Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. If i can believe in myself that much, nothing else matters.

He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.

It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees.

Michael: Barzini will set me up through somebody close... that, supposedly, I won't suspect. Hagen: Somebody like me. Michael: You're Irish, they won't trust you. Hagen: I'm German-American. Michael: To them that's Irish.

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

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

I will make you an offer you cannot refuse