The Don knew that love is not a reliable emotion to matter how deep. Love does not ensure gratitude, does not ensure obedience, does not provide harmony in so difficult a world. No one understood this...
The Don considered a use of threats the most foolish kind of exposure; the unleashing of anger without forethought as the most dangerous indulgence. No one had ever heard the Don utter a naked threat,...
That's like bringing a guy up from the minors to pitch the World Series.
That is Sicily, the Don said. There is always treachery within treachery.
It’s more important that you grow up to be a man, he said, than to be a genius.
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 hell.
If the Clericuzio Family was the Holy Church for the Mafia empires scattered over the United States, then the head of the Family, Don Domenico Clericuzio was the Pope, admired not only for his intelli...
Everything you do in life use percentage as your god.
A man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous!
A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults
At that moment Sonny noticed that the other car had not kept going but had parked a few feet ahead, still blocking his way. At that same moment his lateral vision caught sight of another man in the da...
Un hombre que no pasa el suficiente tiempo con su familia no merece ser llamado hombre.
There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them.They can't be justified.You just do them.Then you forget it.
There are things that have to be done and you do them and you don't talk about them. You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them. Then you forget them.
There are honorable men who spend all their lives preparing for a supreme act of treachery,
Revenge is a dish that tastes best when it is cold,
Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
Mothers are like cops. They always believe the worst.
Mercy is a vice, a pretension to powers we do not have. Those who give mercy commit an unpardonable offense to the victim. And that is not our duty here on earth.
Luca Brasi was such a man. But he was such an extraordinary man that for a long time nobody could kill him. Most of these people are of no concern to ourselves but a Brasi is a powerful weapon to be u...