Quotes tagged ‘Sicilian’

“[narrating] You know, we always called each other good fellas. Like you said to, uh, somebody, 'You're gonna like this guy. He's all right. He's a good fella. He's one of us.' You understand? We were good fellas. Wiseguys. But Jimmy and I could never be made because we had Irish blood. It didn't eve…”

— Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Henry Hill, Ray Liotta, imdb.com

“I know now that it's over. I knew it then. There would be no way, Michael...no way you could ever forgive me not with this Sicilian thing that's been going on for 2,000 years. [Michael loses control. He slaps Kay across the face. She falls onto the couch]”

— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Kay Corleone, Diane Keaton, imdb.com

“[Tessio brings in Luca Brasi's bulletproof vest, delivered with a fish inside] Sonny: What the hell is this? Clemenza: It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Santino 'Sonny' Corleone, James Caan, imdb.com

“Them Sicilians are famous for two things: Spaghetti and revenge.”

— Warren S. Murray, Archie Bunker, Carroll O'Connor, imdb.com

“When I went backpacking through Europe after I quit school, I went to this island off the coast of Sicily—it’s this volcanic island—and on the boat over, there was this pine box. Somebody from the island was being returned to be buried there. And there were all these old Sicilians dressed up all in…”

— Alan Ball, Nate Fisher, Peter Krause, imdb.com

“I'm part Sicilian? That makes sense. I eat the shit out of pizza.”

— Courtney A. Kemp, Safia M. Dirie, Tommy Egan, Joseph Sikora, imdb.com