... not talking about quoting film dialogue to fellow fans, but using a line (or similar) in a normal situation.

I always look for opportunities to do so... the best one was when I dropped a plate on the kitchen floor. My brother heard the noise and came in asking what happened... I told him that "there was an accident, but nobody got hurt". Got a slightly odd look but it was worth it.

Anyone do any better?

It's almost second-nature for me to say "That I cannot do" when someone asks me a favor, whether I can do it or not.

This I often used in business contexts:

"My offer is this... nothing."

when someone is a little "out of line with me" they get this line "Bonasera, Bonasera, what have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? "


And I also use Sonny's "son of a bitch, son of a bitch" a lot

A couple that will come up occasionaly...
1. This is the business we've chosen (comes up at work whenever someone complains )
2. You broke my heart

Yeah, I pull the "That I cannot do" alot. Another one that is similar that will pop up is "Can't do it Sally"

And yes, I've called friends Sally before. Its worth the puzzled looks!

I use GF references a lot when it comes to relationships. A girl decided to stop talking to me for a while so I told her, "you broke my heart".

After going several weeks without talking (yet seeing each other daily), she came back. She wanted us to resume small talk. I referred to the GF, but it was slightly modified (for certain reasons, I'm going to keep her name anonymous as "Laura"):

Laura, you're nothing to me now, only a name. Nothing is
to ever happen, nothing has ever become. This is best, despite feelings you may have, you know this is the best which can happen: nothing. A simple indifference which has immortally occurred, effacing our past, discontinuing our future.
---------

She claims she would never forget those words, and she had never been hurt so badly.

I hope she never sees GFII, she might figure me out...

I usually stick to the classic

"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"

I use , "non preoccupare (or Dont worry), I take care of everything", a lot.
Also i dont use like quotes from the movie, but the things I say sometimes and way i say them it sounds like it came from the movie.

In sticky business situations, I've said

"Are you going to come along with me on these things that I have to do?"

Well sometimes when now one is talking ill just bust out in a GF quote.

I found myself saying
"Im Moe Green! I made my bones when you where goin' out with cheerleaders!" but I say my real name sometimes.

of course I say "This I can not do."

and I use the pick up line Sonny uses on mrs. mansenie (sp).

Every chance I get, whether it is relevant or not.

My fave is "I got a stone in my shoe."

Some good lines there

One I wish my landlord would use is "the rent stays like before ... I'll even lower it"

That's one of the best uses for a Godfather line I've ever heard!!

'THE POWER OF THE GODFATHER'

I use alot of them. They have become part of my vocabulary.

My brother was once planning on getting involved in a fight between one of his friends and another person. I asked him "What if you lose?", he said "I won't". He started laughing, and I replied "Never underestimate your enemies, it affects your judgement". He gave me an odd look, but I just started to laugh.

He's never seen The Godfather before.

I had a good Godfather moment today!

I was telling a story to some people at the table I was sitting at while at work, on my lunch break. A guy sitting there with us interrupted me, and started saying something. I turned around and said "Wait a minute." Then I turned back to the person I was talking to, and said "I have a sentimental weakness for my co-workers, and I spoil them as you can see. They talk when they should listen." Everybody busted out laughing, but I doubt anyone knew what the hell I was talking about. I even talked in Vito's voice (tried to anyway), and someone not even in the conversation said "Do you have a cold?"

That's pretty good!

It's hilarious how we can use these lines IRL. Just the way it can be delivered, presented. It makes things all worth while.

Thanks DA

Damn, I use them naturally almost everyday. Sometimes I'll say one without thinking.

One time I was at a buddy's apartment for a party and his younger sister (I think she was 22 or 23 at the time) was out there in some tiny shorts and a tight top. I turned to my other friend and said, "If this was somebody else's sister...sweet tonnad!"

hahaha , good one xXx

Haha, cool thread! Yep I use lines all the time, but people just look at me funny plebs!

My dad says "bada bip, bada bop, bada boop" a lot but he always gets it in the wrong order

I use "It's not personal. It's strictly business" when I'm feeling philosophical.

"That's a true story"

"You can act like a man! Whatsa matter with you?" when someone's being a dick.

Slightly bizarrely "If I wanted to kill you you'd be dead already"

"May your first child be a masculine child" when I'm grateful to someone.

I think we should have a running competition this week - who can fit as many inappropriate GF qoutes into everday conversation as possible!

Oh yeah, and I say "And that's my trick" when I do something skillful, a la Clemenza

I use "If history has taught us anything, it's that you can kill anyone." Sure, I get some weird looks, but who cares?

Great thread! I wish my native language could be English, so I could actually say these thing in real life. For example "Never underestimate your enemies, it affects your judgement" would in Norwegian be: "Undervurdér aldri fiendene dine, det påvirker dømmekraften din".

It's not the same, but maybe I should try it anyway.

just about anytime I ever do something for someone, as a joke i say

"someday, and that day may never come. I will come to you for your services"

yeah, i butchered the actual quote probably, but you know what i meant.

oh, also ''just when i get out....they pull me back in''

another favorite to use in public

Do you do that thing with your arms and do that angry-upset voice Michael has?

i try to do both, but i think the arm movement is crucial to the quote, lol

Oh guys, this thread is the best thing!
(we all are such GF geeks, what's the matter with us? )

But anyway, I'm known to my firends to come up with the most bizarre GF quotes at the less appropriate moments: for example, when I don't want someone to do something I always say something like: "if you do that, you are so going to sleep with the fishes, dude".

I occasionally receive some puzzled looks, but the result is priceless! (and I'm so proud of myself!)

"Some day, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day."

For a while, I was the "low man on the totem pole" (how politically incorrect is that phrase?) in a job where certain people like to sluff-off their work. But I'm pretty good at saying "no," was indifferent to the threat of losing that job, and became pretty selective about the extra tasks I chose to do. And that line always accompanied the work for which I expected a return favor. I've gotten good favors granted in return from some of those people. Others were ungrateful, like Bonaserra, and I can't imagine what it was that I ever did to deserve such disrespect!

tony b.