Godfather Quotes For Everyday Life

Final Offer

2012-06-22T15:23:00.000-07:00

"My final offer is this: nothing."

Michael to Senator Geary

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used any time you want someone to do something for you for free (particularly when you are trying to get one of your kids to do a chore for you, and they want something for it).

A Hundred Years

2012-06-22T15:21:00.000-07:00

Michael: Cent' anni

Michael's Toast

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used any time you have a toast or are having a drink with others (it means 'A Hundred Years').

Baseball

2012-04-01T12:17:00.000-07:00

"I loved baseball ever since Arnold Rothstien fixed the World Series in 1919."

Hyman Roth to Michael

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used any time someone mentions something about baseball.

Lawyers

2012-03-23T08:34:00.003-07:00

"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."

Tom Hagen to Sonny

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used any time someone mentions a lawyer.

Try the Veal

2012-03-17T12:04:00.000-07:00

"Try the veal, it’s the best in the city."

Sollozzo to Captain McKluskey

How can you use this quote?
Every time you go out to eat you should use this quote.

Refusal

2012-03-16T14:50:00.003-07:00

"A refusal is not the act of a friend."

Barzini to the Five Families

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used any time you are denied something.

Can I have that piece of cake?
No.
A refusal is not the act of a friend.

Health

2012-03-16T13:31:00.001-07:00

"Good health is the most important thing. More than success, more than money, more than power."

Hyman Roth to Michael

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be randomly thrown in to any conversation. It can also be used very effectively in health clubs.

Make Money

2012-03-16T11:48:00.000-07:00

"Hyman Roth always makes money for his partners."

Johnny Ola to Michael

How can you use this quote?
This quote is particularly good in a business setting when you are trying to build up your company.

Pete's Accounting Services always makes money for its partners.

Power

2012-03-16T11:42:00.000-07:00

"Don't you know that I would use all of my power to prevent something like that from happening?"

Michael to Kay

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used whenever someone is about to do something you don't approve of.

A Porta

2012-03-16T11:33:00.000-07:00

"Cicc', a porta"

Frank Pentangeli to Cicci

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used anytime anyone is about to open a door for you.

Smart

2012-03-16T11:10:00.000-07:00

"I can handle things, I'm smart, not like everybody says. Not dumb, I'm smart, and I want respect."

Fredo to Michael

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used when anyone criticizes you about anything.

Outside the Family

2012-03-16T06:20:00.000-07:00

"Never tell anybody outside the family what you’re thinking again."

Don Corleone to Sonny

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used when talking to employees in a company, or to family members who happen to talk too much about what is going on in the inside.

Careless

2012-03-16T06:02:00.003-07:00

"I spent my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless but not men.”

Don Corleone to Michael

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used in a conversation when you want to impress upon someone the importance of what you are doing (probably use this quote when talking to a woman)

College

2012-03-15T11:30:00.001-07:00

"Whatcha go to college to get stupid? You're really stupid!"

Sonny to Michael

How can you use this quote?
Any time your college age child makes a mistake (which will be often), you can use this quote.

Broke My Heart

2012-03-15T10:48:00.000-07:00

"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart! "

Michael to Fredo

How can you use this quote?
You can use this quote whenever you are disappointed in someone.

"I know it was you, Kelly. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!"

This Service

2012-03-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

"Well my friend, are you ready to do me this service?"

Don Corleone to Bonasera

How can you use this quote?
You can use this quote when ever you are asking any one a favor. You can use the exact quote.

Strictly Business

2012-03-15T09:27:00.000-07:00

"It's not personal, Sonny, it's strictly business."

Michael to Sonny

How can you use this quote?
You can use this quote whenever you are talking about business dealings..

"It's not personal, it's strictly business"

Wine

2012-03-15T07:15:00.000-07:00

"I like to drink wine more than I used to... anyway, I'm drinking more."

Don Corleone to Michael

How can you use this quote?
This quote should be used any time you have a glass of wine..

"I like to drink wine wine more than I used to."

Act Like a Man

2012-03-15T06:44:00.001-07:00

"You can act like a man! What's the matter with you?"

Don Corleone to Johnny Fontane

How can you use this quote?
You can use this quote whenever someone is whining about something.

"Act like a man. What's the matter with you?"

Real Man

2012-03-15T06:37:00.000-07:00

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

Don Corleone to Johnny Fontane (and Sonny)

How can you use this quote?
This quote can just be randomly thrown in to conversations whenever you are talking about someone who may not be spending enough time with their family.

Pleasant Evening

2012-03-15T05:58:00.001-07:00

"Thank you for the dinner and a very pleasant evening."

Tom Hagen to Jack Woltz

How can you use this quote?
Should be quoted exactly. This quote can be used any time you go out to dinner with someone or go to someone's house for dinner. With this one, they probably won't catch you are quoting The Godfather".

Sicilian Message

2012-03-15T05:51:00.000-07:00

"It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes."

Tessio to Sonny

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used any time you want to say someone has died. It can't be shortened up for every day use.

"How's Pete?"
"Didn't you hear? He sleeps with the fishes."

Offer

2012-03-15T05:42:00.001-07:00

"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."

Don Corleone to Johnny Fontane

Also : (I'll make an offer he don't refuse. Don't worry." : Young Vito to Clemenza)

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used any time you are going to ask someone to do something for you.

Italian Food

2012-03-15T05:09:00.001-07:00

"How's the Italian food in this restaurant?"

Captain McCluskey to Sollozzo

How can you use this quote?
This quote could (and should) be used any time you go out to eat.

Women

2012-03-14T13:54:00.001-07:00

"In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns."

Calo to Michael

How can you use this quote?
This quote can be used any time anyone says anything about women. Just throw it, randomly, in to the conversation.

"In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns"