Mario Puzo Quotes - Page 2

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• I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.

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  Men, Fellow Man, Lines

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• Power isn't everything ...its the only thing.

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• Any man can turn traitor.

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  Men, Traitor, Turns

  Mario Puzo (2012). “The Godfather”, p.148, Random House

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• Power wears out those who do not have it.

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  "Fictional character: Calo". "The Godfather: Part III", www.imdb.com. 1990.

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• We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.

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  Men, Murder, Knows

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• Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

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  Inspirational, Movie, Hollywood Films

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.

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  People, Insult, Accidents

  Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.118, Penguin

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• He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.

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  Powerful, Revenge, Humble

  "The Godfather".

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• Even the strongest man needs friends.

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  Men, Needs, Friend In Need

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• Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone

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  Friendship, Inspiring, Government

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• He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.

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  War, Hero, Men

  1978 Fools Die, ch.2.

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• The truth now.He was disappointed in human beings.He had seen too many betrayals,too many pitiful weaknesses,too much greed for money and fame.The falseness between lovers,husbands and wifes,fathers,sons,mothers,daughters

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  Daughter, Mother, Husband

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• Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.

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  Father, Men, Two

  Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.52, Penguin

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• I find the only thing that really stands up, better than gambling, better than booze, better than women, is reading.

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  Reading, Beer, Gambling

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• Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.

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  Revenge, Taste, Cold

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

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  Men, Wicked, World

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• Never show anger at slight,Tell nothing.Earn Respect from everyone by deeds,not Words.Respect the members of your Blood Family.Gambling was Recreation,Not a way to earn a Living.Love your Father,your Mother, your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife.And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children.And once that happened to You,your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread

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  Mother, Children, Father

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• 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.

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  Believe, Men, Soul

  Mario Puzo (2012). “Fools Die”, p.2, Random House

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

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  Taught Us, Life Is, This Life

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.

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  Real, Stupid, Thinking

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• 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'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

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  Love, People, Secret

  Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.313, Penguin

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• 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 going soft from all that comedy you play with that young girl. Stop it and pay attention to business. Now get out of my sight.

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  Girl, Thinking, Sight

  Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.62, Penguin

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• Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.

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  Men, Years, Twelve

  Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.101, Penguin

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• It's just business nothing personal.

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• Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a "man of reasonableness." He never uttered a threat. He always used logic that proved to be irresistible. He always made certain that the other fellow got his share of profit. Nobody lost. He did this, of course, by obvious means. Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.

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  Mean, Men, Competition

  1969 The Godfather, bk.3, ch.14.

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