The truth now.He was disappointed in human beings.He had seen too many betrayals,too many pitiful weaknesses,too much greed for money and fame.The falseness between lovers,husbands and wifes,fathers,sons,mothers,daughters

I find the only thing that really stands up, better than gambling, better than booze, better than women, is reading.

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.

The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.

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

Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them aright.