Mario Puzo quote: "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 block of people to vote for them."

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

Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. A...
MARIO PUZO

Behind every successful fortune there is a crime.
MARIO PUZO

Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her?Never mind physically but betr...
MARIO PUZO

Michael: This used to be my father's old study -- it's changed. I remember there used to be a big de...
MARIO PUZO

With the perverse logic of a degenerate gambler he figured God was testing his faith.
MARIO PUZO

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero wh...
MARIO PUZO

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
MARIO PUZO

Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .
MARIO PUZO

What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We ...
MARIO PUZO

Every man measures his own greed.
MARIO PUZO.

One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns ...
MARIO PUZO

No, that's not possible," Michael said. "Killed, yes; jail, no.
MARIO PUZO

Fredo you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the family...
MARIO PUZO

Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.
MARIO PUZO

Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every ...
MARIO PUZO

Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him...
MARIO PUZO

A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man,
MARIO PUZO

But let me say this. I am a superstitious man, a ridiculous failing but I must confess it here. And ...
MARIO PUZO

It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gif...
MARIO PUZO

Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.
MARIO PUZO

Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
MARIO PUZO

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
MARIO PUZO

Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty!
MARIO PUZO

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

What would the world come to if people kept carrying grudges against all reason? That has been the c...
MARIO PUZO

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero wh...
MARIO PUZO

Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. ...
MARIO PUZO

Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almo...
MARIO PUZO

In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.
MARIO PUZO

A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns.
MARIO PUZO

She emptied her mind of all thought of herself, of her children, of all anger, of all rebellion, of ...
MARIO PUZO

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse (The Godfather)
MARIO PUZO

The fact of the matter is that I wanted to hold a grudge in some funny kind of way.Against everybody...
MARIO PUZO

Never let anyone know what you are thinking.
MARIO PUZO

Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.
MARIO PUZO

Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.
MARIO PUZO

Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
MARIO PUZO

He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, "Life is so beau...
MARIO PUZO

Life is like a box of Hand grenades,You never know what will blow you to kingdom come
MARIO PUZO

Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them ar...
MARIO PUZO

The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun.
MARIO PUZO

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

A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults
MARIO PUZO

Death is another story. I will never make a joke about death. It is beyond my powers.
MARIO PUZO

Great men are not born great, they grow great.
MARIO PUZO

if I can die saying, “Life is so beautiful,” then nothing else is important.
MARIO PUZO

Fools die.
MARIO PUZO

Among reasonable men problems of business could always be solved.
MARIO PUZO

A man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous!
MARIO PUZO

She was the only person in the world who could make him act against his own nature
MARIO PUZO

What is past is past. never go back. Not for excuses. Not for justification, not for happiness. You ...
MARIO PUZO

The other Dons in the room applauded and rose to shake hands with everybody in sight and to congratu...
MARIO PUZO

It was a lie but he believed in telling lies to people. Truth telling and medicine just didn't go to...
MARIO PUZO

There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don't try t...
MARIO PUZO

He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge ...
MARIO PUZO

Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. If i c...
MARIO PUZO

Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respec...
MARIO PUZO

We are all honorable men here, we do not have to give each other assurances as if we were lawyers.
MARIO PUZO

Lawyers can steal more money with a briefcase than a thousand men with guns and masks."

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MARIO PUZO

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it h...
MARIO PUZO

You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't ...
MARIO BALOTELLI

They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals. I say only that an abandoned child never forg...
MARIO BALOTELLI

Being Peruvian means to come from the farthest place possible to get to Europe. Peru is the land of ...
MARIO TESTINO

Racism springs from ignorance.
MARIO BALOTELLI

As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating e...
MARIO BATALI

We would load up the yellow Cutlass Supreme station wagon and pick blackberries during blackberry se...
MARIO BATALI

I know, it's weird that I've never done a musical. I turned down two of them. 'The Lion ...
MARIO CANTONE

Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in tha...
MARIO MONTI

In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budget...
MARIO MONTI

I love bunt plays. I love the idea of the bunt. I love the idea of the sacrifice. Even the word is g...
MARIO CUOMO

You want calamities? What about the Ice Age?
MARIO CUOMO

It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn't do it. And vice versa -...
MARIO ANDRETTI

Interest rates do not have to be identical across the whole euro area, but it is unacceptable if maj...
MARIO DRAGHI

Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.
MARIO BURATA

Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, b...
MARIO LEMIEUX

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.
MARIO CUOMO

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit...
MARIO ANDRETTI

I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work fifteen and sixteen hours a day. I saw ...
MARIO CUOMO

There comes a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, ...
MARIO SAVIO

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yoursel...
MARIO ANDRETTI

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
MARIO ANDRETTI

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourse...
MARIO ANDRETTI

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of ...
MARIO ANDRETTI

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example i...
MARIO CUOMO

As far as I'm concerned, Parnelli Jones was the greatest driver of his era. He had aggressivenes...
MARIO ANDRETTI

The biggest aggravation in the Arab world, the biggest reason for their anger toward us and the crea...
MARIO CUOMO

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
MARIO ANDRETTI

Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there'...
MARIO BATALI

I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.
MARIO CANTONE

How do you make money? Spinoffs, split-ups, liquidations, mergers and acquisitions.
MARIO GABELLI

If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of ...
MARIO CUOMO

A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art.
MARIO BOTTA

There's three things men always talk about - women, sports, and cars.
MARIO LOPEZ

For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.
MARIO BOTTA

I always tell my clients to be tough, to be strong. Never weaken yourself. I believe God favors only...
MARIO TEGUH

Lead yourself whenever your boss' leadership deteriorates. When your boss doesn't praise wha...
MARIO TEGUH

I am a person who always tries not to be easily influenced by position or achievement. I thank God f...
MARIO TEGUH

Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love.
MARIO TEGUH

Close your eyes and place your finger on a map. Wherever it lands, that's the theme of the eveni...
MARIO BATALI

If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
MARIO ANDRETTI

My favorite thought about Abraham Lincoln is he believed in two things: loving one another and worki...
MARIO CUOMO

There is something about Prince William and Prince Harry that brings real modernity to the British r...
MARIO TESTINO

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you c...
MARIO TESTINO

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it...
MARIO ANDRETTI

When you start thinking you may get hurt, it's time to get out of racing.
MARIO ANDRETTI

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.
MARIO ANDRETTI

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
MARIO ANDRETTI

I see all these old people who don't have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep. I will never ...
MARIO ANDRETTI

A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one ...
MARIO ANDRETTI

I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young...
MARIO ANDRETTI

The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call '...
MARIO ANDRETTI

Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
MARIO ANDRETTI

You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe. O...
MARIO ANDRETTI

You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
MARIO ANDRETTI

With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it...
MARIO ANDRETTI

I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
MARIO ANDRETTI

If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
MARIO ANDRETTI

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat.
MARIO ANDRETTI

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
MARIO ANDRETTI

Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you o...
MARIO ANDRETTI

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
MARIO ANDRETTI

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
MARIO ANDRETTI

That's what 90 percent of the people talk about when they're first exposed to the fish.
MARIO LOPEZ

I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic.
MARIO LOPEZ

I grew up in a household without a lot of problems and they have been very supportive from day one.
MARIO LOPEZ

Right now, I'd like to just continue on a series where I am doing good work with a balance of co...
MARIO LOPEZ

I haven't gotten labeled as a Hispanic actor.
MARIO LOPEZ

I love talking about women because they are a constant study and you're always learning.
MARIO LOPEZ

Usually I'll go to San Diego to hang out with my parents if I want to unwind.
MARIO LOPEZ

Eventually though, I'd like to have my own production company. Then I could create great opportu...
MARIO LOPEZ

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portray...
MARIO LOPEZ

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic backgrou...
MARIO LOPEZ

Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in one day than you can in three months fishing alone...
MARIO LOPEZ

The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we fi...
MARIO BATALI

To me, the magic of photography, per se, is that you can capture an instant of a second that couldn&...
MARIO TESTINO

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans chargi...
MARIO CUOMO

I put hibiscus flower in every cup of tea I have. It's sweet, sexy, and cleansing.
MARIO BATALI

Some of my friends say that I only talk about myself. But it is funny: my house is covered in art bu...
MARIO TESTINO

When I had photographed Prince William's mother, I brought along a CD of Dalida, a French singer...
MARIO TESTINO

The Gulf Coast has the potential to create a culinary raw ingredient paradise that smart cooks can c...
MARIO BATALI

