Mr. New Orleans Quotes

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Baby, Louisiana has its own word for a crime boss: sheriff.”
― 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

“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