King of the Jews Quotes

“Everybody hated the Chinese, and the Chinese, ever willing to oblige, reciprocated.”
― Nick Tosches, King of the Jews

“At the time of the Russian emancipation, about 20 percent of the Russian population lived in serfdom. In the United States at this time, about 10 percent of the population lived in slavery.”
― Nick Tosches, King of the Jews

“Rothstein worked with Park Avenue men as beards in the club-house, and with Broadway characters, such as Morris the Boob on The Lawn, and he probably bet away from the track, too.”
― Nick Tosches, King of the Jews

“What I can say with honesty is that my research in Russia and in Germany has brought me nothing but the worsening of my eyesight and the waste of years of my life. And I did it all for you.”
― Nick Tosches, King of the Jews

“Sportsman's Hall offered four sporting events: rat killing by a weasel, rat killing by a dog, rat killing by a man, and dogfighting.”
― Nick Tosches, King of the Jews

“But the lie often repeated becomes history, and the snake-oil pitchman's forgery of yore becomes the inspirational gospel of a posterity that sees itself as worldly and wise.”
― Nick Tosches, King of the Jews