Organized Crime

The mob life has fascinated Americans for decades. With movies like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-godfather-behind-the-scenes-stories/ryan-sargent" target="_blank">The Godfather</a> and The Departed&nbsp;as well as hit TV shows like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sopranos-small-details/damon-davis" target="_blank">The Sopranos</a>, there&#39;s a sort of cultural obsession with the lifestyle of mobsters. The obsession continues to this day, as do&nbsp;the syndicate&#39;s many underground activities.&nbsp;

The Mafia, La Cosa Nostra, the mob: many names, all the same thing. Families and individuals fighting for power, blood oaths, racketeering - these are just some of the key features we picture from this <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/gruesome-mafia-murders/philgibbons" target="_blank">perilous lifestyle</a>. But what was it really like to be a part of the Mafia? What did people think of infamous mobsters like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/al-capone-trivia-facts/jeffrichard" target="_blank">Al Capone</a> and Meyer Lansky?&nbsp;Some of the accounts are&nbsp;filled with fear and violence, as expected. But in others, you&#39;ll find <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/til-facts-about-the-mafia/will-morgan-1" target="_blank">surprising details</a> about what it was truly like being involved in Mafia life.&nbsp;

Firsthand Quotes From People Involved In The Mafia

General

Chrissy Rose

Easy and clever ways to cut corners for a more enriching life experience.

Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

Hacks

Life doesn't come with an instruction book, and yet some people seem to have it all figured it out. Luckily, they're willing to share their expertise with the rest of us. This collection of life pro tips and tricks covers everything from boiling water to helping your parents program the dadgum DVR. Do you know how to use marjoram? How about how to remove Sharpie from a dry erase board? Some of these great life hacks seem intuitive, but they're not always the first solutions to come to mind when problems arise. Others are so simple and obvious that, well gosh, why didn't I think of that? Vote up the most useful LPTs, and be sure to visit the <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/top/">LifeProTips</a> subreddit for more genius ideas to make your life run more smoothly.

99 Life Pro Tips That Will Change How You Do Everything

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Best Life Pro Tips | List of Helpful Life Hacks

Robert Wabash

Lists about the King of Horror and ranking his greatest works.

The Dark World of Stephen King

Stephen King Works

The&nbsp;first lines in Stephen King books set the stage for the stories that follow. Over his long career, King has written opening sentences that are funny, informative, scary, and downright odd. But which one is&nbsp;the&nbsp;best? Is it the simple statement about&nbsp;the&nbsp;gunslinger following the man in black through the desert in The Gunslinger, the novel that begins his epic eight-novel fantasy cycle? Is it the more in-depth breakdown of the Boston Globe reporter's surroundings in The Colorado Kid? Is it the random gurgles and moans that kick off Misery? Or is it something else entirely? There's certainly not a shortage to chose from.&nbsp;Check out the list below to view every first sentence from King's novels and vote up your favorite ones!&nbsp;

All the Opening Sentences from Stephen King Books, Ranked

Jacoby Bancroft

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What is the best Succession quote&nbsp;from season 3? Succession has long been known for its&#39;&nbsp;sharp writing full of fast zingers, hilarious one-liners, bad puns delivered with the utmost irony, zany insults, and seemingly made up phrases that are so&nbsp;funny they&#39;ll make you snort your&nbsp;very rare and practically priceless glass of Pingus (1996) that your godfather gave you out of your nostrils. Whether it&#39;s a Loganism, a K-bomb, an off the top rope depraved comment from Roman, or another clever dime from Shiv, Tom, Cousin Greg, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-succession-characters/ranker-tv" target="_blank">or any of the show&#39;s many&nbsp;supporting characters</a>, Succession is full of the best lines in&nbsp;television. So, what&#39;s the best quote from&nbsp;season 3 of Succession? What Succession quotes made you laugh out loud?&nbsp;

Luckily, you have to look no further than episode one. Roman&#39;s &quot;I&rsquo;d lay you badly but I&rsquo;d lay you gladly&quot; quip stands out. As do Karl&#39;s &quot;This is the full Baskin Robbins. Thirty-one flavors of f*ck right there,&quot; and Cousin Greg&#39;s &quot;This is like OJ. Except, I mean, if OJ never killed anyone.&quot; Some of the best&nbsp;Succession&nbsp;quotes rise out of the back-and-forth banter between characters, with one character setting up another for a punchline, like when Kendall said, &quot;All I am asking is for us to move forward from a position of truth.&quot;&nbsp;To which Shiv responded,&nbsp;&quot;And are we excluded from the kingdom of heaven unless we accept the one true truth?&quot;

Vote up the best&nbsp;Succession&nbsp;quotes from season three and check back throughout the season as more quotes are added each week.&nbsp;

The Best Quotes From 'Succession' Season 3

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The 25+ Best Succession Season 3 Quotes

Pat Alexander

Demons, ghosts, and monsters never stood a chance against Dean and Sam Winchester.

