Ever use a Godfather line IRL?

... not talking about quoting film dialogue to fellow fans, but using a line (or similar) in a normal situation.

I always look for opportunities to do so... the best one was when I dropped a plate on the kitchen floor. My brother heard the noise and came in asking what happened... I told him that "there was an accident, but nobody got hurt". Got a slightly odd look but it was worth it.

Anyone do any better?

It's almost second-nature for me to say "That I cannot do" when someone asks me a favor, whether I can do it or not.

This I often used in business contexts:

"My offer is this... nothing."

when someone is a little "out of line with me" they get this line "Bonasera, Bonasera, what have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? "


And I also use Sonny's "son of a bitch, son of a bitch" a lot

A couple that will come up occasionaly...
1. This is the business we've chosen (comes up at work whenever someone complains )
2. You broke my heart

Yeah, I pull the "That I cannot do" alot. Another one that is similar that will pop up is "Can't do it Sally"

And yes, I've called friends Sally before. Its worth the puzzled looks!

I use GF references a lot when it comes to relationships. A girl decided to stop talking to me for a while so I told her, "you broke my heart".

After going several weeks without talking (yet seeing each other daily), she came back. She wanted us to resume small talk. I referred to the GF, but it was slightly modified (for certain reasons, I'm going to keep her name anonymous as "Laura"):

Laura, you're nothing to me now, only a name. Nothing is
to ever happen, nothing has ever become. This is best, despite feelings you may have, you know this is the best which can happen: nothing. A simple indifference which has immortally occurred, effacing our past, discontinuing our future.
---------

She claims she would never forget those words, and she had never been hurt so badly.

I hope she never sees GFII, she might figure me out...

I usually stick to the classic

"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"

I use , "non preoccupare (or Dont worry), I take care of everything", a lot.
Also i dont use like quotes from the movie, but the things I say sometimes and way i say them it sounds like it came from the movie.

In sticky business situations, I've said

"Are you going to come along with me on these things that I have to do?"

Well sometimes when now one is talking ill just bust out in a GF quote.

I found myself saying
"Im Moe Green! I made my bones when you where goin' out with cheerleaders!" but I say my real name sometimes.

of course I say "This I can not do."

and I use the pick up line Sonny uses on mrs. mansenie (sp).

Every chance I get, whether it is relevant or not.

My fave is "I got a stone in my shoe."

Some good lines there

One I wish my landlord would use is "the rent stays like before ... I'll even lower it"

That's one of the best uses for a Godfather line I've ever heard!!

'THE POWER OF THE GODFATHER'

I use alot of them. They have become part of my vocabulary.

My brother was once planning on getting involved in a fight between one of his friends and another person. I asked him "What if you lose?", he said "I won't". He started laughing, and I replied "Never underestimate your enemies, it affects your judgement". He gave me an odd look, but I just started to laugh.

He's never seen The Godfather before.

I had a good Godfather moment today!

I was telling a story to some people at the table I was sitting at while at work, on my lunch break. A guy sitting there with us interrupted me, and started saying something. I turned around and said "Wait a minute." Then I turned back to the person I was talking to, and said "I have a sentimental weakness for my co-workers, and I spoil them as you can see. They talk when they should listen." Everybody busted out laughing, but I doubt anyone knew what the hell I was talking about. I even talked in Vito's voice (tried to anyway), and someone not even in the conversation said "Do you have a cold?"

That's pretty good!

It's hilarious how we can use these lines IRL. Just the way it can be delivered, presented. It makes things all worth while.

Thanks DA

Damn, I use them naturally almost everyday. Sometimes I'll say one without thinking.

One time I was at a buddy's apartment for a party and his younger sister (I think she was 22 or 23 at the time) was out there in some tiny shorts and a tight top. I turned to my other friend and said, "If this was somebody else's sister...sweet tonnad!"

hahaha , good one xXx

Haha, cool thread! Yep I use lines all the time, but people just look at me funny plebs!

My dad says "bada bip, bada bop, bada boop" a lot but he always gets it in the wrong order

I use "It's not personal. It's strictly business" when I'm feeling philosophical.

"That's a true story"

"You can act like a man! Whatsa matter with you?" when someone's being a dick.

Slightly bizarrely "If I wanted to kill you you'd be dead already"

"May your first child be a masculine child" when I'm grateful to someone.

I think we should have a running competition this week - who can fit as many inappropriate GF qoutes into everday conversation as possible!

Oh yeah, and I say "And that's my trick" when I do something skillful, a la Clemenza

I use "If history has taught us anything, it's that you can kill anyone." Sure, I get some weird looks, but who cares?

