Godfather Religion Quotes

I loved the Godfather. I thought that was the best interpretation of our life that Ive ever seen. Godfather I and Godfather II - the other one stunk. ~ Sammy Gravano

I love the first Godfather movie, part one. And two. ~ Mickey Rourke

Friends would ask, 'Have you seen 'The Godfather?' and I'd be like, 'No.' ~ Gia Coppola

I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' and 'Godfather II,' and 'Lonesome Dove.' ~ Robert Duvall

I'm very particular about the pizza that I eat. Godfather's is still a premium-quality product, and I cannot always find that. It's got to be as good as Godfather's or I won't eat it. ~ Herman Cain

It's a letter from my godfather." "Godfather?" spluttered Uncle Vernon. "You haven't got a godfather!" "Yes, I have," said Harry brightly. "He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of Wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though . . . keep up with my news . . . check if I'm happy. . . ." And, grinning broadly at the look of horror on Uncle Vernon's face, Harry set off toward the station exit, Hedwig rattling along in front of him, for what looked like a much better summer than the last. ~ J.K. Rowling

My godfather was a man named Justin Dart. Some of you may remember Justin Dart. My younger son's name is Justin, named after Justin Dart. I was executor of his estate, and he was my godfather. I first really got time to spend with Ronald Reagan with Justin Dart personally, one-on-one. ~ Arthur Laffer

The old-time-religion and today's cutting-edge-religion have one thing in common - they're both religion. I want neither.
~ Steve McVey

Religion?" Mr Kumar grinned broadly. "I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness. ~ Yann Martel

What has God called a religion? Renunciation is not religion. To be free of anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays) is religion; or to have feeble (tamed) kashays is religion. That's all. Only these two are religion. ~ Dada Bhagwan

Religion of the masses is absurd. But so is their science! ~ Raheel Farooq

In the domain of true religion, mere book-learning has no right to enter. ~ Abhijit Naskar

By believing in an imaginary invisible supernatural entity, humans may become good citizens. But this is not religion. This is merely an illusion of religion. ~ Abhijit Naskar

In the first week of the showings of the The Matrix Revolutions, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II played on cable television. I started watching, and I was held; I wanted to go through the process again. Can anyone credit that 30 years from now there will be an audience for the three parts of The Matrix, anywhere? Even if Keanu Reeves is our president by then? ~ Edward Jay Epstein

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty! ~ Mario Puzo

Every man measures his own greed. ~ Mario Puzo

I'm her godfather, with a heavy emphasis on the god part. ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun. ~ Ziggy Marley

No Bible, Quran or Veda can give you religion. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Do not trust and depend on someone as a godfather but accept God the father of all fathers. ~ Osunsakin Adewale

Don't fight a battle that Jesus has already won the victory for! ~ Kathy McClary

It is a travesty of true religion to consider one's own religion as superior and other's as inferior. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion. ~ Richard Wagner

Down play religion, get yourself free from religion. ~ Sunday Adelaja

Blind faith is not real religion my friend. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Wasn't it true that Sometimes the greatest misfortunes brought unforseen rewards? -Don Corleone ~ Mario Puzo

Star Wars is the American religion," Davis said at one point, and Mychal said, "I think religion is the American religion ~ John Green

Whosoever honours his own religion and condemns other religions, does so indeed through devotion to his own religion, thinking "I will glorify my own religion". But on the contrary, in so doing he injures his own religion more gravely ~ Anonymous

Ah, men understand friendship more than we woman. ~ Mario Puzo

What other lost soul has the misfortune to have you as their fairy godfather? ~ Allison Tebo

I got a stone in my shoe, Mr. Corleone,' " I said, quoting from the third Godfather movie. ~ Joseph Finder

Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes. ~ Mario Puzo

I, Sirius Black, Harry Potter's godfather, hereby give him permission to visit Hogsmead at weekends. ~ J.K. Rowling

Man makes religion, religion does not make man. Religion is indeed man's self-consciousness and self-awareness as long as he has not found his feet in the universe. ~ Karl Marx

Your mom was right when she told you never to discuss politics and religion because emotions run so high in those arenas. Especially religion. ~ Bill O'Reilly

The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary. ~ Abdolkarim Soroush

What the hell are you? (Desiderius)
I'm her godfather, with a heavy emphasis on the god part. (Acheron) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means. ~ Idries Shah

The rules, religion to religion that man set forth, made me shy away from religion and have my own one on one with God and cut out the middleman. ~ Ja Rule

Where religion clashes with science is that religion makes smart people do stupid things. ~ P.Z. Myers

Science does not need religion. Religion does not need science. And the twain shall never meet ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Humanity is higher than religion, so says my religion. ~ Shahla Khan

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. That's from the original Godfather, ~ Stephen King

In our country religion is not different from philosophy and religion & philosophy don't differ from science. ~ Virchand Gandhi

Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt. ~ Richard Feynman

Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion. ~ Daron Malakian

I found it amazing people can think that art must be connected to religion. Religion may give art themes, but there would still be art without religion. Bach is not proof that art exists. ~ Michel Onfray

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy. ~ George Gurdjieff

That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others. ~ Sri Aurobindo

Genius had its rewards. ~ Mario Puzo

But his Godfather had never said such and such a thing could be done without having it done. ~ Mario Puzo

