Did you ever have to find a way to survive and you knew your choices were bad, but you had to survive?
Read more Irving Rosenfeld QuotesFrom: American Hustle
When you are offered a favor or money, take the favor, not the money. Jesus said that, didn't he?
That's what the phone call's about. Everybody thought, "Oh, Richie DiMaso is gonna stay in the office pushing papers." That's not gonna happen, mom. I'm outside on the field, I got peoples working for me. My ideas, I'm running the show, I'm the quarterback and I'm not gonna settle for no one, mom.
I'm like the fucking Vietcong, man, all right? I'm in and I'm out. I was there the whole time. You don't know it, all right? That's the fuckin' art of becoming somebody who people can pin their beliefs and their dreams on.