“I picked you for the job, not because I think you're so darn smart, but because I thought you were a shade less dumb than the rest of the outfit. Guess I was wrong. You're not smarter, Walter... you're just a little taller.”

Edward G. Robinson - Barton Keyes

“The job I'm talking about takes brains and integrity. It takes more guts than there is in 50 salesmen. It's the hardest job in the business.”

Edward G. Robinson - Barton Keyes

“What are you sayin, Pop? That because I'm a greasy immigrant, all I can do is clean fish? That ain't enough! I got a right to find work that uses my brain!”

Christian Slater - Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano

"Wit" is not a requirement of the job. Brutality, yes. An ability to inflict pain, absolutely. A certain psychotic moral ignorance, blind obedience, all required. But not wit.
Alessandro Gassmann - Gianni Chellini

“- Earl Bassett: Is this a job for an intelligent man?
- Valentine McKee: Well, show me one and I'll ask him.”
Fred Ward - Earl Bassett
Kevin Bacon - Valentine McKee