Irwin Corey Quote

You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

Often misattributed to Al Capone. Variant: You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.

Variety, Survey of Humor: Double-Talk Hamlet, Start Page 36, Quote Page 51, Column 2, Published by Variety Inc., New York, July 29, 1953

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You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.