The Last Don
Mario Puzo
Top 10 Best Quotes
“What is past is past. never go back. Not for excuses. Not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is.”
“Power isn't everything ...its the only thing.”
“Never show anger at slight, tell nothing. Earn respect from everyone by deeds, not Words. Respect the members of your Blood Family. Gambling was Recreation, not a way to earn a Living. Love your Father, your Mother, your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife. And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children. And once that happened to You, your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread”
“Life is like a box of Hand grenades,You never know what will blow you to kingdom come”
“Oh, what a wicked world it is that drives a man to sin.”
“Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind.”
“The truth now. He was disappointed in human beings. He had seen too many betrayals, too many pitiful weaknesses, too much greed for money and fame. The falseness between lovers, husbands and wifes, fathers, sons, mothers, daughters”
“The world is what it is, and you are what you are.”
“Everyone is responsible for everything he does”
“We hope someday to be saints, but not martyrs”
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