“By the time I grew up, there was thirty billion a year in cargo...” – Henry Hill, Goodfellas ... Movie Quotes Database

By the time I grew up, there was thirty billion a year in cargo moving through Idlewild Airport and believe me, we tried to steal every bit of it. It was an even bigger money-maker than numbers and Jimmy was in charge of it all. Whenever we needed money, we'd rob the airport. And to us, it was better than Citibank.

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Henry Hill For us to live any other way was nuts. Uh, to us, those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks and took the subway to work every day, and worried about their bills, were dead. I mean they were suckers. They had no balls. If we wanted something we just took it. If anyone complained twice they got hit so bad, believe me, they never complained again. Henry Hill Saturday night was for wives, but Friday night at the Copa was always for the girlfriends. Henry Hill It took the jury six hours to bring us in guilty. The judge gave Jimmy and me ten years like he was giving away candy.