“I’m sorry, counselor, I’d rather blow the goddamn case.”
While on trial and his lawyer asked him to stop wearing $350 suits, which were hurting his case with the jury, and to switch to clothes from the plain pipe rack. <br class="br">as quoted in The Mafia Encyclopedia, written by Carl Sifakis, p. 125 http://books.google.com/books?id=jgCpxTpPCPcC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=frank+costello+I%27d+rather+blow+the+case&source=bl&ots=RDPUk332jm&sig=nFLz8Y5VFBvsBva3YH2pO_8cyTw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xsupUqXfLsjgyQGH14DYAQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=frank%20costello%20I%27d%20rather%20blow%20the%20case&f=false