The Atlantic Ocean was something then. You should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in those days.
Fifteen-hundred people went into the sea, when Titanic sank from under us. There were twenty boats floating nearby… and only one came back. One. Six were saved from the water, myself included. Six… out of fifteen-hundred. Afterward, the seven-hundred people in the boats had nothing to do but wait… wait to die… wait to live… wait for an absolution… that would never come.
I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me.
Colonel Jessep, did you order the Code Red?
Art, I’ll take Air Shuttle Disasters for $40.
Show me the money!
A show, that is really a show, sends you out with a kind of a glow.
The show must go on!
There’s No Business Like Show Business
I don’t like violence, Tom. I’m a businessman; blood is a big expense.
It’s just ketchup.
No, you wont laugh, 'cus it’s not funny. But if you still wanna hear it, I’ll tell it.
You wanna know how I got these scars? My father, was a drinker, and a fiend. And one night, he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn’t like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me and says, “Why so serious?” Comes at me with the knife. “WHY SO SERIOUS?” He sticks the blade in my mouth… “Let’s put a smile on that face.” And…
Shut the fuck up, Donny!
Now you come and say “Don Corleone, give me justice.” But you don’t ask with respect.
If I’m curt with you it’s because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk fast and I need you guys to act fast if you wanna get out of this. So, pretty please… with sugar on top.
The physical appearance of the please makes no difference. It is still no, so go to sleep.
When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go, you know, I went.
I pooped a hammer.
Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of THOR!