Mafia Quotes

Memorable Mafia Quotes

Sometimes a lot can be learned off the simplest things and the simplest things in movies. Here are some of them from the Mafia genre:

“You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.” (Al Capone)

“Leave the gun, take the cannoli” (The Godfather)
After a mafia hit, the capo (captain) instructs the shooter to leave the gun so it cannot be traced back to them if they get pulled over, but take the sacred Italian pastry everyone loves.

“Now you’s can’t leave” (A Bronx Tale)
A motorcycle gang comes into a Mafia owned bar and promises they don’t want any trouble, just one drink and they will leave.  Soon they are drunk and assault the bartender. The owner locks the door from the inside so they cannot escape and they are brutally beaten by a gang of mafioso in the back room, and all their motorcycles are destroyed with baseball bats.

“Now who’s being naive”? (Godfather Part II)
Michael Corleone to his girlfriend that claims the government is different from organized crime, because the “government does not have men killed”.

A single lawyer with a briefcase can steam more than a hundred men with guns” (Mario Puzo, The Last Don)
Criminals are not always gangsters, some hide behind existing laws with knowledge on their side

“He has been dying of the same heart attack for 20 years” (Godfather Part II)
Michael Corleone points out that an enemy is hiding behind health issues that don’t exist to gain sympathy and avoid being taken out.

“Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer” (Godfather Part II)
Michael Corleone quoting his father when he know he has been betrayed by someone pretending to be his friend.

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