Mario Puzo, The Godfather Quotes
Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them aright.
Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone
You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.
And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man.
Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.
You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo
It was a lie but he believed in telling lies to people. Truth telling and medicine just didn't go together except in dire emergencies, if then.
I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.
Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful, " then nothing else is important. If i can believe in myself that much, nothing else matters.
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.