Mario Puzo quotes - page 2

Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly. (Mario Puzo)
Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty! View quote
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Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old. View quote
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Take the gun. Leave the cannoli. View quote
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Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. If i can believe in myself that much, nothing else matters. View quote
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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. View quote
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Fredo you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the family... View quote
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Life is like a box of Hand grenades, You never know what will blow you to kingdom come. View quote
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It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gift greetings, but they would not murder each other. View quote
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Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time. View quote
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Power wears out those who do not have it. (Mario Puzo)
Any man can turn traitor. View quote
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Tell my father I wish to be his son. View quote
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And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man. View quote
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Behind every great fortune there is a crime. View quote
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Keep your friends close but your enemies closer. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Power isn't everything... its the only thing. View quote
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it's just business nothing personal... View quote
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He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, "Life is so beautiful." ... Yes, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. (Mario Puzo)
We are all honorable men here, we do not have to give each other assurances as if we were lawyers. View quote
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‎"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. View quote
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You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo. View quote
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He should be careful. It's dangerous to be an honest man. View quote
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