Tony's fallibility was loyalty to family instead of the thing. Janice and Christopher were emotional cripples that were at the core of, or collateral to, so many of the controversies. Disrespect me once, shame on you; disrespect me nine-hunnert times...


"Las Vegas was never the same. In the old days, the dealers knew your name. Today it's all gone. After the Teamsters got kicked out, the big corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. And where did the money come from to build the 'pyramids?' Junk bonds."
Sam "Ace" Rothstein