"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

"It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business."

"You spend time with your family? - Sure I do. - Good. Because a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."

"I believe in America. America has made my fortune."

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

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

"It means. Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes."

"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment."

"I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman. Blood is a big expense."

"Women and children can be careless, but not men."

"Only don't tell me that you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry."

"Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family."

"The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other."

"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!"

"My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

"Look how they massacred my boy!"

"Great men are not born great, they grow great."

"Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger."

"Well, I'll make him an offer he can't refuse."

"Only don't tell me you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and makes me very angry."

"I want reliable people, people who aren't gonna be carried away."

"Never tell anyone outside the Family what you are thinking again.Go on."

"If your car could take me to the airport Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately."

"It's an old habit I spent my life tryin' not to be careless."

"But the fact is that I despise your masquerade the dishonest way you pose yourself and your whole fucking family Senator. we're both part of the same hypocrisy But never think it applies to my family."

"I don't feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies.That's all."

"Good health is the most important thing. More than success, more than money, more than power."

"If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone."

"You can have my answer now, if you like. My offer is this: nothing."

"I worked in the dark. I did what I had to do to protect my family."

"This is the business we've chosen."

"But it occurred to me, that the Soldiers are paid to fight; the Rebels aren't."

"Just lie here, Pop. I'll take care of you now. I'm with you now. I'm with you."

"Come on Frank.You know my father did business with hyman roth He respected him. Your father did business with hyman roth he respected hyman roth. but he never trusted hyman roth."

"Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's been personal since the day Sollozzo tried to kill my father."

"Some people will pay a lot of money for that information; but then your daughter would lose a father instead of gaining a husband."

"It was Michael. Michael killed Sollozzo and the police captain."

"I don't like to see things wasted. In Italy, it's a sin."

"Give me a drop of wine. I'm a dying man."

"My father's name was Antonio Andolini, and this is for you!"

"Don't ask me about my business, Kay. Is it true?"

"The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun."

"And a man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous!"

"You talk about vengeance. Is losing your daughter going to bring your son back?"

"Pop, I'll take care of it. I'll take care of everything."

"Life is so beautiful."

"I want no inquiries made. I want no acts of vengeance. I want you to arrange a meeting with the heads of the Five Families."

"In this world, a man must have a code."

"I want you to use all your powers and all your skills. I don't want his mother to see him as he is."

"Everything I do, I do to protect this family!"

"If I'm a Godfather, I should have gifts. Give me some coffee."

"But i'm a superstitious man and if some unlucky accident should befall him if he should get shot in the head by a police officer."

"You're nothing to me now. You not a brother, You not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do."

"There are things being said that are not meant for your ears."

"The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends."

"I'll give you a chance to help me. I'm going to take a nap. When I wake up, if you're still here, you're dead."

"When they come... they come at what you love."

"No, you're out of the family business. That's your punishment."

"I don't think I'm that kind of person, Tom."

"I surrender my mind and my soul to your keeping."

"One day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me."

"I'm your sister! You can't do this to me!"

"I want you to know that if I'm your friend, your enemies are my enemies."

"Politics and strategy are a different thing."

"I never I never wanted this for you."

"All my life I wanted out. I wanted the family to be clean."

"You're my brother, Fredo. I know you're not a smart man."

"It’s a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes."

"You're a man of the world, you know how these things are."

"If you are my friend, you will be my friend always."

"Our father taught us to be strong."

"I have a business to run. I don't have time for this."

"Hey, whataya gonna do, nice college boy, eh Didn't want to get mixed up in the Family business, huh Now you wanna gun down a police captain. Why Because he slapped ya in the face a little bit Hah What do you think this is the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away You've gotta get up close like this and bada-bing. you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit"

"I don't think you understand. I'm not a man to be trifled with."

"The mind is like a suitcase; you have to know what to pack."

"I will do anything for my family."

"We are all honorable men here."

"I don't need to be feared. I need to be respected."

"Every man has his own destiny."

"Money is a weapon, but politics is knowing when to pull the trigger."

"You've been a good son, Michael."

"I am a man of my word."

"There are many things my father taught me in this room."

"In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns."

"I want no one to be able to say I didn't try."

"We're the ones who still have a sense of responsibility."

"Do you renounce Satan?"

"I do renounce him."

"I'm your nephew, and I'm asking for your help."

"Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned."

"You can change your name, but you can't change your blood."

"It is not enough to be smart. You must be wise."

"I've always been a man who believed in family first."

"Power wears out those who don't have it."

"Stay close to your friends, and closer to your enemies."

"The family is everything."