The Godfather (1972) quotes
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Listen, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he’s the traitor. Don’t forget that.
– Don Corleone
Goddamn FBI don’t respect nothin’.
– Sonny
You touch my sister again, I’ll kill you.
– Sonny
I don’t like violence, Tom. I’m a businessman; blood is a big expense.
– Sollozzo
It’s safer to teach you English!
– Michael
He’s still alive. They hit him with five shots and he’s still alive!
– Virgil ‘The Turk’ Sollozzo
Only don’t tell me you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and makes me very angry.
– Michael
I have to get back to work. It’s part of the wedding. No Sicilian can ever refuse a request on his daughter’s wedding day.
– Tom Hagen
Maybe we shouldn’t get Mike mixed up in this too directly…
– Tom Hagen
Just lie here, Pop. I’ll take care of you now. I’m with you now. I’m with you.
– Michael
My godson has come all the way from California. Give him a drink.
– Don Corleone
The negotiator’s at my house playing pinochle with some of my men, he’s happy. They’re letting him win.
– Clemenza
So, Barzini will move against you first. He’ll set up a meeting with someone that you absolutely trust, guaranteeing your safety. And at that meeting, you’ll be assassinated.
– Don Corleone
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
– Peter Clemenza
In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.
– Calo
You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you? Or my boy to me?
– Don Corleone
Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your daughter… ‘s wedding… on the day of your daughter’s wedding. And I hope their first child be a masculine child. I pledge my ever-ending loyalty.
– Luca Brasi
Some people will pay a lot of money for that information; but then your daughter would lose a father, instead of gaining a husband.
– Michael