Mario Puzo
All gamblers are paranoid, though they call it superstition.Collection: Gambling
I will make you an offer you cannot refuseCollection: Refuse
Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time.Collection: War
It was from this experience came his oft-repeated belief that every man has but one destiny.Collection: Destiny
I like to drink wine more than I used to. Anyway, I'm drinking more.Collection: Drinking
God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortalsCollection: Jobs
It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gift greetings, but they would not murder each other.Collection: World
"But you're the toughest son of a b!&€# i've ever seen.You never let anybody get near you.You never let anybody know what you really think.Collection: Son
And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man.Collection: Men
The other Dons in the room applauded and rose to shake hands with everybody in sight and to congratulate Don Corleone and Don Tattaglia on their new friendship. It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gift greetings, but they would not murder each other. That was friendship enough in this world, all that was needed.Collection: Sight
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.Collection: Gun
You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - CaloCollection: Men
She emptied her mind of all thought of herself, of her children, of all anger, of all rebellion, of all questions. Then with a profound and deeply willed desire to believe, to be heard, as she had done every day since the murder of Carlo Rizzi, she said the necessary prayers for the soul of Michael Corleone.Collection: Prayer
I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.Collection: Movie
Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.Collection: Father
Any man can turn traitor.Collection: Men
We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.Collection: Men
Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.Collection: People
He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.Collection: Powerful
Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don CorleoneCollection: Friendship
The truth now.He was disappointed in human beings.He had seen too many betrayals,too many pitiful weaknesses,too much greed for money and fame.The falseness between lovers,husbands and wifes,fathers,sons,mothers,daughtersCollection: Daughter
I find the only thing that really stands up, better than gambling, better than booze, better than women, is reading.Collection: Reading
Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.Collection: Revenge
Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her?Never mind physically but betray her in his mind,in the very "poetry of his soul".Well,it's not easy but men do it all the time.Collection: Believe
Oh, what a wicked world it is that drives a man to sin.Collection: Men
Never show anger at slight,Tell nothing.Earn Respect from everyone by deeds,not Words.Respect the members of your Blood Family.Gambling was Recreation,Not a way to earn a Living.Love your Father,your Mother, your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife.And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children.And once that happened to You,your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily breadCollection: Mother
If anything in this life is certain...if history has taught us anything, it's that you cn kill anyone.Collection: Taught Us
You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.Collection: Love
Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a "man of reasonableness." He never uttered a threat. He always used logic that proved to be irresistible. He always made certain that the other fellow got his share of profit. Nobody lost. He did this, of course, by obvious means. Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.Collection: Mean
Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking. Never let them know what you have under your fingernails. I think your brain is going soft from all that comedy you play with that young girl. Stop it and pay attention to business. Now get out of my sight.Collection: Girl
Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.Collection: Men