“Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time.”

“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.”

“‎"But you're the toughest son of a b!&€# i've ever seen.You never let anybody get near you.You never let anybody know what you really think.”

“Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking.Never let them know what you have under your fingernails. I think your brain is goingsoft from all that comedy you play with that young girl. Stop it and pay attention tobusiness. Now get out of my sight.”

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

“Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty!”

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