Origin
The first part of the “Godfather” trilogy was released in 1972 in the USA. Director: Francis Ford Coppola. This is a cult crime saga that is still relevant today. The film is based on the book of the same name by Mario Puzo and tells the story of the Sicilian mafia family Corleone. It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.
The most famous episode of the film is the festive reception at Vito Corleone's house in honor of his daughter's wedding. In his office, the head of the mafia clan receives the so-called “petitioners.” One of these was the gravedigger Amerigo Bonasera, whose daughter was the goddaughter of Corleone's wife. Bonasera asked Corleone to avenge his daughter, who was raped and beaten. However, Corleone did not like the gravedigger, and therefore gave the following monologue:
I have known you for many years, but you have never turned to me for advice or help. I can’t remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is the godmother of your only child. Let's be honest now: you never sought my friendship and you were afraid of being in my debt. You found paradise in America: your business was good, you were protected by the police and you didn’t need friends like me. And now you come and say: Don Corleone, I need justice. But you don’t ask with respect, you don’t offer friendship, you don’t even think about contacting me - godfather. No, you come to my house on my daughter's wedding day and ask me to kill for money. Vito Corleone
This moment was loved by all viewers who romanticize the criminal world. The phrase “you ask me for help, but you don’t do it with respect,” and the very footage from the episode where Corleone sits at the table or lets you kiss his hand, has become a meme.
There are other quotes that have also become memes, but are more famous in the offline environment. Many people no longer remember where they are from, but continue to use them in conversation. This includes the quote “make an offer he can’t refuse.” Or the phrase “Nothing personal. Only business.”
In the broadest sense, The Godfather is the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to gangsters and the mafia. So this is also a kind of meme.
And, of course, the meme is the most famous music from the film - the soundtrack Love Theme from Godfather, which was written by Italian composer Nino Rota.
Best quotes from the movie "The Godfather" (125 quotes)
Mario Puzo (1920 - 1999) is one of the most famous and popular American writers of the last century. The crime novel “The Godfather,” published in 1969, brought him worldwide fame. It was based on it that Francis Ford Coppola made the cult film of the same name. A crime saga about the New York Sicilian mafia family Corleone. The film covers the period 1945-1955. The head of the family, Don Vito Corleone, marries his daughter. At this time, his beloved son Michael returns from World War II. Michael, a war hero and the pride of the family, expresses no desire to take over the brutal family business. Don Corleone conducts business according to the old rules, but different times are coming, and people appear who want to change the existing order. An attempt is made on Don Corleone's life. Quotes from both the book and the painting quickly became popular. This collection contains the best quotes from the movie “The Godfather”.
It doesn’t matter with whom and what goals you pursue, but traitors are despised everywhere, even by enemies.
It hurt her even to cry. I cried.
Let a man with a head secure the gun so that Mike doesn't come out of the toilet with one dick in his hands.
Admit that you never sought my friendship. And he was afraid of being in my debt.
- You shoot, but what will you do next? — I’ll sit down and finish my dinner.
“And now you come and ask: “Don Corleone, I need justice.” But you ask without respect. And you don't offer friendship.
Santino, come here. What happened to you? Because of your amorous affairs, will you soon be left completely without a head? Never tell strangers what you think.
“Be my friend, Godfather.” -Fine. One day, although that day may not come, I will ask you to do me a favor, but until that day, accept justice as a gift on my daughter’s wedding day.
His father made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and his father offered a choice: either the brains on the contract or the signature.
We need people with a head so that they don’t get carried away. We are not murderers, no matter what this undertaker says.
— Do you live in a bad area? - Not that word. One day, a police car with two police officers was stolen from our street. Thieves break into the house all the time. Every time I try to close the window, I pinch someone's fingers.
“My friend, how can I help?
―Don Corleone, I am honored to be invited to your daughter's wedding... on your daughter's wedding day... I hope that her first child will be a boy. I pledge my eternal fidelity to you... this is for your daughter. -Thank you, Luke, my devoted friend.
Vincent, never say what you think in front of strangers!
“Then the next day his father came to him with Luca Brasi, and an hour later the conductor signed all the papers. For one thousand dollars. - How did he persuade him? “My father made an offer that he couldn’t refuse. - Which one? “Luka put a gun to his head, and his father said that either his signature or his brains would be on the contract.
There are people who will pay dearly for this information, but then your daughter will lose her father, and maybe gain a husband.
“That’s my family, Kate, but not me.”
I am against bloodshed. It brings unnecessary expenses.
“I don’t even need to play, just be myself.” But I don't know what to do, I just don't know. “Behave like a man, what’s wrong with you?” Has Hollywood turned you into a whiner who howls like a woman? How does is called? A shame!
Leave the gun. Grab some cakes.
A real man is one who pays attention to his family.
You come and say: Don Corleone, I need justice. But you ask without respect, you don't offer friendship, you didn't even call me godfather.
“I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
Just don't say it's not your fault. It insults my intelligence.
“We’ll discuss it when you return from California.” -When am I flying to California? -Today. Talk to this producer and sort things out for Johnny.
Someday, maybe such a day will never come, I will ask you for some favor, but until that day, accept justice as a gift on my daughter’s wedding day.
“My client offers Mr. Voltz friendship if Mr. Voltz will do him a small favor. -Woltz is listening. -Give Johnny a role in the new war film.
- OK. You will shoot them and what will you do? — I’ll sit down and finish dinner.
“Let’s go show you something truly beautiful.” You appreciate beauty, don't you? ―600 thousand dollars on the hooves. Even the Russian tsars did not pay that much for horses. Khartoum... Khartoum...
Women and children can be careless, but not men.
“I will be even more open to show that I have a heart inside me, not a cash register.” “She was young, innocent. I've never had one of these, but I've had them all!
“Mike, you can’t fly to Las Vegas and talk to Mo Greene like that.” - Fredo, you are my older brother, and I love you very much, but never go against the family with anyone... Never.
-Why did you contact me? What did I do to deserve such generosity? “I agreed to the meeting because I know that you are a person who should be respected. But I have to refuse. “I don’t care how a person makes a living. But your business... is a little dangerous.
If a man does not become a real father to his children, he is not a man
-Santino, come here. What happened to you? Because of your amorous affairs, will you soon be left completely without a head? Never tell strangers what you think.
Love passes, friendship falls apart. And only blood ties are unbreakable forever.
-What is done is done. The main thing is don't lose your head, Sonny. -I'll be waiting.
Vincent, never say what you think in front of strangers!
-I don't like violence, Tom. I am a businessman. Violence comes at a cost.
I don't like violence, Tom. I am a businessman. Blood is an unaffordable luxury.
-He's alive! Took five bullets - and still alive! I was not lucky. And you'll be out of luck if you don't agree.
A man who has forgotten his family cannot be called a real man.
-What's this? ―Sicilian letter. Luca Brasi sleeps with the Pisces.
You shouldn't hate your enemies. Emotions interfere with thinking.
“Disinfection is a cool word!” Disinfect it! Don't be stupid - we'll disinfect it.
There are people who will pay dearly for this information, but then your daughter will lose her father, and maybe gain a husband.
- Lie down, dad. I'll take care of you. Now I'm with you.
I am against bloodshed. It brings unnecessary expenses.
- You can’t wait. Sollozzo doesn't need a deal, but the death of the pope. This will solve his problems. It needs to be removed.
Sicilian women are more dangerous than guns.
- This is not a personal matter. This is business. -Nothing personal. It's just business.
- Tell me bad news first!
“You shoot, and what will you do next?” “I’ll sit down and finish my dinner.” - Will it be difficult for you? “It’s very difficult, all the families will be against us, but nothing.” This happens every five to ten years. The bad blood goes away. Ten years have passed since the last war. They must be nipped in the bud, like Hitler. We should have stopped in Munich. It was impossible to tolerate him, they asked for it themselves.
Reasonable people will always be able to find a way out of business difficulties.
“Have a man with a head secure the gun so that Mike doesn’t come out of the toilet with one dick in his hands.”
Someday, perhaps such a day will never come, I will ask you for some favor, but until that day, accept justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day.
“Negroes have settled well in our Harlem establishments. They bought Cadillacs and took half a dollar off the bet. “Dad didn’t talk about business at the table in front of the children.
If we put self-interest and well-being on the scale, well-being, in my opinion, outweighs
-Where are all the men? -Died in the vendettas.
All women are like that - they can’t bear to think that a man can be happy away from them.
“In Sicily, women are more dangerous than guns.”
Life is a harsh thing, you can’t do without a second father, that’s why godfathers exist.
“I’m an American, and I’m hiding in Sicily. My name is Michael Corleone. There are people who would pay dearly for this information, but then your daughter would lose her father instead of finding a husband.
Mothers, they're like police officers. They always believe the worst.
“My wife is crying upstairs.” Cars drive up to the house. Consigliere, it's time to tell your don what everyone already knows. “I didn’t say anything to Mom.” I wanted to get up and tell you. - But first you decided to drink... - Yes. “So, you drank...
If I can die with the words “Life is a wonderful thing,” then everything else can not be taken seriously. We must learn, like a father, to put our Family, our home, our children, our little world first.
- No need for investigation. No need for revenge. Call a meeting of the heads of the Five Families. The war must be stopped.
You need to make your “no” sound like “yes.” In general, you should avoid saying “no” with the people you love. In any case, use refusal as little as possible, and if there is absolutely nowhere to go, let them themselves come to the idea of complete futility, let them themselves come up with your “no”.
-Use all your skills. All your talent. I don't want my mother to see him like this. Look what they did to my boy.
They had so much in common and had spent so many years under the same roof that now they spoke to each other no less openly than to themselves.
“Carlo, where is Apollonia?” “She prepared a surprise.” She will drive the car herself. She will make a real American wife.
They didn’t expect justice from the state; they went to the mafia for justice. And the mafia gave birth to its own Robin Hoods.
-How did it happen that everything went so far? I don't know. It's so sad, so worthless. Tattaglia lost his son, and I lost my son. We're even. If Tattaglia agrees, I'm willing to let things go back to normal. “We are grateful to Don Corleone for this meeting. We know him as a man of his word, a modest and wise man.
From her own experience, she knew that neither pain nor fear satisfy hunger, but delicious food helps cope with both pain and fear. She would be angry if the doctor suggested she take a tranquilizer. A cup of coffee and a sandwich is another matter.
-When did I refuse help? You all know me. When did I refuse? Only once, why? Because I am sure that in the future the drug business will destroy us. It's not the games, drinks and women that people want today and can't get because of the church. Even the police, who helped us with the gambling business, will refuse to support us if we talk about drugs. I believed it then, and I believe it now.
Both pain and fear pass, only death remains unchanged.
“Drugs have no place in schools, it’s a shame!” In my town we only sell them to blacks and people of color. They are animals anyway, let them lose their souls.
“God forbid you ever catch my eye in Long Beach again!” Otherwise, I’ll tear off everything that comes off and change places, you can be sure of that.
“I hoped that together we could come to an agreement. And as a reasonable person, I am ready to do everything to find a peaceful way to solve problems.
The laws of the outside world are no more moral than those dictated by a criminal lifestyle.
“But Don Corleone must give me guarantees.” Over time he will become stronger, will he then go on a vendetta? “We are worthy people, what are the guarantees for?” We're not lawyers, are we? -Are you talking about revenge? Will revenge bring your son back? Or to me? I will not take revenge for my son. But for selfish reasons.
In the small world he created, things were going much better than in the big world around him.
-But I'm a superstitious person. And if he has an accident, if he is shot by a police officer, or hangs himself in a prison cell, or is suddenly struck by lightning, I will blame it on someone present. And I won't forgive this. Apart from this, I will say that I swear on the souls of my grandchildren that I will not break the peace that we made today.
All people are born the same, but some become geniuses and giants.
- Tattaglia is a small thing. He wouldn't beat Santino. Until today I didn't know it was Barzini.
Further events developed with the inevitability of a snowball thrown from a mountain.
-But you are not like him. You didn't want to be like him. That's what you told me. “Father is no different from other strong people. Those who are responsible for others. Like a senator or president.
He (Vito Corleone) refuses to live by the rules set by others - rules that impose defeat on him at every turn. His ultimate goal is to still enter this society, but while retaining a certain power, because society does not protect those who are defenseless. In the meantime, he is guided by his own concepts of morality, which he places much higher than the legal ones.
-Do you trust my opinion? -Yes! -Are you faithful to me? “Always, Godfather!” “Be friends with Michael, listen to him.
...There are people who will pay dearly for this information, but then your daughter will lose her father, and maybe gain a husband.
“What we are doing now will solve all your problems. That's all I can say.
“Luca Brazzi put a gun to his head, and my father said that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.
“Tom, that was my advice. I don't think you're a bad consigliere. I know Santino was a bad don, may he rest in peace. I trust Michael as much as I trust you. But there are reasons why you should not take part in future events.
“I have a sentimental attachment to my children and, as you can see, I have spoiled them too much.”
-The family wants to buy your business. “The family wants to buy my business. I'd rather buy yours than you buy mine. “The casino is making losses, maybe we can succeed.” - Do you think I'm stealing? You're out of luck.
“Tell Michael it was just business.” I've always liked him. - He knows.
“I do you a favor, I take Freddy, and you want to throw me out?” “You took Freddy because the Coreones paid for the casino and the Mollinari family provided security. Let's get to the point.
— I don't like violence, Tom. I am a businessman. Blood is an unaffordable luxury.
“I spoke with Barzini. I will come to an agreement with him and stay with my own people. “Is that why you hit my brother in public?”
— Sicilian women are more dangerous than guns
“I have work to do.” And give it to the teeth so that the people will move. We argued and I beat the crap out of him. -Did you beat the crap out of my brother?
