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

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

“Friendship is more than talent. It is more than government. It is almost the equal of family. Never forget that. If you had built up a wall of friendship you wouldn't have to ask me to help. - Don ...”

“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.”

“I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.”

“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.”

“When you hold a grudge, you want someone elses sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet.”

“See, those who wield the primordial forces of creation have a long-running grudge with physics.”

“Rid yourself of those High School grudges which are still stressing you”

“When the media enjoy such excessive profits from this mass hysteria, what incentive do they have to restrain it?”