I leave you the best phrases from The Godfather and its protagonists Vito Corleone, Sonny, Michael, Tom Hagen, Clemenza, Calo, Woltz, Carlo Rizzi and others. Released in 1972, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, it is considered one of the best films in history.
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-Revenge is a dish that tastes better when served cold.- Don Vito Corleone
-I am going to make you an offer that you cannot refuse.- Don Vito Corleone
-Great men are not born great, they become great.- Don Vito Corleone
-Never hate your enemies, it affects judgment.- Don Vito Corleone
-After every successful fortune there is a crime.- Don Vito Corleone
-Time erodes gratitude faster than beauty.- Don Vito Corleone
-A friend must always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults.- Don Vito Corleone- Don Vito Corleone
-You can't say "no" to people you love, not often. Thats the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no'.- Don Vito Corleone
-Never let anyone know what you are thinking.- Don Vito Corleone
-Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me since I was twelve.- Don Vito Corleone
-I do not trust society to protect us, I have no intention of putting my destiny in the hands of men whose only qualification is that they managed to convince a block of people to vote for them.- Don Vito Corleone
-The lawyer with a briefcase can steal more money than the man with a gun.- Don Vito Corleone
-Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard that a man must have two parents to take care of him, and that is why they have godparents.- Don Vito Corleone
-Many young men started a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune generally put them in order.- Don Vito Corleone
-We are all honorable men here, we do not have to give guarantees to each other as if we were lawyers.- Don Vito Corleone
-We don't talk business at the table.- Sonny
-It makes no difference to me what a man does for a living.- Don Vito Corleone
-Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than a talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the same as the family.- Don Vito Corleone
-There are many things that my father taught me here in this room. He taught me to keep my friends close, but no closer than my enemies.- Michael Corleone
-I want to organize a meeting with the heads of the five families. This war stops now.- Don Vito Corleone
-A man who does not spend time with his family can never be a real man.- Don Corleone
-You speak of revenge. Do you think that revenge will bring your son back? Or my son with me? - Don Vito Corleone
-Damn FBI, they don't respect anything.- Sonny
-My father is no different from any powerful man, a man with power, like a president or senator.- Michael
-In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.- Calo
-Now we have unions, we have games of chance, and they are the best things we can have. But narcotics are a thing of the future.- Tom Hagen
-I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless. But not men.- Don Vito Corleone
-Please don't do this to me, Mike. Please don't do it.- Carlo Rizzi
-She was beautiful! Was young. She was innocent. She was the biggest piece of ass I've ever had.- Woltz to Tom Hagen
- I don't like violence, Tom. I am a businessman. Blood is a great expense.- Sollozzo
-What have I done to make you treat me with so little respect? - Don Vito Corleone
-I believe in America. The United States has made my fortune - Bonasera
-It's not personal, Sonny. They are strictly business. Michael corleone
-She was the light of my life. A beautiful girl. Now she will never be beautiful again.- Bonasera
-I like to drink wine more than I used to drink before.- Don Vito Corleone
-Leave the gun, take the cannoli.- Clemenza to Rocco
-I want you to see what you have under your nails.- Don Vito Corleone
-Mr. Corleone never ask for a second favor once you've turned down the first, understand? - Tom Hagen
-The time has changed. It's not like the old days, when we could do what we wanted.- Barzini
-Mr Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately.-Tom Hagen to Woltz
-Then I told my wife: «For justice, we have to go with Don Corleone.».- Bonasera
-Certainly, he can present a bill for such services, after all, we are not communists.- Barzini
-Luca Brasi put a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brain or his signature would be on the contract.- Michael Corleone
-Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your daughter's wedding.- Luca Brasi
-I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoiled them, as you can see. They speak when they should be listening.- Don Vito Corleone
