Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Share this quote on facebook Why was that a surprise? You can always pick the winners at the starting gate - the winners and the losers. Who woulda put a penny on me?

Share this quote on facebook I hope the investigation turns out to be nothing; it'd be a shame to see a lifetime of work go to waste.

Share this quote on facebook You see, I have a story too, Mr. Bailey. I had a friend once. A dear friend. I turned him in to save his life. He died. But he wanted it that way. Things went bad for my friend, and they went bad for me, too.

Share this quote on facebook I haven't had a gun in my hands for many, many years. My eyes aren't what they used to be, even with the glasses. My hands shake. And I wouldn't want to miss.

Share this quote on facebook I'm not that type of guy, besides if I hit you, I'm afraid you'd like it.

Share this quote on facebook Some we give them the good life, others we give it right up the ass.

Share this quote on facebook When you've been betrayed by a friend, you hit back.

Share this quote on facebook You know, if we listened to you, we would still be out rolling drunks.

Share this quote on facebook This country's still growing up. Certain diseases, you're better off having when you're still young.

Share this quote on facebook Police Chief Aiello: I'm the chief of police, not the chief of the people.

Share this quote on facebook Joe Minaldi: Life is... funnier than shit.

Share this quote on facebook Dominic: [dying words after being shot by Bugsy] Noodles, I slipped!

Share this quote on facebook Chicken Joe: [as he and another thug are torturing Jimmy O'Donnell] I don't give a *shit* about you and your Socialist workers!

Share this quote on facebook Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg: Hey, scotch heating!

Share this quote on facebook Frankie Minaldi: [introducing the gang to Joe] Here they are, "The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse"! Did you happen to see that movie, Joe? It's a good movie.

Share this quote on facebook Deborah Gelly: I read books, I want to learn everything, I want to know everything. Doesn't it make sense to have plans?

Share this quote on facebook Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz: You're looking good.
David 'Noodles' Aaronson: You're looking a little better.

Share this quote on facebook Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz: You'll live with the stink of the streets all your life.
David 'Noodles' Aaronson: I like the stink of the streets. It makes me feel good. I like the smell, and it opens up my lungs. And it gives me a hard-on.

Share this quote on facebook Joe Minaldi: [inspecting diamonds through a loupe] Any trouble?
Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg: No trouble. Kid stuff. [Pulls out a gun and shoots Joe in the eye through the loupe]

Share this quote on facebook David 'Noodles' Aaronson: You really are crazy, Max.
Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz: [pulls out a gun and hits Noodles over the head with the butt, repeatedly] Don't you ever, ever say that!

Share this quote on facebook Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz: Is this your idea of revenge?
David 'Noodles' Aaronson: No. It's just the way I see things.

Share this quote on facebook James Conway O'Donnell: [to Max] You boys ain't a mild case of the measles - you're the plague. And bastards like him - [motioning at Crowning] - are immune. That's the difference between us and them.
David 'Noodles' Aaronson: [puts a jacket on O'Donnell, who flinches] Take it easy. The difference is, they're always gonna win. And you're gonna keep gettin' it up the ass.
Crowning: Sooner than you think.

Share this quote on facebook Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg: [Patsy and Max have Crowning at gunpoint and are trying to get Chicken Joe and Willie the Ape to release O'Donnell] Just swapping prisoners.
Philip 'Cockeye' Stein: Fair trade, huh, chickenhead? [Chicken Joe turns and sees Cockeye and Noodles standing to his right] Union boy over here, for Mister Boss Man.
Chicken Joe: Well, look who's here - Fat Moe's boneyard boys!
Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz: Which reminds me... how's that cancer in your gut comin' along, Chicken Joe?

Share this quote on facebook Sharkey: [O'Donnell has been shot in the leg by Crowning's henchmen] Don't worry, Jimmy. With one leg a little shy, you're gonna take giant steps.
James Conway O'Donnell: Yeah... always one step behind you, eh Sharkey?

Share this quote on facebook Fat Moe: When did you get back?
David 'Noodles' Aaronson: Today.
Fat Moe: Why?
David 'Noodles' Aaronson: They got in touch with me.
Fat Moe: Who?
David 'Noodles' Aaronson: I thought you might know.
Fat Moe: Me? I don't know nothin' 'bout nobody no more.

Share this quote on facebook Crime, passion and lust for power - Sergio Leone's explosive saga of gangland America.

Share this quote on facebook As boys, they made a pact to share their fortunes, their loves, their lives. As men, they shared a dream to rise from poverty to power. Their story is now a "once upon a time" motion picture experience.

Share this quote on facebook Sergio Leone's three-hour, forty-minute epic masterpiece starring Robert de Niro.

Share this quote on facebook As boys, they said they would die for each other. As men, they did.

Share this quote on facebook As boys, they made a pact to share their fortunes, their loves, their lives. As men, they shared a dream to rise from poverty to power. Forging an empire built on greed, violence and betrayal, their dream would end as a mystery that refuse to die.