Calogero 'C' Anello: Sonny had five fingers, but he only used three.
Sonny: Look at me! I did this to you! REMEMBER ME!
Slick: I wanna shoot someone y'kno and this feels like just the gun to do it with.
Angry Black Neighbor #1: They started out as white BREAD. Now they're toast!
Calogero 'C' Anello: They say you didn't walk with JoJo, you walked among him.
Calogero 'C' Anello: It was great to be Catholic and go to confession. You could start over every week.
The silence became palpable and merciless in its depths. The only sound came from my car’s radio. The Temptations towed me to tears.
Sonny: You borrow my car. And then you give her the test. Calogero 'C' Anello: What? The Mario test? Sonny: Mario? Mario's a fucking psycho.
Lorenzo: Sometimes in the heat of passion, the little head tells the big head what to do, and the big head should think twice about what you are doing.
Sonny: No-no-no. Coffeecake, no good. I don't want that face lookin' at his face when he's rollin' my dice. Jimmy! Grab a towel from the bar!
Angry Black Neighbor #1: [looking at C's burned friends] They started out as white bread now they toast. Angry Black Neighbor #2: [to C] THEY LOOK BETTER NOW, DON'T THEY LOOK BETTER!
Calogero 'C' Anello: [as C walks out of Sonny's funeral] Sonny and my father always said that when I get older I would understand. Well, I finally did. I learned something from these two men. I learned to give love and get love unconditionally. You j...
My older brother was a musical prodigy, and he got a scholarship to the Bronx House Music School. We moved to the Bronx when I was 4 to be close to his music school. Then I got a music scholarship myself, at the age of 6, but that was for a school do...
Lorenzo: You stay away from that bar. You don't see me going to the bar do you ? Calogero 'C' Anello: You mean Mom wont let you go either? Lorenzo: What am I gonna do with this kid ?
Sonny: What's your name, kid? Calogero 'C' Anello: Calogero. Sonny: That's a long name. Don't you have a nickname? Calogero 'C' Anello: No. Sonny: What do your friends call you? Calogero 'C' Anello: Calogero. Sonny: That makes sense.
I know how easy it is to sound like a corny version of Noam Chomsky when talking about something like this, but in a country where millions of dollars are spent on nuclear weapons, corporate welfare, and many ridiculous things, doesn't it just make s...
Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.
Lorenzo: He's wrong, it don't take much strength to pull a trigger but try getting up every morning day after day and work for a living, let's see him try that, then we'll see who the real tough guy is, the working man is the tough guy, your father's...
Priest: Don't be afraid, my son. No one is more powerful than God. Calogero 'C' Anello: I don't know about that, father. Your guy may be bigger than my guy up there, but my guy is bigger than your guy down here. Priest: Ya got a point.
I grew up in the Bronx.
[a few blacks cross the road on bicycles] Slick: What the fuck, man? What the fuck? These fuckin' spooks just came out of nowhere! Calogero 'C' Anello: Why don't you just leave em alone? Slick: What the fuck is it with you and these niggers lately? C...
