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Mario Puzo Quotes

Total quotes: 152
“Power wears out those who do not have it.”
— Calo, The Godfather: Part III
Tagged: Power
“I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman; blood is a big expense.”
— Sollozzo, The Godfather
Tagged: Violence, Blood, businessman
“[teaching Apollonia to drive] It's safer to teach you English!”
— Michael Corleone, The Godfather
Tagged: driving lessons, english lessons
“I'd give four million just to be able to take a piss without it hurting.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: painful urination
“[to Rocco, who has killed Paulie in the car] Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”
— Pete Clemenza, The Godfather
Tagged: Gun, Cannoli, Decisions
“[to the Don, quietly] Just lie here, Pop. I'll take care of you now. I'm with you now. I'm with you. [he takes the Don's hand and kisses it, the Don begins to cry]”
— Michael Corleone, The Godfather
Tagged: Death, Crying
“[to Michael] Listen, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor. Don't forget that.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Tagged: Traitor, Warning
“If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: History, Murder
“I'm going in to take a nap. When I wake, if the money's on the table, I'll know I have a partner. If it isn't, I'll know I don't.”
— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Nap, Money, Business
“Michael: Was it a boy?

Tom Hagen: Mikey, after three and a half months...

Michael: WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER ANYMORE? WAS IT A BOY?”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Birth, Boy, straight answer
“[flashback] Whatcha go to college? To get stupid? You're really stupid!”
— Santino, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: College, Stupid, insults
“[picks up baby Michael, kisses him, holds him] Michael, your father loves you very much. Very much.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Love, paternal love, Father Son
“[while watching a 'Punch and Judy' puppet show] Oh, this is too violent for me!”
— Don Fanucci, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: punch and judy, puppet show, violent
“[Before shooting occurs at the Michael Corleone estate] Michael, why are the drapes open?”
— Kay Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: shooting, drapes
“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.”
— Mario Puzo, The Godfather
Tagged: Love, Choices
“Only don't tell me you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and makes me very angry.”
— Michael Corleone, The Godfather
Tagged: innocent, angry, insults my intelligence
“[to Michael] So, Barzini will move against you first. He'll set up a meeting with someone that you absolutely trust, guaranteeing your safety. And at that meeting, you'll be assassinated.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Tagged: Assassination, Murder
“Sonny: Did he...did Clemenza tell you to drop the gun?

Michael: Yeah, a million times.”
— Santino 'Sonny' Corleone, The Godfather
Tagged: Gun
“My father taught me many things here—he taught me in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Friends, enemies, Keep Your Friends Close and your enemies closer
“[Kay is threatening to take the children away]
Don't you know that I would use all of my power to prevent something like that from happening?”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Threat
“Senator Pat Geary: [as they're watching the performer at the sex club] Freddie, that thing can't be real.

Fredo Corleone: Sure it is. That's why they call him Superman.”
— Fredo Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: sex club, giant penis, Superman
“Hey, what's with the food around here? A kid comes up to me in a white jacket, gives me a Ritz cracker, and uh, chopped liver, he says, 'Canapes.' I said, uh, 'can of peas, my ass, that's a Ritz cracker and chopped liver!'”
— Frankie Pentangeli, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: canapes, Homonyms, ritz cracker, Chopped Liver
“I loved baseball ever since Arnold Rothstein fixed the World Series in 1919.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: baseball, black sox scandal, world series
“Michael Corleone: I feel...I'm getting wiser now.

Kay Corleone: The sicker you get, the wiser you get, huh?

Michael Corleone: When I'm dead, I'm gonna be really smart.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part III
Tagged: older, wiser, Smarter
“Don Altobello: Treachery is everywhere.

Michael Corleone: You still have your fingers on the strings, even now.”
— Don Altobello, The Godfather: Part III
Tagged: treachery
“Johnny Fontane: It's your favorite song, Michael, where you going?

Michael Corleone: I'm just gonna go into the kitchen and listen to some Tony Bennett records.”
— Johnny Fontane, The Godfather: Part III
Tagged: Tony Bennett
“Uncle Michael, listen—I know you're into banks and Wall Street, but everyone knows you're the final word, you're like the Supreme Court. All I want to do is protect you from these guys and your lawyers can't do that.”
— Don Vincent 'Vinnie' Mancini-Corleone, The Godfather: Part III
Tagged: Wall Street, Supreme Court
“[Tessio brings in Luca Brasi's bulletproof vest, delivered with a fish inside]
Sonny: What the hell is this?

Clemenza: It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.”
— Santino 'Sonny' Corleone, The Godfather
Tagged: Sicilian, sleeps with the fishes, Murder
“I am a retired investor on a pension, and I wished to live there as a Jew in the twilight of my life.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: retired, Pension, Jew, Israel
“[in Italian] Do me this favor. I won't forget it. Ask your friends in the neighborhood about me. They'll tell you I know how to return a favor.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: favor, Reciprocity
“Michael Corleone: Keep 'em alive.

Rocco Lampone: We'll try.

Michael Corleone: ROCCO! ALIVE!”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: alive
“I trust these men with my life, Senator. To ask them to leave would be an insult.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Trust, Insult
“Don Lucchesi: It's not personal. It's business.

Michael Corleone: Very well. You want to do business with me. I will do business with you.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part III
Tagged: Business, personal
“It seems in today's world the power to absolve debt is greater than the power of forgiveness.”
— Archbishop Gilday, The Godfather: Part III
Tagged: Debt, forgiveness
“I have to get back to work. It's part of the wedding. No Sicilian can ever refuse a request on his daughter's wedding day.”
— Tom Hagen, The Godfather
Tagged: siclian, Wedding Day
“[after Sonny beats up Carlo Rizzi for hitting Connie] You touch my sister again, I'll kill you.”
— Santino 'Sonny' Corleone, The Godfather
Tagged: Threats, Violence Against Women
“Michael: [the car that Michael, Sollozzo, and McClusky are riding in takes an unexpected detour] New Jersey... we're going to New Jersey?

Sollozzo: [sinister] Maybe.”
— Michael Corleone, The Godfather
Tagged: New Jersey
“Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your daughter's wedding...on the day of your daughter's wedding. And I hope their first child be a masculine child. I pledge my never-ending loyalty.”
— Luca Brasi, The Godfather
Tagged: Loyalty, Pledge, wedding
“Genco Abbandando: So, what do you think of my angel?

Vito Corleone: You're happy, I'm happy.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: angel, Happy
“Kay: It made me think of what you once told me: 'In five years the Corleone family will be completely legitimate.' That was seven years ago.

Michael Corleone: I know. I'm trying, darling.”
— Kay Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Mafia, legitimate
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