Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano: Mr. Roemer, I ain't no stool pigeon. But here's what I'll do for you. I'll answer your questions by giving you a parable.

FBI Agent William Roemer Jr.: Giving me a parable? I don't understand, Sam.

DeStefano: Here's an example. Coppers came into me a couple weeks ago and said 'You killed them two burglars they found in a trunk.'

I said the hell I did, they committed suicide.

They said how could they commit suicide, they were both shot in the back of the head?

I said they committed suicide when the fucked with Sam DeStefano! That's way I mean by a parable!

From "Wiseguys Say the Darnedest Things, The Quotable Mafia", Jerry Capeci, Alpha.

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