Quotes from Mickey Cohen

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

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.

I didn't kill anyone that didn't deserve killing in the first place.

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.

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