The Godfather quotes

View Quote [to Sonny, about Don Vito] He's as much a father to me as you or Mike.

View Quote [to Tom Hagen] I never thought you a bad consigliere. I thought Santino was a bad don, rest in peace.

View Quote [to Tom Hagen]Tattaglia's a pimp. He never could've out-fought Santino. But I didn't know until this day that it was Barzini all along.

View Quote [to Vitelli, about Apollonia] I apologize if I offended you. I am a stranger in this country. And I meant no disrespect to you, or your daughter. I am an American, hiding in Sicily. My name is Michael Corleone. There are people who'd pay a lot of money for that information. But then your daughter would lose a father instead of gaining a husband. I want to meet your daughter with your permission and under the supervision of your family with all respect.

View Quote [While talking to Tom Hagen about his career] A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

View Quote Don't ask me about my business, Kay.

View Quote Each man has his own destiny.

View Quote Hey, get outta here, it's a private party, go on! What is it? Hey, it's my sister's wedding. Goddamn FBI don't respect nothin'.

View Quote Hey, listen, I want somebody good, and I mean very good, to plant that gun. I don't want my brother coming out of that bathroom with just his dick in his hands, alright?

View Quote I found out about this Captain McCluskey who broke Mike's jaw...Now he's definitely on Sollozzo's payroll, and for big money. McCluskey has agreed to be the Turk's bodyguard. What you have to understand, Sonny, is that while Sollozzo is being guarded like this, he is invulnerable. Now nobody has ever gunned down a New York police captain -- never. It would be disastrous. All the Five Families would come after you, Sonny. The Corleone Family would be outcasts! Even the old man's political protection would run for cover! So do me a favor -- take this into consideration.

View Quote I've always believed that being kind to your fellow man is profitable, in every sense. Both personally and bottom line.

View Quote If we lose the old man, we lose our political contacts and half our strength. The other New York families might wind up supporting Sollozzo just to avoid a long, destructive war. This is almost 1946. Nobody wants bloodshed anymore. If your father dies, you make the deal, Sonny.

View Quote It's alright... Sollozzo knows he's a civilian.

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

View Quote Leave the gun, take the cannoli.