| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 44818 |
| QUOTATION: | It’s not enough to be great, Charley. I tried to tell you in Philly. I tried to tell you in L.A. We’re infested with rats! [to Peg, Charley’s fiancee] He’s not just a kid who can fight, he’s money! And people want money so bad they make it stink! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Abraham Polonsky (b. 1910), U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Rossen. Shorty Polaski (Joseph Pevney), Body and Soul (1947). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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