Great thread! I wish my native language could be English, so I could actually say these thing in real life. For example "Never underestimate your enemies, it affects your judgement" would in Norwegian be: "Undervurdér aldri fiendene dine, det påvirker dømmekraften din".

It's not the same, but maybe I should try it anyway.

just about anytime I ever do something for someone, as a joke i say

"someday, and that day may never come. I will come to you for your services"

yeah, i butchered the actual quote probably, but you know what i meant.

oh, also ''just when i get out....they pull me back in''

another favorite to use in public

Do you do that thing with your arms and do that angry-upset voice Michael has?

i try to do both, but i think the arm movement is crucial to the quote, lol

Oh guys, this thread is the best thing!
(we all are such GF geeks, what's the matter with us? )

But anyway, I'm known to my firends to come up with the most bizarre GF quotes at the less appropriate moments: for example, when I don't want someone to do something I always say something like: "if you do that, you are so going to sleep with the fishes, dude".

I occasionally receive some puzzled looks, but the result is priceless! (and I'm so proud of myself!)

"Some day, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day."

For a while, I was the "low man on the totem pole" (how politically incorrect is that phrase?) in a job where certain people like to sluff-off their work. But I'm pretty good at saying "no," was indifferent to the threat of losing that job, and became pretty selective about the extra tasks I chose to do. And that line always accompanied the work for which I expected a return favor. I've gotten good favors granted in return from some of those people. Others were ungrateful, like Bonaserra, and I can't imagine what it was that I ever did to deserve such disrespect!

tony b.

My girlfriend and I got in a fight the other day, and I ran out of things to say, so I screamed "YOU WON'T TAKE MY CHILDREN!" She hates The Godfather films (she says they're too long and boring ), but she knew what I was quoting, and she fell in the floor laughing. Everything was fine afther that.

i say paulies line alot on his "eyetalian-american accent"
...Ill think about

Whenever I call my wife and she is in a bad mood, I use the old Clemenza line "I love ya witha all ofa my hearta, Ifa I don't see youa soon I'ma gonna die!!" You know....when he is teasing Michael in the kitchen.
I told my little brother that a man who doesn't spend time with his family, can never be a real man. He met a girl and pretty much became a stranger......he is ok now...lol.

But what I do the most....is the little scratch that the Godfather does on his chin.....I do that all the time in meetings, or when I am dealing with a customer face to face......and man it works....I don't know if they know what I am doing and why......but it works, it makes me confident and relaxed...LOL.

.........and scares away your customers I guess

Naw SVSG.....I just make them an offer they can't refuse....LOL.

here are the one's I use all the time

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

"Today I settled all Family business,

"You sonofabitch, do you know who I am?

She was the greatest piece of ass I ever had, and I've had'em all over the world!"

keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

Darnit man, I just can't get this out of my head! I watched GF2 again last night - I normally break my little heart over the Mike/Kay/abortion/slap scene - but when Mike yelled that, I burst out laughing, to the horror of the people I was watching the film with!

I have a friend we call Paulie, and if someone asks about him I always say "Oh Paulie you won't see him anymore" It's gotten to the point where everyone just tells me to shut up but I gotta get it real

Welcome Joe Batters!

I have a brother name "Paulie" and although he and my family have seen the GF, if I were to use that line I'm afraid I'd be the only one who would "get it" since I've seen it more times and know more about it than anyone else in my family anyway. It's always tempting to use GF quotes tho, even if others don't know that you are.


TIS

Thanks for the kind welcome, I can't believe I haven't found this place before, For some reason I am more interested in the Godfather and Italian Mafia than anything, it's such a cool part of history that was so mysterious.
But anyway yeah it kinda defeats the purpose when noone knows what you are talking about but it still brings pleasure to me.

I use this one at work constantly when asked to fix someone elses mess....

"What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? Had you come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your project would be suffering
this very day.
And that by chance if an honest man (or woman) such as yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you.

I actually broke up with a girlfriend when I was younger with the line

"Well you see my interests just don't conflict with yours"

That didn't go over all that sly or well in retrospect

I purchased a digital camera from Walmart.com the other day. Being an employee, I can use my employee discount. However, my girlfriend seems to think I would forget such a thing.

Girlfriend -- Ok, you got the camera. Did you use your discount?

Me -- What am I, a schmuck on wheels? (Yea, I know, that's Goodfellas).

Girlfriend -- What?

Me -- To put it simply, I CAN HANDLE THINGS, I'M SMAHT! NOT DUMB LIKE EVERYONE SAYS! I'M SMAHT, AND I WANT RESPECT!!

Girlfriend -- So did you?

Me -- ...oops.

***NOTE***
I did use my discount, I just like scaring her.