Tell my father I wish to be his son.

The fact of the matter is that I wanted to hold a grudge in some funny kind of way.Against everybody.

Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.

We are a family, and the loyalty of the family must come before anything and everyone else. For if we honor that commitment, we will never be vanquished-but if we falter in that loyalty we will all be condemned.

Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.

ِAn offer you can't refuse.

Love is like the little red toy wagon you get for your Christmas or your sixth birthday. It makes you deliriously happy and you just can't leave it alone. But sooner or later the wheels come off. Then you leave it in a corner and forget it. Falling in love is great. Being in love is a disaster