-You touch my sister again and I'll kill you.- Sonny
-A man in my position cannot afford to make a fool of himself. Now you get out of here.- Jack Woltz
-Look how they massacred my son.- Don Vito Corleone
-Just when I thought I was out… I threw myself again.- Michael Corleone
-When have I denied accommodation? - Don Vito Corleone
-You know Mike? We were all proud of you. Your father too.- Clemenza
-He comes into my house the day my daughter is getting married, and asks me to do a murder for money.- Don Vito Corleone
-It's a smart decision. Tessio was always smarter.- Michael Corleone
-I'm here on business, I'm leaving tomorrow, now to get rid of them.- Michael Corleone
-What do you want of me? Tell me whatever. I do what you ask me to do.- Bonasera
-Why did you go to the police? Why haven't you come to me first? - Don Vito Corleone
-I have to return to work. It's part of the wedding.- Tom Hagen
-That's my family, Kay. It's not me.- Michael Corleone
-The Corleone family is thinking of giving up their entire stake in the olive oil business.- Michael Corleone
-A month ago you bought the rights to this book, a best seller. The main character is a man like me.- Johnny Fontane
-We are not going to take a picture without Michael.- Don Vito Corleone
-Can you act like a man? - Don Vito Corleone
-I'm going to make you an offer that you won't refuse. Now go and go out to enjoy. Forget all this nonsense.- Don Vito Corleone
-Just lie here, dad. I will take care of you now.- Michael Corleone
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-Don Corleone, once said that the day would come when Tessio and I could start our own family.- Clemenza
-Mike! You don't come to Vegas to talk to a man like Moe Greene like that.- Fredo
-Mr. Corleone is Johnny Fontane's godfather, for the Italian people that is a very sacred religious relationship.- Tom Hagen
-It is true that I have a lot of friends in politics, but it would not be pleasant if they knew that my business was drugs instead of gambling that they consider as a harmless vice.- Don Vito Corleone
-I respect it. Tell him he can ask me for something else, but this is a favor I can't do. Sorry, but I won't change my mind. Not this time.- Jack Woltz
-Well, now, what are you telling me, that the Tattaglias guarantee our investment?.- Sonny Corleone
-Drugs are a dirty business.- Don Vito Corleone
-Your interests are not in conflict with mine.- Don Vito Corleone
-He is still alive. They gave him five shots and he's still alive. Bad weed never dies.- Sollozzo
-Santino, come here. What's wrong with you? I think your brain is getting soft with all the comedy you play with the girl.- Don Vito Corleone
-You and I are going to move my father to another room. Now can those tubes be disconnected so we can move the bed outside? - Michael Corleone
-What do you think of this army, where you can shoot from a mile away? - Sonny Corleone
-Where do you say you can't kill a policeman?.- Michael Corleone
-I want you to find out what's under her nails. You know, you go to Tattaglia, and you make them think that you are not very happy with our family, and you find out what you can.- Don Vito Corleone
-You are taking this very personally.- Sonny Corleone
-That's an incredible story. And we have newspaper people on the payroll, right Tom? - Michael Corleone
-Do you know who my father is? Men come here to kill him. You understand? Now help me, please.- Michael Corleone
-Hey, listen, I want someone good, and when I mean someone good I mean someone very good. You know, to plant the weapon.- Sonny Corleone
-All I want is a truce.- Sollozzo
-Tom, wait a minute. I'm talking about a cop who's on drugs. I'm talking about a… a… a dishonest cop.- Michael Corleone
-If you have to go, you have to go.- Capt. McCluskey:
-What is most important to me is that I have a guarantee.- Michael Corleone
-It's okay. I'm going to get a doctor to come down and have a look.- Sonny Corleone
-They may like a story like that. I can assure you with closed eyes- Michael Corleone
-Your food is on the table, it's getting cold. Don't wait that long because it can be harmful to you.- Connie
-My wife is crying up there. I hear the cars coming to the house.- Don Vito Corleone
-I apologize if I have offended you, that has not been my intention. I hope you can forgive me. If that is what you want- Michael Corleone
-Sonny got shot in the driveway. He's dead.- Tom Hagen
-There are people who would pay a lot of money for that information, but then their daughter would lose a father, instead of gaining a husband. You decide.- Michael Corleone