Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002 Video Game)

David O'Brien: Norman

Quotes 

• Norman : Being a sharpshooter for the Mafia ain't no bed of roses, the way you tell it.

  Tommy : It's different when you're living it, when you're full of energy and you're fighting for your life with someone who's like your brother. You're just two soldiers who know what needs to be done, and it all depends on your ability to survive. It's a war. The constant feeling that you can't even trust your best friend is terrible. You are alone and death can come from anywhere. I'd lie awake at night wondering if the joke my best friend told me was really just a joke, or if I should get prepared for my own execution. A person needs someone he can trust.

• Tommy : If a regular guy like me could kill the most powerful man in the city, what good was all his power? Hell, if he hadn't been so powerful, he'd probably still be alive. It seemed to me that no matter how strong someone was, there was always somebody stronger to take them out.

  Norman : So where did that intuitive thought take you?

  Tommy : Greediness is bullshit. When you have no money, you think that a few bucks a month would be enough. Then you realize that it wouldn't be bad to have a nice car. You get a great job in some higher position, but in actuality you are thinking about going higher. Before you know it, you wanna be the President of the United States and you wanna win the war against the Germans. Luckily, that won't happen. Plus, the whole strategy of watching other people's backs has one basic flaw: the whole time you have to watch your own back in case someone else has the same idea. So I thought to myself that maybe I ought to change my priorities a little.

  Norman : Great Bible story, ha ha...