Quote

Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time.

Mario Puzo

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mario Puzo
Age: 78 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 15
Died: 1999
Died: July 2
Author
Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Mario Cleri
Mario Gianluigi Puzo
Wars
Madness
Passing
War
Death
Time
Pestilence
Separated
Passings

More quotes by Mario Puzo

Image
there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a friend underestimate your virtues.
Mario Puzo
Image
He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, Life is so beautiful. ... Yes, he thought, if I can die saying, Life is so beautiful, then nothing else is important.
Mario Puzo
Image
God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals
Mario Puzo
Image
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Mario Puzo
Image
In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.
Mario Puzo
Image
We are all honorable men here, we don 't have to give each other assurances as if we were lawyers.
Mario Puzo
Image
Any man can turn traitor.
Mario Puzo
Image
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.
Mario Puzo
Image
Never let a domestic quarrel ruin a day's writing. If you can't start the day fresh, get rid of your wife.
Mario Puzo
Image
He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.
Mario Puzo
Image
The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.
Mario Puzo
Image
It's just business nothing personal.
Mario Puzo
Image
A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.
Mario Puzo
Image
Falling in love is great but being in love is a disaster
Mario Puzo
Image
Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking. Never let them know what you have under your fingernails. I think your brain is going soft from all that comedy you play with that young girl. Stop it and pay attention to business. Now get out of my sight.
Mario Puzo
Image
You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo
Mario Puzo
Image
But you're the toughest son of a b!&€# i've ever seen.You never let anybody get near you.You never let anybody know what you really think.
Mario Puzo
Image
I believe in America. America's made my fortune.
Mario Puzo
Image
We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.
Mario Puzo
Image
Friendship and money: oil and water.
Mario Puzo