Mafia
A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by illegal methods.
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Mafia Quotations
The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!
Jerry Seinfeld
A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.
Russell Baker
It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.
Tim Robbins
At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away. They thought I was from the Mafia.
Philip Zimbardo
Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.
Douglas Horton
Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.
Steve Allen
A rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today.
Giuliana Rancic
Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.
Stanley Crouch
The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.
Davy Jones
The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
Barbara Amiel
Wherever there's opportunity, the mafia will be there.
Johnny Kelly
I wasn't aware of it at the time, but I was a big favorite with the Mafia.
Brenda Lee
Russia's biggest problem is organized crime and its leaders are influenced by the Russian mafia. But it's not right to call it a Russian mafia, it's a Jewish mafia.
David Duke
I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.
James Gandolfini
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Mafia Translations
mafia in Hungarian is maffia
Mafia in Spanish is mafia
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