Chicken Joe [as he and another thug are torturing Jimmy O'Donnell]
I don't give a *shit* about you and your Socialist workers!
David 'Noodles' Aaronson
Robert De Niro · 12 quotes
Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
James Woods · 9 quotes
Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg
James Hayden · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: David 'Noodles' Aaronson & Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz (4)
Once Upon a Time in America quotes
Page 1 of 2 Chicken Joe 
Deborah Gelly I read books, I want to learn everything, I want to know everything. Doesn't it make sense to have plans?
Dominic
[dying words after being shot by Bugsy]
Noodles, I slipped!
Frankie Minaldi [introducing the gang to Joe]
Here they are, "The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse"! Did you happen to see that movie, Joe? It's a good movie.
Joe Minaldi Life is... funnier than shit.
Hey, scotch heating!
Police Chief Aiello I'm the chief of police, not the chief of the people.
You really are crazy, Max.
[pulls out a gun and hits Noodles over the head with the butt, repeatedly]
Don't you ever, ever say that!
Fat Moe
When did you get back?
Today.
Fat Moe
Why?
They got in touch with me.
Fat Moe
Who?
I thought you might know.
Fat Moe
Me? I don't know nothin' 'bout nobody no more.
James Conway O'Donnell [to Max]
You boys ain't a mild case of the measles - you're the plague. And bastards like him - [motioning at Crowning] - are immune. That's the difference between us and them.
[puts a jacket on O'Donnell, who flinches]
Take it easy. The difference is, they're always gonna win. And you're gonna keep gettin' it up the ass.
Crowning
Sooner than you think.
Joe Minaldi [inspecting diamonds through a loupe]
Any trouble?
No trouble. Kid stuff. [Pulls out a gun and shoots Joe in the eye through the loupe]
Is this your idea of revenge?
No. It's just the way I see things.
You'll live with the stink of the streets all your life.
I like the stink of the streets. It makes me feel good. I like the smell, and it opens up my lungs. And it gives me a hard-on.
You're looking good.
You're looking a little better.
[Patsy and Max have Crowning at gunpoint and are trying to get Chicken Joe and Willie the Ape to release O'Donnell]
Just swapping prisoners.
Philip 'Cockeye' Stein Fair trade, huh, chickenhead? [Chicken Joe turns and sees Cockeye and Noodles standing to his right] Union boy over here, for Mister Boss Man.
Chicken Joe Well, look who's here - Fat Moe's boneyard boys!
Which reminds me... how's that cancer in your gut comin' along, Chicken Joe?