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Fredo, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever. — Michael Corleone · 1972 A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. — Don Vito Corleone · 1972 You don't fool with a man's family. This is my son, not yours. — Lorenzo (A Bronx Tale) · 1993 I don’t care how close you are. In the end, your friends are gonna let you down. Family: they’re the only ones you can depend on. — Tony Soprano · 2006 Your country ain't your blood, you remember that. — Sonny Corleone · 1974 Never tell anyone outside the family what you're thinking again. — Don Vito Corleone · 1972 All 7 quotes →

Food4 quotes

Medium rare. Hmmm...an aristocrat. — Johnny Dio · 1990 Any time of the day is a good time for pie. — Fabienne · 1994 All our food: pizza, calzone, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil. These fucks had nothin'. They ate pootsie before we gave them the gift of our cuisine. — Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri · 1999 Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast. — Jules Winnfield · 1994

Life of crime4 quotes

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. — Henry Hill · 1990 For us to live any other way was nuts. Uh, to us, those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks and took the subway to work every day, worried about their bills, were dead. I mean, they were suckers. They had no balls. If we wanted something, we just took it. If anyone complained twice they got hit so bad, believe me, they never complained again. It was just all routine and you didn't even think about it. — Henry Hill · 1990 I like the stink of the streets. It makes me feel good. And I like the smell of it, it opens up my lungs. And it gives me a hard-on. — Noodles · 1984 We were goodfellas. Wiseguys. But Jimmy and I could never be made because we had Irish blood. It didn't even matter that my mother was Sicilian. To become a member of a crew you've got to be one hundred percent Italian so they can trace all your relatives back to the old country. See, it's the highest honor they can give you. It means you belong to a family and a crew. It means that nobody can fuck around with you. It also means you could fuck around with anybody just as long as they aren't also a member. It's like a license to steal. It's a license to do anything. — Henry Hill · 1990

The mafia4 quotes

It’s good to be in something from the ground floor. I came too late for that and I know. But lately, I’m getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over. — Tony Soprano · 1999 Are you in the mafia? — Meadow Soprano · 1999 I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman. Blood is a big expense. — Sollozzo · 1972 We were goodfellas. Wiseguys. But Jimmy and I could never be made because we had Irish blood. It didn't even matter that my mother was Sicilian. To become a member of a crew you've got to be one hundred percent Italian so they can trace all your relatives back to the old country. See, it's the highest honor they can give you. It means you belong to a family and a crew. It means that nobody can fuck around with you. It also means you could fuck around with anybody just as long as they aren't also a member. It's like a license to steal. It's a license to do anything. — Henry Hill · 1990

Ambition3 quotes

Jesse, you asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I'm in the empire business. — Walter White · 2012 Smoking marijuana, eating Cheetos, and masturbating do not constitute "plans" in my book. — Walter White · 2009 Okay, here's the story. I come from the gutter. I know that. I got no education, but that's okay. I know the street, and I'm making all the right connections. With the right woman, there's no stopping me. I could go right to the top. — Tony Montana · 1983

Balls3 quotes

The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls. — Tony Montana · 1983 For us to live any other way was nuts. Uh, to us, those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks and took the subway to work every day, worried about their bills, were dead. I mean, they were suckers. They had no balls. If we wanted something, we just took it. If anyone complained twice they got hit so bad, believe me, they never complained again. It was just all routine and you didn't even think about it. — Henry Hill · 1990 All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break 'em for no one. Do you understand? — Tony Montana · 1983

Decisions and choices3 quotes

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. — Tony Soprano · 2002 Goodness is chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. — Prison Governor · 1971 When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops or criminals. Today, what I'm saying is this: when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference? — Frank Costello · 2006

Leadership3 quotes

All due respect, you got no fucking idea what it’s like to be Number One. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fucking thing. It’s too much to deal with almost and, in the end, you’re completely alone with it all. — Tony Soprano · 2004 You steer the ship the best way you know. Sometimes it's smooth, sometimes you hit the rocks. — Junior Soprano · 2001 You know, when Khruschev was forced out, he sat down and he wrote two letters and gave them to his successor. He said, "When you get yourself into a situation you can't get out of, open the first letter, and you'll be safe. When you get yourself into another situation you can't get out of, open the second letter." Well, soon enough, this guy found himself in a tight place so you open the first letter which says blame everything on me. So he blamed the old man, it worked like a charm. When he got himself into a second situation he couldn't get out of, he opened the second letter. It said, "Sit down, and write two letters." — General Ralph Landry · 2000

Love3 quotes

All we've got is that maybe you love me and maybe I love you. — Samuel Spade · 1941 When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point? — Sam 'Ace' Rothstein · 1995 Find somebody you want to spend the rest of your life with, and hold onto her forever. — John Bridger · 2003

The streets3 quotes

I like the stink of the streets. It makes me feel good. And I like the smell of it, it opens up my lungs. And it gives me a hard-on. — Noodles · 1984 Okay, here's the story. I come from the gutter. I know that. I got no education, but that's okay. I know the street, and I'm making all the right connections. With the right woman, there's no stopping me. I could go right to the top. — Tony Montana · 1983 I was getting two educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I’d be twice as smart as everybody. — Calogero Anello · 1993

