey Cohen one-day good-things I never killed a guy who didn't deserve it. Mickey Cohen guy deserve I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big. Mickey Cohen dollars pockets couple Mickey Cohen: New York, its like being a rat in a maze, everyone living on top of each other, but out here, I can breathe. I love Los Angeles. Mickey Cohen mazes rats new-york I have killed no men, that, in the first place, didn't deserve killing Mickey Cohen mobster men firsts I started rooting - you know, sticking up joints - with some older guys. By now I had gotten a taste of what the racket world really was - the glamour, the way they dressed, the way they always had a pocketful of money. Mickey Cohen style guy world Similar Authors Al Capone gangster Carlo Gambino gangster Frank Costello gangster John Dillinger gangster All Authors
