"I heard about this guy in Cicero, well he stiffed a loanshark, so a couple of these guys got him, cut off his arm, be…"

"Last time I smoked that stuff, they found me on top of the Sears Tower trying to build a nest."

"[to Ernest Reed, the owner of Club Paradise, during a storm] Oh, sure! Go start a revolution. It's not gonna look goo…"

"[yelling at Ernest] Oh Yeah! Rattan's gonna make a nice bulletproof barricade! Why don't you just build yourself a Wi…"

"[to his girlfriend Phillipa Lloyd ("Miss Philadelphia") after being released from jail] Babe, this is the only countr…"

"[creating a new slogan for his club] Club Paradise. Your Hot Spot For Fun With Guns in the Sun."

"I ain't one for these songs! I have my own songs—I'm not doing these songs."

"There's a sickness in this place, and I'm the doctor. It's time to operate!"

"[during a polo game] Sol, the boys are back. Our ship has come in. Now we've gotta deliver."

"[handing a fireman, Dave, a newspaper clipping] Read this, pal, and weep: "Paradise for pennies...a Garden of Eden, b…"