Michael Corleone

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

"It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business."

"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."

"The things you own end up owning you."

"I sleep peacefully now."

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

"Never hate your enemies. It clouds your judgment."

"Someday, and that day may never come, a man will want a favor from you."

"In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns."

"You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not really."

"I'll make my moves on the chessboard after I've studied the endgame."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"Great men are not born great, they grow great."

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."

"Time changes everything."

"My father taught me many things here in this room."

"Behind every successful man there is a woman, and behind her is his wife."

"The most important thing for a man is to feel like a man."

"We are all fortunate here, gentlemen."

"I want to be absolutely sure that I have the power to kill my enemies."

"Control is everything in this world."

"A man must know himself."

"I've learned to hate my father for what he became."

"Never let anyone outside the family know what you're thinking."

"The only reason for power is to use it."

"I loved my father, but I was never the man he was."

"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."

"What is right is not always what is legal."

"I want you to arrange a meeting with the heads of the five families."

"In America, anything is possible with enough money."