It's Only Supernatural

Entertainment

These are the best Dean Winchester quotes. Played by Jensen Ackles, Dean Winchester is everyone’s favorite evil hunting big brother. Most of Dean Winchester’s best one-liners come from <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sam-winchester-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">his interactions with his brother, Sam</a> over <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-season-of-supernatural/ranker-tv" target="_blank">the show's fifteen season run</a>. Let's take a look at the best Dean Winchester quotes of all time, including favorites such as &quot;I know how my story's gonna end. It's at the edge of a blade or the barrel of a gun.&quot; and &quot;Driver picks the music; shotgun shuts his cakehole.&quot;Since Dean Winchester is a hunter of demons, ghosts, and monsters along with his brother many of the greatest Dean Winchester quotes are about life or death decisions with a little bit of sibling rivalry. It often feels like all of the things Dean Winchester says are memorable (especially snarky Dean) but which of these are the best Dean Winchester quotes?You get to help decide with your votes! Vote up your favorite Dean Winchester quotes from Supernatural.

Dean-isms, And Other Great Quotes From Dean Winchester

The Best Dean Winchester Quotes From 'Supernatural', Ranked By Fans

Movie and TV Quotes

Whoa Facts

War movies are full of <a href="http://ttp://www.ranker.com/list/saving-private-ryan-movie-quotes/" target="_blank">quotes</a> like Apocalypse Now&#39;s, &quot;I love the smell of napalm in the morning.&quot; But this is a <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/dunkirk-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">Hollywood invention</a>. Real wars are chaotic, frenetic, and bewildering. In real life, getting shot at makes it difficult to rattle off a series of cool one-liners.&nbsp;

But not always! It turns out that real wars - and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/savage-conqueror-quotes/gordon-cameron" target="_blank">those who wage them</a> - have actually produced many memorable short quotes. Some of these lines didn&#39;t just inspire the soldiers who heard them, but&nbsp;also inspired civilians for generations afterwards. Although, as is often the case with direct quotes from history, it&#39;s not always possible to know for certain who really said them. Either way, these savage quotes by real soldiers wouldn&#39;t be out of place in a screenplay.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Savage Quotes From Soldiers That Sound Made Up - But Aren’t

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Savage Quotes From Soldiers That Sound Made Up – But Aren’t

Jim Rowley

Quotations

A list of the best memory <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/notable-and-famous-home-quotes/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">quotes and sayings</a>, including the names of each speaker or author when available. This list is sorted by popularity, so only the most famous memory quotes are at the top. The authors of these historic memory quotes are displayed next to each quote, so if you see one you like be sure to check out other inspirational memory quotes from that same writer. This list answers the questions, "What are the best quotes about memory?" and "What are inspirational memory quotes?"This list includes notable memory quotes by various authors, writers, playwrights, speakers, politicians, athletes, poets, and more. Vote on your favorites so that the greatest memory quotes rise to the top, as the order of the list changes dynamically based on votes. Don't let your favorite memory sayings get to the bottom of the list.

To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.

The Best Quotes About Memory

Memory Quotes | Best Famous Quotations About Memory

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Fictional Characters

Often times, people will watch television or movies to be fully immersed, and to escape from reality just for a little bit. Whether it&#39;s a comedy, drama, or a best-selling novel, these forms of entertainment provide the audience with a world that is unlike their own. However, sometimes the incredible writers of these shows and movies hit us with an unexpected slice of realness that transcends the screen. Redditor&nbsp;u/<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ThomasTheGreatGenius/" target="_blank">ThomasTheGreatGenius</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/pz46fl/what_is_something_that_a_fictional_chacter_said/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank">asked</a>: &quot;What is something a fictional character said that stuck with you?&quot; and the responses are surprisingly profound.

