Frenchy Brouillette > Quotes

“SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST IS THE CREATURE KNOWN AS THE ITALIAN HOUSEWIFE. Baby, trust me, when it comes to Italians it’s the women you have to fear.”
― Frenchy Brouillette, Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend

“The honor of acting as New Orleans’s mascot comes with a profound responsibility to forsake stress, stability, sobriety, monogamy, respectability, and all manner of legitimate employment and lawful behavior.”
― Frenchy Brouillette, Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend

“approached a former NOPD officer whom I knew from The Spot. This poor guy had been kicked off the force for bribery, which was like a fish being booted from the sea for having gills,”
― Frenchy Brouillette, Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend

“Baby, Louisiana has its own word for a crime boss: sheriff.”
― Frenchy Brouillette, Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend

“Carlos” was Carlos Marcello and that Sheriff T-Jack was actively collecting gambling proceeds for the New Orleans Mafia and its allies, Frank Costello’s mob in New York. Marcello had made his fortune as a young man by distributing Costello’s slot machines throughout Louisiana and Texas using a simple marketing pitch: “We’ll make you rich, or we’ll make you disappear.”
― Frenchy Brouillette, Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend

“At first, Edwin wasn’t sure which of the sleaziest professions on the planet he wanted to pursue: he tried roving evangelical minister and lawyer before deciding to shoot for the highest rank on the sleazeball career ladder, Louisiana politician.”
― Frenchy Brouillette, Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend

“While on his multi-year, orgiastic bender of speed and steroids, JFK ran the country with appropriate amounts of paranoia, unpredictability, and raging aggression. It’s not a surprise that Kennedy’s two years as president were so stuffed full of crises and scandals. That roided-up speed freak was in a rush, baby! Kennedy invaded Cuba, played nuclear chicken with Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis, maniacally tried to cripple the power of the CIA and the FBI, cooked up a top-secret operation to kill Castro, belly flopped into Vietnam, tried to topple Hoffa and the Teamsters, and went on a rampage against the same gangsters that stole the presidency for him — all at the same time.”
― Frenchy Brouillette, Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend

“It’s truly a pleasure to meet you,” the gentleman continued, “my name is Frank Costello.”
― Frenchy Brouillette, Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend

“Being Mr. New Orleans is not a job, but an art. It is the art of looking good doing bad and getting rich doing just about nothing. It’s the art of making it big while taking it easy.”
― Frenchy Brouillette, Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend