“He'd always been a man who followed his head and not his heart.The heart was just a bloody motor.The head was meant to drive”

“A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man,”

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

“Oh, what a wicked world it is that drives a man to sin.”

“Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her? Never mind physically but betray her in his mind, in the very "poetry of his soul". Well, it's not easy but men do it all the time.”

“Listen to me. I will tell you the truth about a man's life. I will tell you the truth about his love for women.”

“Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat every day of his life is personal. They call it business. OK. But it's personal as hell. You know where I learned that from? The Don. My old man. The Godfather. If a bolt of lightning hit a friend of his the old man would take it personal. He took my going into the Marines personal. That's what makes him great. The Great Don. He takes everything personal Like God. He knows every feather that falls from the tail of a sparrow or however the hell it goes? Right? And you know something? Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.”