Quotes by Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo

American author, screenwriter and journalist

Lived from: 1920 - 1999

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 15 october 1920 Died: 2 july 1999

  • A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
  • He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.
  • Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.

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  • A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
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  • A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults.
    De Peetvader p. 391
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  • A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.
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  • Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.
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  • Falling in love is great but being in love is a disaster.
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  • Fredo you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the Family.
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  • He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.
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  • I don't feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies.
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  • I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
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  • In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.
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  • Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.
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  • Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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  • Life is like a box of hand grenades, you never know what will blow you to kingdom come.
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  • Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.
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  • Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
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  • Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
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  • Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.
    De Peetvader p. 395
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  • What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.
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What are the most famous quotes from Mario Puzo?

The two most famous quotes from Mario Puzo are:

  • "A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
  • "A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults."

When did Mario Puzo live?

Mario Puzo was born in 1920 and died in the year 1999.