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.
Don Corleone had promised his godson he would get the part and Don Corleone had never, to Hagen's knowledge, broken his word in such matters.
I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.
Ah, men understand friendship more than we woman.
For the first time the Don showed annoyance. He poured another glass of anisette and drank it down. He pointed a finger at his son. You want to learn, he said. Now listen to me. A man's first duty is...
Genius had its rewards.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes.
But let me say this. I am a superstitious man, a ridiculous failing but I must confess it here. And so if some unlucky accident should befall my youngest son, if some police officer should accidentall...
He had asked Hagen one final question. Does this man have real balls?Hagen translated the question properly in his mind. Did Jack Woltz have the balls to risk everything, to run the chance of losing a...
No, that's not possible, Michael said. Killed, yes; jail, no.
Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.
Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat every day of his life is personal. They call it business. OK. But it's personal as he...
His wife killed him. Too simple. His childhood, his mother, his father, his siblings? Even if the scars of childhood heal, you never grow out of being vulnerable. Age is no shield against trauma.
But della Rovere frowned and said, Heed my warning, Guido Feltra. He's full of the devil, this son of the church.
I was young myself once, and believe me, in love the truth is of no importance.
We hope someday to be saints, but not martyrs
He wanted the world to believe that he was a horse rider. So let him ride his horses at the bottom of the ocean.
A man's primary duty in life is to earn his own living, but to what purpose if he did not have a wife and children?
A life is sacred or it isn't. We can't adjust what we believe just because it causes us pain.