“A lawyer can steal more with his file than a thief with his mask.”
-Are you happy with your wife and children? -I'm happy. -This is good.
— Revenge is a dish that should be served cold.
-An old habit. I've been careful all my life. Women and children can be careless, but men cannot.
Never show strangers what's on your mind. Never show your cards to strangers.
- I'm not sorry. I worked all my life for the sake of my family, I didn’t want to be a fool who was pulled by the strings of the powers that be.
Time quickly takes away gratitude - faster even than beauty
“But I thought that when your time came, you would be the one pulling the strings.”
I believe in friendship and am ready to express friendly feelings in advance
-Do you know how they will attack? “They’ll arrange a meeting in Brooklyn, at Tessio’s. Where am I safe?
“Eh, what should I be afraid of? They have been trying to kill me for a long time - they tried for the first time when I was twelve...” Don Corleone
“I thought it would be Clemenza, not Tessio.” - This is a smart move. Tessio was always smarter. But I'll wait. After the christening.
The godfather told him that he could arrange his life as he wanted. Excellent advice, if, of course, you know what you want.
-Tell Mike, this is business. I've always liked him. -He knows that.
If you are generous, make it personal.
-Can you get me off the hook? In memory of old times? - No, Sally.
Man's first duty is to remain alive. And only then comes what people call honor.
-You must answer for Santino. -Barzini is dead. And Philip Tattaglia too. Moe Green. Stratchi. Cuneo. I settled everything today, so don't say I'm innocent. Admit it.
A good way to admit something: don’t just tell it, but preface it with the words: I admire and love you, so I didn’t say everything.
- Don't be afraid, Carlo. Do you think I'll make my sister a widow? I am your son's godfather. No, you're out of the family business, that's your punishment.
If you receive a phone made of pure gold for Christmas, perhaps the rebels are already somewhere nearby...
“But don’t say you’re innocent.” By doing this you insult my intelligence. And you make me very angry. Who hit you up?
If you pray while casting a fishing rod, you will catch a big fish. May be…
-Fine. Once, the only time, I will allow you to ask about work. -This is true? -No.
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Don Corleone Quotes About Family
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Vito Corleone
: I have known you for many years, but you have never turned to me for advice or help. I can’t remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is the godmother of your only child. Let's be honest now: you never sought my friendship and you were afraid of being in my debt. “I didn’t want to get into trouble.” - I understand. You found paradise in America: your business was good, you were protected by the police and you didn’t need friends like me. And now you come and say: Don Corleone, I need justice. But you don’t ask with respect, you don’t offer friendship, you don’t even think about contacting me - godfather. No, you come to my house on my daughter’s wedding day and ask me to kill for money.
“My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
One day, although that day may never come, I will ask you to do me a favor, but until then, accept this as a gift on my daughter's wedding day.
Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, consider this justice a gift on my daughter's wedding day.
Nothing personal. Only business.
It's not personal. It's strictly business.
“Tell Michael it was just business.” I've always loved him. - He knows.
Don Corleone, I am honored and very grateful that you invited me to your daughter's wedding... on your daughter's wedding day, I hope that their first child will be male. Accept the pledge of my endless devotion as a wedding gift to your daughter. - Luca Brasi's phrase addressed to Don Corleone, rehearsed several times and finally, with great difficulty, delivered to the addressee
Luca Brasi put a gun to his head, and my father said that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.
This is a Sicilian sign. It means that Luca Brasi feeds the fish on the ocean floor.
... There are people who will pay dearly for this information, but then your daughter will lose her father, and maybe gain a husband.
You shouldn't hate your enemies. Emotions interfere with thinking.
I don't like violence, Tom. I am a businessman. Blood is an unaffordable luxury.
We're not killers. — Vito Corleone's reasoning when he assigns Tom Hagen to deal with two guys who mutilated the daughter of a funeral home owner
Just don't say it's not your fault. It insults my intelligence.
Sicilian women are more dangerous than guns.
Leave the gun. Grab some cakes.
A man who doesn't spend time with his family will never become a real man.
All my life I worked to support my family and refused to be a fool, a puppet in the hands of all these “big shots”.
The blacks have gone wild here. They drive Cadillacs.
Don Corleone! Ounces are not enough! Little ounce! This is the end, the game ends...
If a man has not become a real father to his children, he is not a man.
A man should never feel careless. Children and a wife can be careless, but not a man.
I am against bloodshed. It brings unnecessary expenses. — Sollozzo talks to Tom Hagen
I don't want my brother to leave this toilet with his dick in his hands!
- Well, you kill them both. What then? — I'll sit down and finish my dinner.
