Roberto Scarlato > Roberto's Quotes

“Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“I’ve read that one out of twenty-four people is a sociopath, and if you ask me, the other twenty-three of you should be worried.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“That was the extent of my catholic life; sit down, shut up, fork over the dough.”
― Roberto Scarlato, Pickpocket Frankie

“Tan Suit reached in his pocket. Green Dress reached in her purse. I clutched my family jewels, not knowing what to expect.”
― Roberto Scarlato, High Stakes Frankie

“Imagine this; this poor guy, who I'm sure was all the way down the hall, waiting for me to enter this deathtrap, probably thought he had it easy. All he had to do was unlock the room, step inside, maybe say a quippy one-liner, apply gentle pressure to the trigger and...Ffft! That would be the end of me. Now, I dunno if it was his job to roll me like a plastic burrito and get me out of the room or if there were a second guy to do that. But, I gummed up his works.”
― Roberto Scarlato, High Stakes Frankie

“But well wishes and hopeful thoughts never did me any damn good. So I had to pull this off. I had to do this to prove to myself, and these kooks, that I was more than I was pretending to be.”
― Roberto Scarlato, Pickpocket Frankie

“You don’t know me but in a way you do. We’ve talked briefly before. I’m the guy that bumped into you on the subway. I’m the guy who stole your tip the instant you laid it down for the waitress, making you look like a tightwad... I’m the guy that nobody likes to talk about.”
― Roberto Scarlato, Pickpocket Frankie

“You could say that the following story is "not true." But you would only be half right.”
― Roberto Scarlato, High Stakes Frankie

“Okay, I know I'm a smartass. And you're probably thinking, correctly, that I need to know when it is ideal to keep my wise-cracking mouth shut. But in my defense, my mouth has always been this way.”
― Roberto Scarlato, High Stakes Frankie

“Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.”
― Dean Koontz, Life Expectancy

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West