Tony Galento quotes

Tony Galento quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Why should I pay the bums all that good folding money and then go out and do all the work myself?”
-- Tony Galento

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“I don't see anything wrong in sticking your thumb into a guy's eye. Just a little.”
-- Tony Galento

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“I've always boxed, I always taught boxing.”
“Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?”
“Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious.”
“Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.”
“This kid deserves anything good that happens to him. He's such a good guy. He's just the nicest human being you want to meet.”
“Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day.”

Source : Referring to the miners' slogan in speech at York, 3 April 1926: 'The Times' 5 April 1926
“To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay for its benefits... Therefore, while using language, as we must of necessity, we should be aware of its shortcomings.”
“But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.”
“[M]emory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present.”
“I'm not messy. I'm rebelling against folding.”

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