Friendship and money: oil and water. – Mario Puzo
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 Ill show you a loser, show me a hero and Ill show you a corpse. – Mario Puzo
Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger. – Mario Puzo
A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns. – Mario Puzo
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground. – Madeleine Albright