Boardwalk Empire Quote
Arnold Rothstein: There was a man once. I don't recall his name. Frequented the billiard palace downtown. He made a comfortable wagering whether or not he could swallow certain objects, billiard balls being a specialty. He'd take a ball, stick it in his gullet and regurgitate it. One day, I decided to challenge this man. Ten thousand dollars to do the trick with a billiard ball of my choosing. Now he knew I had seen him do this trick at least a dozen times so I can only surmise that he thought I was stupid. I laid out the cash and he swallowed the ball. It lodged in his throat and he choked to death right on the spot. What I knew and he didn't was that the billiard ball was one sixteenth of an inch larger than the other balls, just too large for him to swallow. Do you know what the moral of this tale is, Mr.Yale?
Frankie Yale: Don't eat a cue ball?
Arnold Rothstein: The moral of the story is: If I'd cause a stranger to choke to death for my own amusement, what do you think I'll do to you if you don't tell me who ordered you to kill Collisimo?
Frankie Yale: Don't eat a cue ball?
Arnold Rothstein: The moral of the story is: If I'd cause a stranger to choke to death for my own amusement, what do you think I'll do to you if you don't tell me who ordered you to kill Collisimo?
TV Show: Boardwalk Empire
