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Arnold Rothstein
- Arnold Rothstein: It's the royal flush I want. Just one time before I die. A royal flush in a no limit game.
- Arnold Rothstein: The royal flush is the best hand you can hold in poker. It's the 10, the jack, the queen, the king and the ace of any one suit. Now a hand like that comes along once in a lifetime. The odds are 649,740 to 1.
- Tom Fowler: [inquiringly, after listening to a shady proposal] Sometimes justice is more important than ethics?
- Arnold Rothstein: That's the way I feel about it.
- Big Tim O'Brien: Let me tell you something. In order to get protection you gotta have something to protect! What do you punks got?
- Arnold Rothstein: A brain and a bankroll, Mr. O'Brien.
- Arnold Rothstein: You're a good woman.
- Carolyn Green: Well, I have never heard of anything more revolting in my whole life.
- Carolyn Green: Are you interested in show business?
- Arnold Rothstein: Not particularly. It's too much of a gamble. But, I'm interested in you - not as an actress, as a woman.
- Carolyn Green: Who are these people that keep coming over?
- Arnold Rothstein: Just people.
- Carolyn Green: Why don't you ever introduce me to them?
- Arnold Rothstein: They're not your kind of people.
- Carolyn Green: Are they your kind?
- Arnold Rothstein: Let me explain the facts of life to you, Jimmy, my boy. You think you walked out on me with $40,000, huh? Well, as a partner you were entitled to half of it. That means you only walked out with $20,000. In consideration, for which, you just signed a paper dissolve our partnership. I was prepared to pay you $100,000 for your half of the club. So, I figure I just made $80,000. It's been nice knowing you.
- Arnold Rothstein: What are you so happy about?
- Carolyn Green: Oh, I've decided to be happy whether I'm happy or not.
- Arnold Rothstein: What'd you do today?
- Carolyn Green: Oh, I window shopped and I walked the dog.
- Arnold Rothstein: What'd you do yesterday?
- Carolyn Green: I walked the dog and I window shopped.
- Arnold Rothstein: You're the best bet I ever made, Carolyn. You brought me luck. You're the greatest thing that ever happened to me. It makes up for all the other rotten things that happened to me before I met you.
- Johnny Burke: Whose side are you on? His or mine?
- Arnold Rothstein: I'm on my side, Johnny. This is the way my side plays.
- Tom Fowler: I don't recall ever having met these distinguished gorillas.
- Arnold Rothstein: I'd like you to defend them.
- Williams: It's just a drop in the bucket for you, Arnie. One throw of the stinkin' dice. You got the biggest bankroll on Broadway.
- Arnold Rothstein: I didn't get it by playing losers or backing squealers.
- Carolyn Green: This is the first night you've been home since we were married - and how do you spend it? Watching a clock, waiting for a man to die in the electric chair.
- Arnold Rothstein: I've waited a long time for this midnight. It feels good.
- Tom Fowler: What you're asking me to do is - quite unethical.
- Arnold Rothstein: As I see it, I'm asking you to - bring a criminal to justice.
- John: Is it true what they say about you in Chicago?
- Arnold Rothstein: I don't know, John. What do they say about me in Chicago?
- John: That you masterminded the World Series fix.
- Arnold Rothstein: I fixed the San Francisco earthquake, the Chicago fire, and the sinking of the Lusitania.