Best Lines From The Godfather

The Godfather is a classic movie that gave us some of the most iconic lines in cinema history. From “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” to “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli,” these lines have become part of our everyday language. Here are the top 99 best lines from The Godfather:

1. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
2. “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.”
3. “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”
4. “I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart.”
5. “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
6. “Never tell anyone outside the family what you’re thinking.”
7. “Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your home on the wedding day of your daughter.”
8. “It’s a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.”
9. “I don’t like violence, Tom. I’m a businessman. Blood is a big expense.”
10. “I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoil them, as you can see. They talk when they should listen.”
11. “Don’t ask me about my business, Kay.”
12. “I have a business to run. I gotta kick asses sometimes to make it run right. We had a little argument, Freddy and me, so I had to straighten him out.”
13. “A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
14. “I want you to rest well and in a month from now, this Hollywood big shot’s gonna give you what you want.”
15. “I’ve always believed that a man is not a man until he’s able to take care of his family.”
16. “You can act like a man!”
17. “I don’t want to get mixed up in that kind of life.”
18. “I don’t like your kind of people. I don’t like to see you come out to this clean country with your oily hair, dressed up in those silk suits, trying to pass yourselves off as decent Americans.”
19. “I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don’t apologize, to take care of my family. And I refused to be a fool, dancing on the strings held by all of those big shots.”
20. “You’re nothing to me now.”
21. “You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you? Or my boy to me?”
22. “As long as I have you, as long as you’re alive, you’re my reason to live.”
23. “I don’t trust society to protect us. I have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that they managed to con a majority of the voters.”
24. “I’m with you now. I’m with you.”
25. “I have a lot of friends in politics, but they wouldn’t be so friendly if they knew my business was drugs instead of gambling.”
26. “Only don’t tell me you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and makes me very angry.”
27. “In my home, in my bedroom, where my wife sleeps and my children play with their toys, I will not have violence.”
28. “I don’t care how many men you’ve killed. You haven’t killed me yet.”
29. “I’ve been with women. I could tell just looking at her.”
30. “I have to see Michael. We have to talk. We have to talk about Santino.”
31. “You know, Michael, now that you’re so respectable, I think you’re more dangerous than ever.”
32. “I don’t want anything to happen to him while my mother’s alive.”
33. “I’ve always been loyal to you.”
34. “I have a sentimental weakness for my friends and I spoil them, as you can see.”
35. “I do not interfere in your private affairs, but I cannot allow a member of my family to take up with a woman who has been notorious in the city.”
36. “You’re a good man, a decent man. You’ll get a job.”
37. “I don’t want my brother coming out of that toilet with just his dick in his hands, alright?”
38. “I don’t like violence, Tom. I’m a businessman. Blood is a big expense.”
39. “Well, when Johnny was first starting out, he was signed to a personal services contract with this big-band leader. And as his career got better and better, he wanted to get out of it. Now, Johnny is my father’s godson. My father went to see this bandleader and offered him $10,000 to let Johnny go, but the bandleader said no. So the next day, my father went back, only this time with Luca Brasi. Within an hour, he had a signed release for a certified check of $1,000.”
40. “I don’t want to see you go to the electric chair. I want to see you get what’s coming to you. I want to see you suffer. But I won’t be the one to do it.”
41. “Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your daughter… ‘s wedding… on the day of your daughter’s wedding. And I hope their first child be a masculine child.”
42. “You’re not a wartime consigliere, Tom. Things could get rough with the move we’re making.”
43. “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.”
44. “Don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again.”
45. “You touch my sister again, I’ll kill you.”
46. “What’s the matter with you? Is this what you’ve become, a Hollywood finocchio who cries like a woman?”
47. “I’m going to take a nap. When I wake, if the money is on the table, I’ll know I have a partner. If it isn’t, I’ll know I don’t.”
48. “I don’t want to hear anything negative about Sollozzo. We’re all reasonable men here. We don’t have to give assurances as if we were lawyers.”
49. “I don’t like violence, Tom. I’m a businessman. Blood is a big expense.”
50. “I’m sorry. What happened to your father was business. I have much respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned.”
51. “Fredo, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever.”
52. “I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don’t apologize, to take care of my family. And I refused to be a fool, dancing on the strings held by all of those big shots.”
53. “I don’t trust society to protect us. I have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that they managed to con a majority of the voters.”
54. “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
55. “Don’t ask me about my business, Kay.”
56. “A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
57. “I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoil them, as you can see. They talk when they should listen.”
58. “You can act like a man!”
59. “It’s a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.”
60. “I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart.”
61. “I want you to rest well and in a month from now, this Hollywood big shot’s gonna give you what you want.”
62. “I’ve always believed that a man is not a man until he’s able to take care of his family.”
63. “I’m with you now. I’m with you.”
64. “You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you? Or my boy to me?”
65. “Only don’t tell me you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and makes me very angry.”
66. “In my home, in my bedroom, where my wife sleeps and my children play with their toys, I will not have violence.”
67. “I don’t care how many men you’ve killed. You haven’t killed me yet.”
68. “I’ve been with women. I could tell just looking at her.”
69. “I have to see Michael. We have to talk. We have to talk about Sant