America2 quotes

I believe in America. — Amerigo Bonasera · 1972 In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the woman. That's why you gotta make your own moves. — Tony Montana · 1983

American Dream2 quotes

I believe in America. — Amerigo Bonasera · 1972 Okay, here's the story. I come from the gutter. I know that. I got no education, but that's okay. I know the street, and I'm making all the right connections. With the right woman, there's no stopping me. I could go right to the top. — Tony Montana · 1983

American decline2 quotes

We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy’s pocket. — Frank Sobotka · 2003 Well, this country is becoming a haven for criminals so what do you expect? You know, decent hard-working Americans like my dad are getting rubbed out by social parasites. — Derek · 1998

Being a man2 quotes

A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. — Don Vito Corleone · 1972 I spend my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not men. — Don Vito Corleone · 1972

Burdens of leadership2 quotes

Cycle of violence2 quotes

How did things ever get so far? I don't know. — Don Vito Corleone · 1972 You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy to me? — Don Vito Corleone · 1972

Death2 quotes

Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace. — Mike Ehrmantraut · 2012 Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes. — Peter Clemenza · 1972

Drugs2 quotes

There’s no chemical solution to a spiritual problem. — Christopher Moltisanti · 2004 Lesson number two: don't get high on your own supply. — Elvira Hancock · 1983

Education2 quotes

You put a textbook in front of these kids, put a problem on the blackboard, teach them every problem in some statewide test, it won't matter. None of it. 'Cause they're not learning for our world; they're learning for theirs. — Howard "Bunny" Colvin · 2006 I was getting two educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I’d be twice as smart as everybody. — Calogero Anello · 1993

Fear2 quotes

I have spent my whole life scared, frightened of things that could happen, might happen, might not happen. 50 years I spent like that, finding myself awake at 3 in the morning. But, you know what? Ever since my diagnosis, I sleep just fine. I came to realize it's that fear that's the worst of it. That's the real enemy. — Walter White · 2009 Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true. So, it's simple, you project strength to avoid conflict. — Bodhi · 1991

Free will2 quotes

Goodness is chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. — Prison Governor · 1971 Genetic predispositions are only that: predispositions. It’s not a destiny written in stone. People have choices. — Dr. Jennifer Melfi · 1999

Freezing in fear2 quotes

Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true. So, it's simple, you project strength to avoid conflict. — Bodhi · 1991 Have you ever crossed the road and looked the wrong way? And, hey, presto, there's a car nearly on ya. So, what do you do? Something very silly. You freeze. Your life doesn't flash before you, 'cause you're too fuckin' scared to think—you just freeze and pull a stupid face. But the pikey didn't. Why? Because he had plans of running the car over. — Turkish · 2000

Friends2 quotes

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. — Michael Corleone · 1974 I don’t care how close you are. In the end, your friends are gonna let you down. Family: they’re the only ones you can depend on. — Tony Soprano · 2006

Guns2 quotes

Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend! — Tony Montana · 1983 I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say, "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word." — Al Capone · 1987

Hard times2 quotes

The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating sometime. — Henry Hill · 1990 Ain't a hard time been invented that I cannot handle. — Donald Breedan · 1995

Loyalty to family2 quotes

Fredo, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever. — Michael Corleone · 1972 Never tell anyone outside the family what you're thinking again. — Don Vito Corleone · 1972

Middle class respectability2 quotes

You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be! You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy!" — Tony Montana · 1983 For us to live any other way was nuts. Uh, to us, those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks and took the subway to work every day, worried about their bills, were dead. I mean, they were suckers. They had no balls. If we wanted something, we just took it. If anyone complained twice they got hit so bad, believe me, they never complained again. It was just all routine and you didn't even think about it. — Henry Hill · 1990

Politics2 quotes

You know, when Khruschev was forced out, he sat down and he wrote two letters and gave them to his successor. He said, "When you get yourself into a situation you can't get out of, open the first letter, and you'll be safe. When you get yourself into another situation you can't get out of, open the second letter." Well, soon enough, this guy found himself in a tight place so you open the first letter which says blame everything on me. So he blamed the old man, it worked like a charm. When he got himself into a second situation he couldn't get out of, he opened the second letter. It said, "Sit down, and write two letters." — General Ralph Landry · 2000 You think I have time to ask a man why he givin' me money or where he gets his money from? I'll take any motherfucker's money if he givin' it away! — Clay Davis · 2006

Revenge2 quotes

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will Shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee With great vengeance and furious anger Those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers And you will know my name is the Lord When I lay my vengeance upon thee. — Jules Winnfield · 1994 You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy to me? — Don Vito Corleone · 1972

Silence2 quotes

That's when you know you've found somebody really special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably share silence. — Mia Wallace · 1994 Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it’s necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable? — Mia Wallace · 1994

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