The Godfather/Quotes
There is a ridiculous amount of good quotes from the Godfather series.
The Godfather
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
—Vito Corleone to Johnny Fontane
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"Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your home on the wedding day of your daughter. May their first child be a masculine child."
—Luca Brasi, practicing his speech
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"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
—Vito Corleone to Johnny Fontane
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"Goddamn FBI don't respect nothin'."
—Sonny Corleone
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"I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman; blood is a big expense."
—Sollozzo to Tom Hagan
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"No Sicilian can refuse any request on his daughter's wedding day."
—Tom Hagen to his wife
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"It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes."
—Peter Clemenza to Sonny Corleone
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"In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns."
—Calo
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"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
—Peter Clemenza to Rocco
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"It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business."
—Michael Corleone
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"I spent my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless but not men."
—Vito Corleone to Michael Corleone
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"Only don't tell me that you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry."
—Michael Corleone to Carlo Rizzi
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"Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times' sake?" —Tessio and Tom Hagen
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"How's Paulie?" —Sonny Corleone and Peter Clemenza
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"Look how they massacred my boy."
—Vito Corleone
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"I have to go to the bathroom. Is that all right?" —Michael Corleone and Captain McCluskey
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"I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I've spoiled them as you can see. They talk when they should listen."
—Vito Corleone
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"Don't ask me about my work, Kay."
—Michael Corleone
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The Godfather II
"Hyman Roth has been dying from the same heart attack for the last twenty years."
—Michael Corleone
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"Sir, my client has answered every question asked by this committee with the utmost sincerity."
—Tom Hagan
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"There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
—Michael Corleone
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"I know it was you Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!"
—Michael Corleone
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"I don't want anything to happen to him while my mother's alive."
—Michael Corleone, regarding Fredo's murder
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"I've always taken care of you, Fredo." —Michael Corleone and Fredo Corleone
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"Is it worth it? I mean, you've won. Do you wanna wipe everybody out?" —Tom Hagen and Michael Corleone
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"I'm going to take a nap. When I wake up, if the money is on the table, I'll know I have a partner. If it isn't, I'll know I don't."
—Hyman Roth to Michael Corleone
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"Good health is the most important thing. More than success, more than money, more than power."
—Hyman Roth to Michael Corleone
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(watching fighting puppets) —Massimo Fanucci
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"But Vito is only nine. And dumb-witted. The child cannot harm you."
—Signora Andolini to Ciciio
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"I loved baseball ever since Arnold Rothstien fixed the World Series in 1919."
—Hyman Roth to Michael Corleone
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"I'd give four million just to be able to take a piss without it hurting."
—Hyman Roth to Michael Corleone
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"Michael, why are the drapes open?"
—Kay Adams-Corleone, just before an attempted assassination.
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The Godfather III
"It seems in today's world the power to absolve debt is greater than the power of forgiveness."
—Archbishop Gilday
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"Power corrupts those who do not have it." —Calo to Licio Lucchesi
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"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in."
—Michael Corleone
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"When they come... they come at what you love."
—Michael Corleone
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"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment."
—Michael Corleone
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"Never let anyone know what you are thinking."
—Michael Corleone
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"The higher I go, the crookeder it becomes."
—Michael Corleone
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"Your sins are terrible. It is just that you suffer. Your life could be redeemed, but I know you don't believe that. You will not change."
—Cardinal Lambento to Michael Corleone
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"I would burn in hell to keep you safe."
—Michael Corleone to Mary Corleone
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"I am your son. Command me in all things." —Vincent Mancini and Michael Corleone
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"I'll always love you." —Mary Corleone and Vincent Mancini
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"Now they'll fear you. Michael." —Connie Corleone and Michael Corleone
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"The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends."
—Michael Corleone
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"Kay, I had a very different destiny planned for us."
—Michael Corleone, to Kay Adams-Corleone
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"You know, Michael; now that you're so respectable, I think you're more dangerous than ever. I liked you better when you were just a common Mafia hood."
—Kay Adams-Corleone to Michael Corleone
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"The Pope's doing exactly what you said he'd do, he's cleaning house." —B.J. Harrison and Michael Corleone
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About The Godfather
"The Godfather is the I Ching. The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. The Godfather is the answer to any question. What should I pack for my summer vacation? "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." What day of the week is it? "Maunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday." And the answer to your question is "Go to the mattresses." You're at war. "It's not personal, it's business."
—Joe Fox in You've Got Mail
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