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The Godfather Quotes

“[his last words] I'm a retired investor living on a pension. I came home to vote in the presidential election because they wouldn't give me an absentee ballot. [Seconds later, Rocco walks up to Roth and shoots him in the stomach, killing him]”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: investor, voting, Pension, absentee ballot
“I loved baseball ever since Arnold Rothstein fixed the World Series in 1919.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: baseball, black sox scandal, world series
“Senator Pat Geary: You can have the license. The price is $250,000...plus a monthly payment of 5% of the gross...of all four hotels...Mr. Corleone.

Michael Corleone: Now, the price of the license is less than $20,000. Is that correct?

Senator Pat Geary: Yes.

Michael Corleone: So why would I ever consider paying more than that?

Senator Pat Geary: Because I intend to squeeze you.”
— Senator Pat Geary, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Bribery
“I don't trust a doctor who can hardly speak English.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Nativism, Xenophobia, doctor, english
“[Before shooting occurs at the Michael Corleone estate] Michael, why are the drapes open?”
— Kay Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: shooting, drapes
“I don't—I never knew no godfather. I got my own family, senator.”
— Frankie Pentangeli, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Godfather, Family, Mafia
“Senator Pat Geary: Mr. Cici, was there always a buffer involved?

Willi Cici: A what?

Senator Pat Geary: A buffer. Someone in between you and your possible superiors who passed on to you the actual order to kill someone.

Willi Cici: Oh yeah, a buffer. The family had a lot of buffers!”
— Senator Pat Geary, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: buffer, Mafia
“Kay: It made me think of what you once told me: 'In five years the Corleone family will be completely legitimate.' That was seven years ago.

Michael Corleone: I know. I'm trying, darling.”
— Kay Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Mafia, legitimate
“[while watching a 'Punch and Judy' puppet show] Oh, this is too violent for me!”
— Don Fanucci, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: punch and judy, puppet show, violent
“Hyman Roth always makes money for his partners. One by one, our old friends are gone. Death, natural or not, prison, deported. Hyman Roth is the only one left, because he always made money for his partners.”
— Johnny Ola, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Death, Prison, Deportation, Loss
“Hey, what's with the food around here? A kid comes up to me in a white jacket, gives me a Ritz cracker, and uh, chopped liver, he says, 'Canapes.' I said, uh, 'can of peas, my ass, that's a Ritz cracker and chopped liver!'”
— Frankie Pentangeli, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: canapes, Homonyms, ritz cracker, Chopped Liver
“[picks up baby Michael, kisses him, holds him] Michael, your father loves you very much. Very much.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Love, paternal love, Father Son
“[flashback] Whatcha go to college? To get stupid? You're really stupid!”
— Santino, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: College, Stupid, insults
“He's has been dying from the same heart attack for the last twenty years.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Dying, Heart Attack
“I don't want anything to happen to him while my mother's alive.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Maternal, Threat
“I want all of you to enjoy your cake, so...enjoy.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Cake, enjoy
“Carmine Rosato: We're all very happy about your decision, Frankie. You're not going to regret it!

Frank Pentangeli: I don't like this C-note, Rosato. I take that as an insult.

Tony Rosato: [wraps a garrote around Pentangeli's neck] Michael Corleone says 'Hello'! [drags Pentangeli to a back room and with the help of two 'buttonmen' tries to shove him into a closet]

Tony Rosato: [shouts] Get his head in! Close the fuckin' door!

Carmine Rosato: [a cop walks into the bar] Your friend, the cop, what the f...

Policeman: Hey, Rich, it's dark in here. You open or closed?

Bartender: Hey, I just came in to clean up a little, you know? What's wrong?

Policeman: [noticing Pentangeli] Is that something on the floor?

Bartender: [Carmine starts to pull a gun on the officer] Carmine, No! Not here! Not a cop! Let him go!

Carmine Rosato: ANTHONY! [as the cop starts to draw his billy club, Tony and the buttonmen run out of the back room and shove the cop into a booth, then grab Carmine and rush him out the door, followed by the cop, his gun drawn]

Tony Rosato: [to the policeman] You open your fuckin' mouth, I'll blow your head off! [a gunfight erupts in the street as the Rosato Brothers try to escape]”
— Carmine Rosato, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Violence, garotte
“Michael Corleone: Anthony, I'm going to be leaving very early tomorrow.

Anthony Corleone: Will you take me?

Michael Corleone: No, I can't.

Anthony Corleone: Why do you have to go?

Michael Corleone: Because I have to do business.

Anthony Corleone: I could help you.

Michael Corleone: Someday you will.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Leaving, Business
“Young man, I hear you and your friends are stealing goods. But you don't even send a dress to my house. No respect! You know I've got three daughters. This is my neighborhood. You and your friends should show me some respect. You should let me wet my beak a little. I hear you and your friends cleared $600 each. Give me $200 each, for your own protection. And I'll forget the insult. You young punks have to learn to respect a man like me! Otherwise the cops will come to your house. And your family will be ruined. Of course, if I'm wrong about how much you stole, I'll take a little less. And by less, I only mean—a hundred bucks less. Now don't refuse me. Understand, paisan? Understand, paisan?...Tell your friends I don't want a lot. Just enough to wet my beak. Don't be afraid to tell them!”
— Don Fanucci, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Respect, daughters, Attention
“Michael: Was it a boy?

Tom Hagen: Mikey, after three and a half months...

Michael: WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER ANYMORE? WAS IT A BOY?”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Birth, Boy, straight answer
“I'm going in to take a nap. When I wake, if the money's on the table, I'll know I have a partner. If it isn't, I'll know I don't.”
— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Nap, Money, Business
“Our friend and associate Hyman Roth is in the news. The High Court of Israel turned down his request to live there as a returning Jew. He landed in Buenos Aires last night offering a 'gift' of a million dollars if they'd let him stay. They said no. His passport's been invalidated, except for his return trip to the States.”
— Al Neri, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Israel, Buenos Aires, Jew, Passport
“Why do you hurt me, Michael? I've always been loyal to you.”
— Tom Hagen, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Betrayal, Loyalty
“I trust these men with my life, Senator. To ask them to leave would be an insult.”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Trust, Insult
“You know when I was your age, I went out to fishing with all my brothers and my father, and everybody. And I was, I was the only one who caught a fish. Nobody else could catch one except me. You know how I did it? Every time I put the line in the water I said a Hail Mary and every time I said a Hail Mary I caught a fish. You believe that? It's true, that's the secret. You wanna try it when we go out on the lake?”
— Fredo Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Hail Mary, Fishing
“If I could only live to see it, to be there with you. What I wouldn't give for twenty more years! Here we are, protected, free to make our profits without Kefauver, the goddamn Justice Department and the F.B.I. ninety miles away, in partnership with a friendly government. Ninety miles! It's nothing! Just one small step, looking for a man who wants to be President of the United States, and having the cash to make it possible. Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel.”
— Hyman Roth, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Estes Kefauver, FBI, Justice Department, US Steel
“Your country ain't your blood. Remember that.”
— Santino, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: blood and soil, country, Blood
“Genco Abbandando: So, what do you think of my angel?

Vito Corleone: You're happy, I'm happy.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: angel, Happy
“Senator Pat Geary: [as they're watching the performer at the sex club] Freddie, that thing can't be real.

Fredo Corleone: Sure it is. That's why they call him Superman.”
— Fredo Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: sex club, giant penis, Superman
“[Kay is threatening to take the children away]
Don't you know that I would use all of my power to prevent something like that from happening?”
— Don Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Threat
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