People Are Sharing Quotes From Fictional Characters That Have Stuck With Them In Real Life

Brian Roque

History

The quotations of men tend to dominate our narrative of history, because until the past couple of centuries&nbsp;or so, they&#39;ve tended to hold most of the positions of power, and been the ones whose achievements have been most assiduously chronicled. However, women have had their say - even going back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Whether it be Herodotus recording the fierce pride of ancient queen, or court records capturing Joan of Arc&#39;s straightforward logic, the historical record is peppered with quotes from tough historical women that still resonate today.

Powerful Quotes From Historical Women That Sound Made Up - But Aren't

The Most Powerful Quotes From Women In History

Gordon Cameron

Everything from A New Hope to The Rise of Skywalker, including trivia, behind the scenes photos, jokes, gifts, Grogu (Baby Yoda), and all the rankings you can handle.

Go See a Star War

The Star Wars films shaped the imaginations of a million nerds, and really just about anyone who has seen a movie since 1977. While the formative and influential sci-fi series is mostly remembered for introducing the world to the concept of “The Force” and the unquenchable desire to own a lightsaber, the most unsung aspects of the series are the numerous priceless one liners that are thrown at speeds fast enough to make the Kessel Run in under twelve parsecs. Everyone has their favorite quote, one-liner and Star Wars jokes from the series, so it's high time someone put together a list of the best one-liners in the&nbsp;Star Wars films. You're welcome!After looking through this list of the most famous Star Wars one liners, you might start to notice a few trends. Han Solo and Princess Leia are by far the quippiest of the characters in the Star Wars universe (duh), and A New Hope is by far the most quotable of the original trilogy. Who knows what kind of one liners Grand Moff Tarkin would have fired off if he had survived until Empire Strikes Bac?. Aside from those facts, the one glaring piece of information is that the prequel trilogy is so lacking of memorable quotes that it was hard to find any quotes from those three films to even bother including. Hopefully the new&nbsp;Star Wars films won’t disappoint when it comes to memorable lines (among other things) and many excellent lines of dialogue from Episodes VII-IX can be added to this list of the most memorable Star Wars quotes, quips, jokes, and one-liners. Vote up your favorite one-liner from the Star Wars films and be sure to check out even more <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/star-wars-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes">Star Wars quotes here</a>!

The Best One-Liners in the Star Wars Films

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Star Wars Quotes | Star Wars Quote and One-Liners List

Jacob Shelton

A look at major events that happened a long time ago and the people who played the biggest roles in shaping the world as we know it.

Historical Facts & Figures

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/last-words-spoken-by-famous-people/notable-quotables" target="_blank">Last words</a> are a tricky business. Many famous ones have been misquoted, misattributed, distorted by rumor, or just plain made up. Even the most well-attested final utterances are ultimately dependent on the fallible memories of eyewitnesses, except in those rare cases where actual recorded audio and video survive.

All those caveats aside, there have been some reliably-reported cases in history when men and women in their last moments truly rose to the occasion, saying something so memorable that if we had read it in a novel or seen it in a movie, we might have considered it unrealistic. Here are a few such examples.

15 Last Words That Sound Made Up But Aren't

Some of the most savage quotes from history come from people you may know. It&#39;s no secret that men like Teddy Roosevelt and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/whoa-george-s-patton-facts/mallory-weiler" target="_blank">Gen. George S. Patton</a> were willing to speak their minds. The origin&nbsp;of the&nbsp;laconic phrase, however, is derived from the pure terse nature of Spartan dialogue - resulting in some pretty savage&nbsp;quotes from other historical figures, as well.

When <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/26dvr6/most_badass_quotes_from_historical_figures/" target="_blank">Redditors offered</a> their favorite savage history quotes for consideration, it was a mix of lore, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/tough-guy-movie-quotes/ranker-film" target="_blank">movie quotes</a>, and actual lines uttered by people from the past. Mostly made up of revolutionary and battlefield quotes, the phrases below may strike you as brave or defiant. They could very well offer some historical truth and validity. Regardless, which ones are you pretty glad entered historical consciousness at all?&nbsp;

12 Quotes From History So Savage They Sound Made Up - But Aren't

12 Quotes From History So Savage They Sound Made Up – But Aren't

Melissa Sartore

Comedy

Adventure Time is one of the funniest animated series ever made. Thanks to a plethora of strange and interesting characters, the show&#39;s <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-childrens-cartoons-with-adult-humor/ranker-tv" target="_blank">weirdness factor</a> happens to have a ton of funny slang, lines, words, catchphrases, and even inspirational quotes. As a matter of fact, the show has its own language to a certain extent. Mathematical doesn&#39;t mean to Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, and Marceline what it means to the rest of us, and that&#39;s part of what makes Adventure Time such a special series.

