I will make you an offer you cannot refuse

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.

Every family has bad memories.

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

Gambling is not as destructive as war or as boring as pornography. It is not as immoral as business or as suicidal as watching television. And the percentages are better than religion.

Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .

You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo