|
The Godfather (1972) Movie Quotes: By Don Vito Corleone
I'm gonna make him an offer he won't refuse. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). You can act like a MAN! ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). Why come to me? What have I done to deserve such generosity? ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). I said that I would see you because I had heard that you were a serious man, to be treated with respect. But I must say no to you and let me give you my reasons. It's true I have a lot of friends in politics, but they wouldn't be so friendly if they knew my business was drugs instead of gambling which they consider a harmless vice. But drugs, that's a dirty business. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). It makes no difference, it don't make any difference to me what a man does for a living, you understand. But your business is a little dangerous. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoil them, as you can see. They talk when they should listen. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy to me? I forgo the vengeance of my son. But my youngest son had to leave this country because of this Sollozzo business. So now I have to make arrangements to bring him back safely cleared of all these false charges. But I'm a superstitious man. And if some unlucky accident should befall him, if he should be shot in the head by a police officer, or if should hang himself in his jail cell, or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning... *then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room*... and that, I do not forgive. But, that aside, let say that I swear, on the souls of my grandchildren, that I will not be the one to break the peace we have made here today. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). We have known each other many years, but this is the first time you've come to me for counsel or for help. I can't remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is godmother to your only child. But let's be frank here. You never wanted my friendship. And you feared to be in my debt. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). I understand. You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, you made a good living. The police protected you and there were courts of law. So you didn't need a friend like me. Now you come and say "Don Corleone, give me justice." But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me "Godfather." You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you ask me to do murder - for money. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). Bonasera, Bonasera, what have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd come to me in friendship, this scum who ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by some chance an honest man like yourself made enemies they would become my enemies. And then, they would fear you. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). It's an old habit. I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men. ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). Look how they massacred my boy! ~ Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972). The Godfather (1972) Movie Quotes: By Michael Corleone Where does it say that you can't kill a cop...I'm talking about a cop that's mixed up in drugs. I'm talking about a - a - a dishonest cop - a crooked cop who got mixed up in the rackets and got what was coming to him. That's a terrific story. And we have newspaper people on the payroll, don't we, Tom? And they might like a story like that... ~ Michael Corleone, The Godfather (1972). It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business. ~ Michael Corleone, The Godfather (1972). Don't ask me about my business... ~ Michael Corleone, The Godfather (1972). Only don't tell me that you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry. ~ Michael Corleone, The Godfather (1972). Well, when Johnny was first starting out, he was signed to a personal services contract with this big-band leader. And as his career got better and better, he wanted to get out of it. But the band leader wouldn't let him. Now, Johnny is my father's godson. So my father went to see this bandleader and offered him $10,000 to let Johnny go, but the bandleader said no. So the next day, my father went back, only this time with Luca Brasi. Within an hour, he had a signed release for a certified check of $1000. ~ Michael Corleone, The Godfather (1972). The Godfather (1972) Movie Quotes: By Sonny Corleone Goddamn FBI don't respect nothin'. ~ Sonny Corleone, The Godfather (1972). There's a lot of money in that white powder. ~ Sonny Corleone, The Godfather (1972). Niggers havin' a real good time up in Harlem... ~ Sonny Corleone, The Godfather (1972). You're taking this very personal. Tom, this is business and this man is taking it very, very personal. ~ Sonny Corleone, The Godfather (1972). The Godfather (1972) Movie Quotes: By Tom Hagen I come from a personal friend of Mr Johnny Fontane. That friend promises his undying friendship if you would do him a small favour. ~ Tom Hagen, The Godfather (1972). Even shooting your father was business not personal, Sonny! ~ Tom Hagen, The Godfather (1972). There is more money potential in narcotics than anything else we're looking at now. If we don't get into it, somebody else will, maybe one of the Five Families, maybe all of them. And with the money they earn they'll be able to buy more police and political power. Then they come after us. Right now we have the unions and we have the gambling and those are the best things to have. But narcotics is a thing of the future. If we don't get a piece of that action we risk everything we have. Not now, but ten years from now. ~ Tom Hagen, The Godfather (1972). The Godfather (1972) Movie Quotes: By Clemenza Mikey, why don't you tell that nice girl you love her? I love you with all-a my heart, if I don't see-a you again soon, I'm-a gonna die. ~ Clemenza, The Godfather (1972). Probably all the other Families will line up against us. That's all right. These things gotta happen every five years or so, ten years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood. Been ten years since the last one. ~ Clemenza, The Godfather (1972). You know, you gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they should have stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with that, they was just asking for trouble. ~ Clemenza, The Godfather (1972). Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. ~ Clemenza, The Godfather (1972). The Godfather (1972) Movie Quotes: By Sollozzo Bene, Don Corleone. I need a man who has powerful friends. I need a million dollars in cash. I need, Don Corleone, all of those politicians that you carry around in your pocket, like so many nickels and dimes. ~ Sollozzo, The Godfather (1972). You think too much of me, kid. I am not that clever. ~ Sollozzo, The Godfather (1972). I am sorry. What happened to your father was business. I have much respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned. You must understand why I had to do that. Now let's work through where we go from here. ~ Sollozzo, The Godfather (1972). I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman; blood is a big expense. ~ Sollozzo, The Godfather (1972). What are you worried about? If I wanted to kill you you'd be dead already. Get in. ~ Sollozzo, The Godfather (1972). The Godfather (1972) Movie Quotes: By Other Characters In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns. ~ Calo, The Godfather (1972). Times have changed. It's not like the Old Days, when we can do anything we want. A refusal is not the act of a friend. If Don Corleone had all the judges, and the politicians in New York, then he must share them, or let us others use them. He must let us draw the water from the well. Certainly he can present a bill for such services; after all... we are not Communists. ~ Emilio Barzini, The Godfather (1972). I also don't believe in drugs. For years I paid my people extra so they wouldn't do that kind of business. Somebody comes to them and says, "I have powders; if you put up three, four thousand dollar investment, we can make fifty thousand distributing." So they can't resist. I want to control it as a business, to keep it respectable...I don't want it near schools! I don't want it sold to children! That's an infamia. In my city, we would keep the traffic in the dark people, the coloreds. They're animals anyway, so let them lose their souls. ~ Don Zaluchi, The Godfather (1972). Can you get me off the hook, Tom? For old times' sake? ~ Tessio, The Godfather (1972). |