Other Titles • The Godfather: Part III • The Death of Michael Corleone (1990) • Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III (1990) • Der Pate 3 (1991)
Quotes from The Godfather: Part III (1990)
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Michael Corleone: Just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in.
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Vincent Mancini: Don Lucchesi, you are a man of finance and politics. These things I don't understand. Don Lucchesi: You understand guns? Vincent Mancini: Yes. Don Lucchesi: Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
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[during a press conference in the Vatican] Archbishop Gilday: The Pope, is gravely ill. Until he recovers, I am powerless. B.J. Harrison: What if he dies? Frederick Keinszig: Then, as you Americans say, all bets are off
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[delivering a message from Michael Corleone to Don Lucchesi] Calo: Power wears out those who do not have it. [stabs him]
(2 votes)
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Don Lucchesi: It's not personal. It's business. Michael Corleone: Very well. You want to do business with me. I will do business with you.
(2 votes)
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Don Altobello: [regarding Vincent] This is the hero who put Joey Zasa in his grave. If we'd known of his existence, we would never have backed Joey. Don Lucchesi: No one wants another Joe.
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Vincent Mancini: [in the helicopter] I'd like to take Joey Zasa up in one of these and drop him. Michael Corleone: Joey Zasa is nothing. He's a small-time enforcer. He bluffs, threats, but nothing. You can see him coming a mile away. Vincent Mancini: We should kill him before he kills ... Michael Corleone: No! Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
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Joey Zasa: [during a meeting in Atlantic City] I say to all of you, I have been treated this day, with no respect. I've earned you all money. I've made you rich, and I asked for little. Good. You will not give, I'll take! As for Don, Corleone, well he makes it, very clear to me today, that he is my enemy. You must choose between us.
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Archbishop Gilday: It seems in today's world the power to absolve debt is greater than, the power of forgiveness.
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B.J. Harrison: [about the pope; before the opera] The Pope's doing exactly what you said he'd do, he's cleaning house. Michael Corleone: He should be careful. It's dangerous to be an honest man.
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Dominic Abbandando: [briefing the reporters] The Pope - the Holy Father himself - has this very day blessed Michael Corleone; and you think you know better than the Pope?
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Anthony Vito Corleone: [wanting to go on his own being an opera singer instead of a lawyer] I will always be your son, but I will never have anything to do with your business.
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Don Altobello: You are my 'ace in the hole,' as we say in America. I have a stone in my shoe. You can remove it. Mosca: Only one stone? Don Altobello: [regarding Michael] It's dangerous. A famous man. You will have to take precautions. Mosca: Tell me what to do. Then I will tell you my price.
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Vincent Mancini: You like to gamble? Why don't we go to Atlantic City? My town. I'll show you how to gamble. Grace Hamilton: Yeah, but I like to win. How will I know what numbers to pick? Vincent Mancini: Do I look okay like a guy who's gonna lose?
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Albert Volpe: We should wet our beaks a little.
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[In a church, planning a hit on Joey Zasa] Al Neri: Look! I'd love to smack Joey Zasa and then whack the bag, Okay? But it's impossible. He's always mingling with people. In front of TV cameras, in his own neighborhood, it's impossible.
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[Michael is kneeling alone in a room at the corpse of Don Tommasino in a coffin] Michael Corleone: Goodbye my old friend. You could have lived a little longer, I could be closer to my dream. You were so loved, Don Tommasino. Why was I so feared, and you so loved? What was it? I was no less honorable. I wanted to do good. What betrayed me? My mind? My heart? Why do I condemn myself so? I swear, on the lives of my children: Give me a chance to redeem myself, and I will sin, no more.
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Vincent Mancini: [Giving instructions in a voiceover] Neri; go to Rome. Light a candle for the archbishop.
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Michael Corleone: [Vincent has told Michael what Joey has been saying behind his back] If there is some guy running around this city saying, "Fuck Michael Corleone," what do we do with a piece of shit like that? He's a fucking dog. Joey Zasa: [nervously] Yes it's true. If anyone would say such a thing, they would not be a friend. They would be a dog.
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Kay Corleone: You know, Michael; now that you're so respectable, I think you're more dangerous than ever. I liked you better when you were just a common Mafia hood.
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[first lines] Michael Corleone: [voiceover] My dear children: It is now better than several years since I moved to New York, and I haven't seen you as much as I would like to. I hope you will come to the ceremony of papal honors given for my charitable work. The only wealth in this world is children; more than all the money, power on earth, you are my treasure.
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Michael Corleone: Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
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Michael Corleone: Never let anyone know what you are thinking.
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Michael Corleone: When they come... they come at what you love.
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Don Altobello: Treachery is everywhere. Michael Corleone: You still have your fingers on the strings, even now.
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Michael Corleone: Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind.
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Michael Corleone: The higher I go, the crookeder it becomes.
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Michael Corleone: He'd better be careful. It's dangerous to be a honest man.
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Cardinal Lamberto: Your sins are terrible. It is just that you suffer. Your life could be redeemed, but I know you don't believe that. You will not change. [grants Michael the Rite of Absolution]
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Don Altobello: The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends.
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Michael Corleone: Kay, I had a very different destiny planned for us.
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Michael Corleone: Do you still fear me Kay? Kay Corleone: I don't fear you Michael, I just dread you.
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Michael Corleone: I swear on the lives of my children, give me one last chance to redeem myself and I will sin no more.
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Vincent Mancini: Uncle Michael, listen - I know you're into banks and Wall Street, but everyone knows you're the final word, you're like the Supreme Court. All I want to do is protect you from these guys and your lawyers can't do that.
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Connie: Now they'll fear you. Michael. Michael Corleone: Maybe they should fear YOU!
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Johnny Fontaine: It's your favorite song, Michael, where you going? Michael Corleone: I'm just gonna go into the kitchen and listen to some Tony Bennett records.
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Vincent Mancini: Well you tell him from me, that he can live, or he can die. Michael Corleone: Vincent, will you SHUT UP!
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Michael Corleone: [to Mary] I would burn in hell to keep you safe.
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Michael Corleone: Nephew, from this moment on, call yourself Vincent Corleone.
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Mary Corleone: I'll always love you. Vincent Mancini: Love somebody else.
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Vincent Mancini: I am your son. Command me in all things. Michael Corleone: Give up my daughter. That is the price you pay for the life you choose.
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[last lines] Mary Corleone: [realizing she has been shot] Dad?
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Kay Corleone: The sicker you get, the wiser you get, huh? Michael Corleone: When I'm dead I'm gonna be really smart.
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Don Altobello: I've lost the lust for women, and now my mind is clear.
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Vincent Mancini: [Vincent has caught one of Zaza's hitmen and is talking to the other] Wait a minute, don't do anything, just watch. I'm going to show you something, just watch, OK? [shoots the one he is holding] Vincent Mancini: [killer releases Grace] All right, just relax. Now, tell me; who sent you? Hired Killer: [still in shock] Joey, Joey Zaza. He sent us to kill you. Vincent Mancini: Thanks. [shoots the second killer]
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