1-Frienship is everything. Friendship is more than talent.It`s more than goverment. It is almost the equal to family. Never forget that.
2-A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man.
3-Any man should be allowed one foolishness in the life.
4-Revenge is a dish that tastes best when it is cold.
5-You cannot say "no" to the people you love, not often.That`s the secret.And then when you do, it has to sound like a "yes"
6-Every man has but one destiny.
7-Women and children can afford to be careless, men cannot.

Vito Corleone

8-The world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that`s why they have godfathers.
9-There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don`t try to justify them, they can`t be justified. You just do them. Then you forget it.

Tom Hagen

10-It`s all personal, every bit of business.

Michael Corleone

Do you agree with them? I do
What is your favourite one?

Mine are 1 and 9.

Hmm, that are truly the best phrases of the book.

But you forgot one: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"

That`s is a good one!
But I just put the Filosophical phrases, the life stuff, you know...

"Senator we are all apart of the same hypocracy"
is a very true and wonderful statment


Joe Batters

Who said that?Michael?

#4 is definitely the best, and the wisest. Look what happened to the characters (like Carlo and Fredo) who lusted after revenge when it was hot.

I totally agree with you turnbull

"9-There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don`t try to justify them, they can`t be justified. You just do them. Then you forget it."

Thats i think my favorite phrase which Tom Hagen identifies in Michael as the difference he had to the Don Carleon.

Yea that Hagen one is pretty nice.

I don't ever remember that line jumping out at me when I was reading. Surprised it wasn't included in the movie.

Right, it should have been in the movie!!!

I totally agree that was a very powerful phrase, it definitly belonged in the movie

I think the story of Luca and the caretaker should have been some place in the movie, maybe in the first movie, or second in a flash back



Joe Batters

There are many things that were not covered in both God Father-1 & 2. Actually they couldn't be. As the Novel is much more vast. Like the part of Sonny's girlfriend Lucy and his doctor jules.