Leave the gun, take the cannoli--Clemenza to Rocco in the…

“Leave the gun out of it. I can always hear the sound of money.”

— Raymond Chandler

Clemenza's overriding responsibility is to his family. He takes a moment out of his routine madness to remember that he had promised his wife…

— Sarah Vowell

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.

— Anonymous

“My godfather sad that story was abut taking the chaotic jigsaw of life, making it into a picture and putting a frame around it…

— Emma Thompson

There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed…

— Danny Aiello

Listen, man: I am not the industrial godfather, king, whatever. I don't relish that title. I don't like it. I think it's limiting. I…

— Al Jourgensen

'The Godfather' illustrated the family values - the reality that it was really a family thing, honor and tradition. It wasn't just a single-dimension…

— Frank Vincent

'The Godfather' changed the way gangsters acted.

— Frank Vincent

It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't…

— Francis Ford Coppola

'The Godfather' has been a film which has influenced me a lot.

— Ram Gopal Varma

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his…

— Noam Chomsky

He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has…

— Brian McKnight

I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' and 'Godfather II,' and 'Lonesome Dove.'

— Robert Duvall

I'm the Godfather of Boxing. Everything is out in the open with me. What you see is what you get.

— Jake LaMotta

I'm not saying 'The Godfather' trilogy was bad - because it was brilliant - but that was fiction. It was based on reality.

— Frank Vincent