The Godfather – Movie Quotes

A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.

But now you come to me and say Don Corleone, you must give me justice. And you don't ask in respect or friendship. And you don't think to call me Godfather.

Only don't tell me you're innocent... because it insults my intelligence.

Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately.

— All right, you shot them both. Now what do you do?
— Sit down, finish my dinner.

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.

My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Luca Brasi held a gun to his head... and my father assured him that either his brains... or his signature would be on the contract.

In Sicily women are more dangerous than shotguns.

I spent my life tryin' not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not men.

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.

— Mike! You don't come to Las Vegas and talk to a man like Moe Greene like that!
— Fredo. You're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone... against the family again... ever.

My name is Michael Corleone. There are people who would pay a lot of money for that information. But then your daughter would lose a father... instead of gaining a husband.