I don't know what I expected – no
maybe I do, Al Pacino from Scarface-
but this drug dealer is more like Al Pacino
at the beginning of The Godfather
reasonably bemused, untouched by his
criminal world, sitting with Diane Keaton
whispering about Luca Brazzi, not yet asleep
with the fishes, or like Al Pacino
from Glengarry Glen Ross, although actually,
now that I think about it, he's not
like Al Pacino at all but more like
Kevin Spacey from that film, and who's
ever been afraid of Kevin Spacey? ~ Jess Walter

Always a godfather, never a god. ~ Gore Vidal

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion. ~ Hugo Black

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. ~ Lamar S. Smith

What our view of the effectiveness of religion in history does at once make evident as to its nature is
first, its necessary distinction; second, its necessary supremacy. These characters though external have been so essential to its fruitfulness, as to justify the statement that without them religion is not religion. A merged religion and a negligible or subordinate religion are no religion. ~ William Ernest Hocking

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government? ~ Frank Herbert

The Art of Peace is the religion that is not a religion; it perfects and completes all religions. ~ Morihei Ueshiba

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all - and more amusing. ~ C.S. Lewis

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed. ~ Epictetus

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion. ~ Edmond De Goncourt

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~ Dave Davies

Religion is to be realized, not read or taught. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind. ~ Kenneth Scott Latourette

One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion. ~ Arthur C. Clarke

The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own. ~ Edmund Burke

I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion. ~ Andrew Greeley

If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose. ~ Sri Aurobindo

It is the Godfather, not God the Father, who makes you an offer you can't refuse. ~ Peter Kreeft

Religion cannot and should not be replaced by atheism. Religion needs to go away and not be replaced by anything. Atheism is not a religion. It's the absence of religion, and that's a wonderful thing. ~ Penn Jillette

Great. Note to self. Listen to the godfather. ~ Rachel Van Dyken

In the hands of thinking humanity, the purpose of the tool of Divinity or Religion is not the service of bookish doctrines, but the realization of the self. ~ Abhijit Naskar

I always thought that when it was your time, that you would be the one to hold the strings. ~ Vito Corleone

The Way is not a religion: Christianity is the end of religion. 'Religion' means here the division between sacred and secular concerns, other-worldliness, man's reaching toward God in a way which projects his own thoughts. ~ David Kirk

Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings. ~ Victor J. Stenger

Be brave. Be free from philosophies, prophets and holy lies. Go deep into your feelings and explore the mystery of your body, mind and soul. You will find the truth. ~ Amit Ray

Religion is not knowledge. Religion is love. The word 'religion' comes from a root which means binding together - falling into love, becoming one. ~ Rajneesh

Have a religion but don't let religion have you! Befriend God because you wanted to, not because they have said it to you. ~ Janina Lea Dela Pena

Religion is like a pair of shoes ... Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes. ~ George Carlin

Religion has normalized the massive side-step from logic and reason but this is just an escape from intellectual honesty. ~ Lisa Kerman

Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old. ~ Mario Puzo

Organized religion has a part in the evolution of personal religion. It is the material upon which personal religion is grafted, but the process of grafting must be individual. Every human soul must, through thought, prayer, and study, cultivate his [sic] own religion to suit himself. ~ Lily Montagu

I feel like Bush presidencies are like "Godfather" films. You should stop at two. ~ David Letterman

Don't let religion blindfold you ~ Sunday Adelaja

Real religion is no religion at all. ~ Lauryn Hill

Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation. ~ A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A religion that demands absolutely irrefutable obedience, is anything but religion. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Religion isn't bad, it's our consciousness relativity to religion.

There's a reason Mahatma Ghandi said "I like your Christ, I don't like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

The principle is that religion doesn't make 'you'. 'You' make your 'religion'. ~ Matthew Donnelly

If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be
a Christian. Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist ~ George Washington

What better time to be kind to a beautiful stranger than when she's weak, and rocking a schnoz like the Godfather? ~ Leslea Tash

So Meyer Lansky was Hyman Roth? Was Marlon Brando Frank Costello? The confusion was compounded when quite serious newspapers started incorporating Godfather comparisons into their reporting on organized crime. ~ Robert Lacey

Religion is the archrival of intimate spirituality…Religion, a tiresome system of manmade dos and don'ts, woulds and shoulds – impotent to change human lives but tragically capable of devastating them – is what is left after a true love for God has drained away. Religion is the shell that is left after the real thing has disappeared. ~ Douglas Banister

Only the sixth sense can expose what the other five have hidden. ~ Matthew A. Petti

Mysteries are the evidence to errors in our religious and historical precepts. ~ Matthew A. Petti

Religion, as it is generally taught all over the world, is said to be based upon faith and belief, and, in most cases, consists only of different sets of theories, and that is the reason why we find all religions quarrelling with one another. ~ Abhijit Naskar

I believe in God and not religion, because I believe religion is the double cross. Because I've been double crossed by three religions, so I think I can safely say that religion - there is maybe something wrong with religion. Every temple that's put up may not be a holy one, so watch out. ~ Ja Rule

No, that's not possible," Michael said. "Killed, yes; jail, no. ~ Mario Puzo

Religion bred selfishness; because, he stated, religion overemphasized the importance of the individual spirit; religion preached nothing but a single concern - the salvation of one's own soul. ~ Ayn Rand

Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without relying on religion. ~ Robert Winston