Rico Stays Quotes

“Please, no psychoanalysis,' Rico said. 'What I do is what I do. I'm good at it. I like it and I got scruples - not your kind maybe - but my own, which suits me fine.”
― Ed Duncan, Rico Stays

“After you waste your own father, it's not hard anymore," he said.”
― Ed Duncan, Rico Stays

“Counselor, you and I are alike in some small ways. I like words and I like jazz, for instance, and tonight I found out we both like the same kind of food. I think we both keep our word and we both pay our debts. But I'm sure none of those similarities are what make Evelyn here a little nervous." He turned to her and this time a hint of a smile played at the corners of his mouth. "Evelyn, all I can say is I am what I am. I make no excuses. But that's me, not him.”
― Ed Duncan, Rico Stays

“What they learned would have deterred most men, but there were two kinds of men who, under the circumstances, refuse to be deterred: Men who were too dumb to appreciate the danger they faced and men who were too foolhardy to care.”
― Ed Duncan, Rico Stays

“One rule I live by is I never threaten to do somethin' I'm not prepared to do if I hafta.”
― Ed Duncan, Rico Stays

“His motto was: all things being equal, tackle the hardest job first. That way, whatever is left will always be easier and, therefore, relatively speaking, something to look forward to.”
― Ed Duncan, Rico Stays