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

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

Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.

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.

Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.

Be knowledgeable, but not realistic!

I want to get out of here means I want to be innocent.

There were no route maps posted on the walls, but a Wonderland-style sign commanding, 'If you know where you are, then please tell others.

Beware of long arguments and long beards.

I'm just not arbitrarily choosing to have five guitars play one type of thing. In that way there's a definite similarity between a symphony orchestra and the 100 guitar symphony.

I'm always afraid of failing. It's great motivation to work harder.

Man is not committed in detail by his biological constitution to any particular variety of behavior.

As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.

Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.