Over the course of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-season-of-adventure-time/reference" target="_blank">10 seasons</a>, the bevy of characters on Adventure Time have uttered some great catchphrases, one-liners, and exclamations. Determining which of these many sayings is the best of them all must be left up to the fans. Scan the list below and vote up your favorite Adventure Time phrase to see which one rises to the top. When a definition can be applied, it is written below the line,&nbsp;word, or phrase, otherwise, the character who most often says it will appear... Algebraic!

The Most Lumpin' Awesome Catchprases From Adventure Time

The Best Adventure Time Quotes and Catchphrases, Ranked By Fans

Jonathan H. Kantor

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/tags/harry-potter" target="_blank">Harry Potter</a> - seven books, eight movies, and a world of magic, friends, and love. The series is amazing whether on screen or on the page, and there are so many beautiful monologues and one-liners that put a smile on our&nbsp;faces. They can be funny, touching, or both. Our <a href="https://www.ranker.com/" target="_blank">Ranker</a> audience picked 25 of their favorite lines to share with us, so here they are!

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25 Of The All-Time Best Lines From ‘Harry Potter,’ As Ranked By True Potterheads

Ramya Jaishankar

2019 Movies

What are the best Shaft 2019 quotes? This is your chance to decide. The Shaft franchise has been around for a long time. The original, starring Richard Roundtree, opened in 1971. It was followed by two sequels, Shaft&#39;s Big Score in 1972 and Shaft in Africa in 1973. In 2000, director John Singleton brought it back, casting Samuel L. Jackson as Shaft in a film also appropriately titled Shaft. The movie was a modest box office hit.&nbsp;

The 2019 Shaft is a direct sequel to both the &#39;71 and the &#39;00 installments. This time, John &quot;JJ&quot; Shaft Jr. (Jessie T. Usher) enlists the help of his father (Jackson) in getting to the bottom of his friend&#39;s death. The elder Shaft attempts to settle an old score in the process. Roundtree co-stars as Shaft Sr., which makes three generations of Shaft men. Regina Hall co-stars, too, as Maya Babanikos, Shaft&#39;s ex and JJ&#39;s mom. This new version is slightly different, in that it&#39;s as much a comedy as an action picture. There are plenty of funny lines and memorable Shaft quotes. It was directed by Tim Story, whose resume includes Barbershop and the Ride Along movies.

Vote up&nbsp;your favorite Shaft 2019&nbsp;quotes and one liners&nbsp;from the list below regardless of which character&nbsp;they come from.&nbsp;

The Best 'Shaft' (2019) Movie Quotes

The Best 'Shaft' (2019) Movie Quotes, Ranked by Fans

Horror

These are the best Sam Winchester quotes. Played by Jared Padalecki, Sam Winchester is everyone’s favorite monster hunting little brother. Although he's not <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-dean-winchester-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">as snarky as Dean</a>, over <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-season-of-supernatural/ranker-tv" target="_blank">the show's fifteen season</a> run he still has still plenty great lines - and his dry humor as Soulless Sam rivals that of his brother. of Most of Sam Winchester’s best one-liners come from his interactions with his brother, Dean. Let's take a look at the best Sam Winchester quotes of all time, including favorites such as &quot;We don't get to quit in this family. This family is all we've ever had,&quot; and &quot;People don't just disappear, Dean. Other people just stop looking for them.&quot;Since Sam Winchester is a hunter of demons, ghosts, and monsters along with his brother many of the greatest Sam Winchester quotes are about believing in the impossible and the strength of family. It often feels like all of the things Sam Winchester says are memorable but which of these are the best Sam Winchester quotes?You get to help decide with your votes! Vote up your favorite Sam Winchester quotes from Supernatural.&nbsp;

These Quotes From Sam Winchester Are Too Precious For This World

The Best Sam Winchester Quotes From 'Supernatural', Ranked By Fans

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