“They made it personal when they shot Pop. It is not business, it's personal.” — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
Gambling is not as destructive as war or as boring as pornography. It is not as immoral as business or as suicidal… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“Life is a comical business, and there is nothing funnier than love traveling through time.” — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking. Never let them know what you have under your fingernails.… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“Like many business men of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient.” — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them.They can't be justified.You just do them.Then… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“Wasn't it true that Sometimes the greatest misfortunes brought unforseen rewards? -Don Corleone” — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“Pope Alexander smiled. He seemed more amused with the story than horrified. "The Baglioni are true believers," he said. "They believe in paradise. Such… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
It was a lie but he believed in telling lies to people. Truth telling and medicine just didn't go together except in dire emergencies,… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“But up until that time I want you just to follow my lead and don’t worry. There are negotiations going on that will solve… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“My dear Guiliano," he said, "how is it that you and Don Croce do not join together to rule Sicily? He has the wisdom… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“It pleased him to see the hurt look on her face, the tears springing into her eyes. She might be a daughter of the… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