At the beginning of my career, as a boy from Peru in London, suddenly discovering British culture an...
MARIO TESTINO

In 1962, President Kennedy succeeded in captivating Americans by explaining the advantages of being ...
MARIO CUOMO

My kids and I make pasta three days a week now. It's not even so much about the eating of it; th...
MARIO BATALI

We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put ou...
MARIO BATALI

I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the rec...
MARIO MONTI

My family makes these vinegars - out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go throug...
MARIO BATALI

Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.
MARIO CUOMO

Is instinct in the head or in the heart? Off the field, I follow my good instincts which steer me in...
MARIO BALOTELLI

There are pockets of great food in Spain, but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain,...
MARIO BATALI

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursui...
MARIO ANDRETTI

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit...
MARIO ANDRETTI

You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good t...
MARIO BATALI

We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our ...
MARIO LEMIEUX

Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.
MARIO CANTONE

Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. I'm looking for something different. A l...
MARIO BATALI

There's a particular style that is very Peru that you don't see anywhere else; it's got ...
MARIO TESTINO

There's something special about racing in real streets. The 'artificial' circuits have a...
MARIO ANDRETTI

No one in the modern history of this country, no president, has done more to move toward a balanced ...
MARIO CUOMO

Just because you eat doesn't mean you eat smart. It's hard to beat a $1.99 wing pack of thre...
MARIO BATALI

Charm, I think, is education, really, no? I was educated to be nice to everybody. If you want to be ...
MARIO TESTINO

Lincoln had bad press, too. He wasn't appreciated until after he was gone.
MARIO CUOMO

Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that's really wha...
MARIO ANDRETTI

How can you allow the trading companies to locate computers closer to exchanges and flash millions o...
MARIO GABELLI

My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.
MARIO TESTINO

I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a young...
MARIO MONTI

Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impa...
MARIO MONTI

Michigan is my antidote to Manhattan. This is where I come to relax.
MARIO BATALI

A lot of my stories about the old days, they're delicious and funny. But every time I recall the...
MARIO CUOMO

We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, th...
MARIO CUOMO

The beauty of America is that I don't have to deny my past to affirm my present. No one does. We...
MARIO CUOMO

The free market is at its best when everybody works in a fish bowl and tells you their point of view...
MARIO GABELLI

I'm crass, contemptuous and crude, obstreperous, obnoxious, rambunctiously raw and rude.
MARIO CANTONE

I do a lot of decision making before each shoot. It's a luxury to be able to choose what you do.
MARIO TESTINO

Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.
MARIO BATALI

The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you durin...
MARIO ANDRETTI

Much of what Germany and France have done in the rescue of Greece has also helped German and French ...
MARIO MONTI

I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergenc...
MARIO MONTI

Grunge came from a group of English photographers, and they were documenting their own reality... I&...
MARIO TESTINO

In 1980, in 1984, millions of middle-class Democrats became Reagan Democrats, and more of them drift...
MARIO CUOMO

When I decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick ...
MARIO BALOTELLI

Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I...
MARIO LEMIEUX

My original idea was to photograph Princess Diana in her tiara. But then I thought, am I interested ...
MARIO TESTINO

I trust the people who are working with me. I delegate.
MARIO DRAGHI

Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make del...
MARIO BATALI

In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orl...
MARIO BATALI

America was born in outrageous ambition, so bold as to be improbable. The deprived, the oppressed, t...
MARIO CUOMO

I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing...
MARIO TESTINO

I don't think I could have called my career complete without racing in IROC. You always compete agai...
MARIO ANDRETTI

We got some real good looks
MARIO ANDRETTI

Everything comes to those who wait...except a cat.
MARIO ANDRETTI

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
MARIO ANDRETTI

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough
MARIO ANDRETTI

It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big ...
MARIO BALOTELLI

I think the real bargains are what they would call the smaller, ignored and unloved companies.
MARIO GABELLI

In 1996, I took advantage of some favourable circumstances to propose to the state of the Ticino Can...
MARIO BOTTA

Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund.
MARIO MONTI

I have no real training in the history of fine art or furniture; my eye just works by proportions. I...
MARIO TESTINO

Every day is a great day for hockey.
MARIO LEMIEUX

I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
MARIO ANDRETTI

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 block of people to vote for them.

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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 block of people to vote for them.

Mario Puzo

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