Corleone Quotes

• I was up for Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather,' but, as I was only 10 at the time, I think Mr. Coppola made the right choice. The Julia Roberts role in 'Pretty Woman' held a bizarre allure for me. But, it's silly to look back with regret.

  Eric Stoltz

  Regret, Silly, Thinking

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• Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.

  Mario Puzo

  Revenge, Taste, Cold

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• Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone

  Mario Puzo

  Friendship, Inspiring, Government

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• Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

  Mario Puzo

  Inspirational, Movie, Hollywood Films

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.

  Mario Puzo

  Real, Men, Mafia

  "Fictional character: Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Marlon Brando

  Movie, Film History, Hollywood Films

  "Fictional character: Don Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1972.

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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.

  Al Pacino

  Father, Enemy, Rooms

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• I believe in America. America's made my fortune.

  Mario Puzo

  Believe, America, Made

  Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.29, Penguin

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• I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.

  Mario Puzo

  Children, Men, Trying

  "Fictional character: Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• If anything in this life is certain...if history has taught us anything, it's that you cn kill anyone.

  Mario Puzo

  Taught Us, Life Is, This Life

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• I like to drink wine more than I used to. Anyway, I'm drinking more.

  Mario Puzo

  Drinking, Wine, Age

  "Fictional character: Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• Fredo, you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the Family again. Ever.

  Mario Puzo

  Brother, Love You, I Love My Family

  "Fictional character: Michael". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• I was talking about [Donald] Trump and certain things he was saying, that he wanted to go into Iraq and just "take the oil." I said he sounded like the Corleone Family from The Godfather, you know, "Let's just get it all while we got the muscle."

  Louis Farrakhan

  Talking, Oil, Iraq

  "The Breakfast Club Interview with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan". The Breakfast Club Interview, www.finalcall.com. July 5, 2016.

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• I can't remember the last time I was bored.

  Carolyn Murphy

  Bored, Lasts, Remember

  "EXCLUSIVE: Former 'Bachelorette' Emily Maynard on Raising Three Kids and Finding Happiness After Reality TV" by Raphael Chestang, www.etonline.com. December 16, 2016.

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• A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

  Mario Puzo

  Funny, Humorous, Gun

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969). This line does not appear in the movie version of The Godfather.

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• 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.

  Mario Puzo

  World, Murder, Christmas Gift

  Mario Puzo (2002). “The Godfather”, N A L Trade

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• It was from this experience came his oft-repeated belief that every man has but one destiny.

  Mario Puzo

  Destiny, Men, Veto

  "The Godfather".

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• I still think Ned Beatty should've played Don Corleone.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Thinking, Should, Stills

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• In a new campaign ad, Jeb Bush referenced 'The Godfather' and said his nickname used to be 'Veto Corleone' because he vetoed so many bills in Florida. When you're the third person in your family to run for president, maybe you shouldn't bring up a movie trilogy where the third one was clearly the worst.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Running, Florida, President

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• And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man.

  Mario Puzo

  Men, Fractions, Dead Man

  Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.209, Penguin

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• They called me Veto Corleone. Because I vetoed 2,500 separate line-items in the budget.

  Jeb Bush

  Lines, Veto, Items

  Jeb Bush at Republican presidential primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

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• 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.

  Mario Puzo

  Mean, Men, Competition

  1969 The Godfather, bk.3, ch.14.

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• 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.

  Mario Puzo

  Sight, Hands, Rose

  Mario Puzo (2002). “The Godfather”, N A L Trade

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• 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.

  Mario Puzo

  Prayer, Children, Believe

  Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.345, Penguin

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