Top 6 Mickey Cohen Quotes (2025 Update)

Mickey Cohen Quote: “All good things must one day be burnt to the ground for the insurance money.”

1. “All good things must one day be burnt to the ground for the insurance money.”

2. “I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I’d always keep it in fives and tens so it’d look big.”

— Mickey Cohen

3. “I started rooting – you know, sticking up joints – with some older guys. By now I had gotten a taste of what the racket world really was – the glamour, the way they dressed, the way they always had a pocketful of money.”

— Mickey Cohen

4. “I have killed no men, that, in the first place, didn’t deserve killing.”

— Mickey Cohen

5. “I’m not an educated man, but I’ve read some history. Every kingdom comes up bloody. Every castle is built on a pile of bones. When I came out here, LA was nothing. Back east I was a gangster, out here I’m god.”

— Mickey Cohen

6. “Mickey Cohen: New York, its like being a rat in a maze, everyone living on top of each other, but out here, I can breathe. I love Los Angeles.”

— Mickey Cohen

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