Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Mickey Cohen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American criminal Mickey Cohen.

Last updated on September 14, 2024.

Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen was an American gangster, boxer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles during the mid-20th century.

American - Criminal | September 4, 1913 - July 29, 1976

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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

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

All good things must one day be burnt to the ground for the insurance money.

Mickey Cohen

I never killed a guy who didn't deserve it.

Mickey Cohen

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

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

I have killed no men, that, in the first place, didn't deserve killing

Mickey Cohen

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Mickey Cohen

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