I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.

I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor.

Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.

I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want.

You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.