I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.

Any man can turn traitor.

And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man.

One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns ...

He should be careful. It's dangerous to be an honest man.

Some honorable men spend their whole life preparing for a supreme act of treachery

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

God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals

Tell my father I wish to be his son. -Michael Corleone

Woman and children can afford to be careless, men can not"-Don Corleone

Like many business men of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient.

A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns.

We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.

I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.

Do not count on the gratitude of deeds done for people in the past,you must make them grateful for things you will do for them in the future.

The fact of the matter is that I wanted to hold a grudge in some funny kind of way.Against everybody.

Everything you do in life use percentage as your god.

If anything in this life is certain...if history has taught us anything, it's that you cn kill anyone.

The gunman said, "Fabrizzio,Michael Corleone sends you his regards.

Friendship is more than talent. It is more than government. It is almost the equal of family. Never forget that. If you had built up a wall of friendship you wouldn't have to ask me to help. - Don Corleone

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Leave the gun, take the cannoli.

Life is a comical business, and there is nothing funnier than love traveling through time.

My dear Guiliano," he said, "how is it that you and Don Croce do not join together to rule Sicily? He has the wisdom of age, you have the idealism of youth.

...what is written on paper affects history. But not life. Life is a different history.

Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes.

You let women dictate your actions and they are not competent in this world, though certainly they will be saints in heaven while we men burn in hell.

They made it personal when they shot Pop. It is not business, it's personal.

For justice we must go on our knees to Don Corleone.

Wasn't it true that Sometimes the greatest misfortunes brought unforseen rewards? -Don Corleone

Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind.

Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than government. It is almost the equal of family. Never forget that.

But time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty...

That's like bringing a guy up from the minors to pitch the World Series.

Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind.

Ah, men understand friendship more than we woman.

You lived like a fool and you have come to a fool’s end.

Life is so beautiful

Listen to me. I will tell you the truth about a man's life. I will tell you the truth about his love for women.

Going to the mattresses

..for Justice, we must go to Don Corleone.

Nekad neuztraucies par naudu. Domā par slavu.

Men in general sooner forget the lost their matrimony than the death of their father

Death is another story. I will never make a joke about death. It is beyond my powers.

Lampone made a gesture that said he would be patient, knowing his reward was certain.

Time erodes gratitude more quickly then it does beauty-Mario puzo