Logo - Movie Quotes Database

The Godfather (1972) - Quotes

Cover
  • Don Corleone: "Why did you go to the police? Why didn't you come to me first?"
  • Don Corleone: "We've known each other for many years but this is the first time you've ever come to me for counsel or for help. I can't remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is Godmother to your only child. But, let's be frank here. You never wanted my friendship and you were afraid to be in my debt."
  • Bonasera: "Be my friend... Godfather."
  • Don Corleone: "Good. Someday, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But, until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day."
  • Michael: "Get him a drink. Don't be afraid, Carlo. Come on, you think I'd make my sister a widow? I'm Godfather to your son."
  • Calo: "In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns."
  • Don Corleone: "Do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man that doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
  • Don Corleone: "I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless. But not men."
  • Don Corleone: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
  • Sollozzo: "I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman - blood is a big expense."
  • Peter Clemenza: "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."