The best Quotes from The Godfather

He never asks a second favour when he's been refused the first.

Why did you go to the police? Why didn't you come to me first?

I believe in America. America has made my fortune.

I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.

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

If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone.

Only don't tell me you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and makes me very angry.

In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.

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

Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.

Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

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.