Frank Lucas Quotes

I got Harlem. I took care of Harlem, so Harlem's gonna take care of me.

Simple Simon-ass motherfuckers!

The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.

20 Percent.

Redtop: What's the matter? Ain't you niggas never seen naked coochie before?
Huey Lucas: Why they all naked?
Frank Lucas: So they can't steal nothin'.

Frank Lucas: What is that you got on?
Huey Lucas: What? This?
Frank Lucas: Yeah, that.
Huey Lucas: This is a very, very, very nice suit.
Frank Lucas: That's a very, very, very nice suit, huh?
Huey Lucas: Yeah.
Frank Lucas: That's a clown suit. That's a costume, with a big sign on it that says "Arrest me". You understand? You're too loud, you're making too much noise. Listen to me, the loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.

You are what you are and that's one of two things. You're nothing... or you're something. Understand what I'm saying?

You want to be like Nicky? Be super fly? You want to work for him? Cook for him? Share a jail cell with him?

Bumpy Johnson may have been rich, but he wasn't white man rich. He wasn't wealthy.

What's with this outfit? You know what it says? You wanna know what it says? Arrest me!

This is my home. This is where my business is, my wife, my mother, my family. This is my country, I ain't goin' nowhere.

Even a fool gets to be young once.

I've been paying off Johnny law since I was ten years old I put more kids through college than the National Merit Award this is different though, these special investigative unit that's their problem they think their "special"

I don't care what you call it, put a choke-hold on the motherfucker and call it Blue Dog Shit.

I sell a product that's better than the competition at a price that's less than the competition.

Ey, ey, ey, ey! Don't rub on that. You Blot that! Ya understand? That's Alpaca. That's $25,000 Alpaca! You blot that shit! You don't rub it, put the club soda on there.

This is my home. My country. Frank Lucas don't run from nobody. This is America.

My man. You know what normal is to me? I ain't see normal since I was 6 years old. Normal is seeing the police ride up to my house, dragging my 12 year old cousin out and tying him to a pole, shoving a shotgun in his mouth so hard they bust his teeth, then they bust two shotgun shells in his head, knocking it off. That's what normal is to me. Didn't give a fuck about no police then... Don't give a fuck about no police now.

The man I worked for, he had one of the biggest companies in New York City- he ran it for more than fifty years. Fifteen years, eight months, nine days- I was with him every day. I looked after him, took care of him, protected him... I learned from him. Bumpy was rich, but he wasn't white man rich, you see he wasn't wealthy. He didn't own his own company. He thought he did, but he didn't. He just managed it. White man owned it so they owned him. Nobody owns me, though. Because I own my company. And my company sells a product that's better than the competition at a price that's lower than the competition.

The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hardwork... family... never forgetting where we came from.

See, ya are what ya are in this world. That's either one of two things: Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody.

My man.