What is your favorite old Godfather Vito Don Corleone quote from The Godfather?

Melyssa 2022-04-20 09:01:01

Share some lines from "The Godfather" that eloquently interpret social life: 1. Any "meaning" between men and women often starts with "sorry" and ends with "really boring". 2. Don't hate your enemies, it will affect your judgment. 3. In this world, it often happens that the most insignificant person, if he always pays attention, always has the opportunity to take revenge on those who are insane. 4. Don't say your ideals easily, and don't give others the chance to laugh at you. 5. In addition to friends underestimating your strengths, the greatest natural advantage in the world is that enemies overestimate your weaknesses. 6. Do you spend time with your family? Of course I do. Very good! A man who doesn't take care of his family is not a man at all. 7. Never get angry, never threaten, and be reasonable. 8. The best threat is not taking action. Once action is taken and no effect is achieved, people are no longer afraid of threats. 9. It took me a lifetime to learn two words: be careful. 10. Great people are not born great, but show their greatness in the process of growing up. 11. Those who see the essence in one second and those who can't see the essence of a thing for half a lifetime, Nature is a different fate. 12. You made this decision, and this is your price. 13. Soft-heartedness without boundaries will only allow the other party to gain an inch; kindness without principle will only allow the other party to do whatever they want. 14. Forgive and forget. Life is full of misfortunes. 15. For the first time in history, Mike Corleone realized a truth, why people like his father are willing to be thieves and murderers rather than law-abiding citizens of a legal society? Poverty, fear, humiliation, these things are horrible for anyone with a backbone. 16. There are often sudden insults in society, which must be endured. 17. Behind the great wealth, there are sins hidden. 18. People can keep making mistakes, but they must never make terrible mistakes. 19. Be closer to your friend, but closer to your enemy, so you can understand him better. 20. The most difficult thing in this world is people. There are many reasons for offending a person, and it is also a kind of offense to offend the other person with a good heart. 21. Don't let outsiders know the different opinions within the family. 22. The first brother who speaks for your enemy is a traitor. 23. If a person is generous, then he must express his generosity with emotion. 24. Never let others know what you really think. 25. Don't say impossible, nothing is impossible. 26. Pain is not as irreversible as death. 27. Like many talented businessmen, he knows that free competition is wasteful, and monopoly is efficient. Therefore, his goal is to pursue this effective monopoly. 28. In the shape of a tiger, in the voice of roses. 29. I hurt my feelings, but I don't impose my friendship on those who don't value friendship - those who think I'm insignificant.

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The Godfather quotes

  • Capt. McCluskey: I thought I got all you Guinea hoods locked up! What the hell are you doing here?

    Michael: What happened to the men who were guarding my father, Captain?

    Capt. McCluskey: I pulled them guys off of here, eh, now get away from this hospital!

    Michael: I'm not leaving until you put some guards around my father's room.

    Capt. McCluskey: Phil, take him in!

    Cop with Capt. McCluskey outside hospital: The kid's clean Captain, he's a war hero! He's never been mixed up with the rackets...

    Capt. McCluskey: Goddamn it Phil, I said take him in!

    Michael: What's the Turk paying you to set up my father, Captain?

    Capt. McCluskey: [to Patrolmen] Take a hold of him. Stand him up. Stand him up straight.

    [punches Michael and breaks his jaw]

  • Sollozzo: [to Michael, in Sicilian] I am sorry. What happened to your father was business. I have much respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned. You must understand why I had to do that. Now let's work through where we go from here.

    [Michael tries speaking in Sicilian, but can't express himself properly, so with a quick look at McCluskey they both switch to English]

    Michael: What I want... what's most important to me is that I have a guarantee: no more attempts on my father's life.

    Sollozzo: What guarantees could I give you, Mike? I'm the hunted one. I've missed my chance. You think too much of me, kid. I am not that clever. All I want is a truce.

    Michael: I have to go to the bathroom. Is that all right?

    Capt. McCluskey: You gotta go, you gotta go.

    [Michael gets up, but a suspicious Sollozzo probes Michael's crotch, to Michael's offense]

    Capt. McCluskey: I frisked him. He's clean.

    Sollozzo: Don't take too long...

    [Michael heads to the bathroom]

    Capt. McCluskey: [to Sollozzo] I frisked a thousand young punks.