Quotes from the Godfather

that are <cough> relevant to being a webmaster

[NFFC]

"Someday, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me."

[DaveN]

Don Corleone: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

sonny " Whatya gonna do? Nice college boy huh? Don't wanna get mixed
up in the family business?"

Dave

[Shak]

roflmao :)

NFFC, you do not know what you have just started by quoting that line.

but since you are The Godfather round here,

the answer to your question =

"Let me pay you now, rather than be in debt for the rest of my life"

Shak

[lazerzubb]

Sollozzo: I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman. Blood is a
big expense.

That's the man with the white hat.

Sonny: How's Pauley?
Clemenza:Oh, Pauley. You won't see him no more.

Flying under the radar.

Moe Green: You sonofa****. Do you know who I am? I'm Moe Green! I
made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders.

Better not say who that fits in on.

[martinibuster]

I wanta get into it, man, you know....
Like a, like a sex machine, man,

Sex Machine By The Godfather of Soul

[agerhart]

Michael: My father's no different than any other powerful man. Any
man who's responsible for other people, like a Senator, or a
President.

Kay: Do you know how naive you sound?

Michael: Why?

Kay: Senators and Presidents don't have men killed.

Michael: Oh. Who's being naive, Kay?

[Quinn]

Don Corleone (to Sonny): Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again."

[DaveN]

Michael: There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Dave

[NFFC]

Kay: It made me think of what you once told me: "In five years the Corelone family will be completely legitimate." That was seven years ago.

Michael: I know. I'm trying, darling.

[Shak]

"But I'm a superstitious man. And if some unlucky accident should befall him - If he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell - or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning,

then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room, and that I do not forgive.

But, that aside, let me say that I swear, on the souls of my grandchildren, that I will not be the one to break the peace we've made here today."

Shak

[edited by: Shak at 8:39 pm (utc) on June 26, 2003]

[DaveN]

Tom Hagen to Sonny : "Maybe Mike shouldn't get mixed up in this so directly."

Don Corleone : Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than government. It is almost the equal of family. Never forget that..."

DaveN

[Terrier]

Clemenza: Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.

[DaveN]

Michael: "Don't you know that I would use all of my power to prevent something like that from happening?"

Dave

[rogerd]

This is a Friday afternoon thread. You are all a day early. Back to work! ;)

[Shak]

"All my life I kept trying to go up in society. Where everything higher up was legal. But the higher I go, the crookeder it becomes. Where the hell does it end?"

Shak

[jeremy goodrich]

Not an added quote, but...thinking in terms of Webmasters, it's pretty chilling reading though those.

Even the bit about the 'cannolis' which took me a minute longer to find a real life parallel for, but now that I have it in mind, it's a great reminder of what's important in a website. ;)

[ciml]

"First of all, you're all done" (Moe Green, replying to some spammers using his "GoogleGuy" nic)

[stever]

"Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind."
Vincent

[Terrier]

I want somebody good and I mean very good to plant that gun, I don’t want my brother coming out that toilet with just his [snip] in his hand alright!

[edited by: Drastic at 9:18 pm (utc) on June 26, 2003]
[edit reason] snip profanity [/edit]

[Robert Charlton]

It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi has PageRank 0.

[NFFC]

What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your rankings would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest SEO like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you.

:)

[Strange]

Michael Corleone:It's not personal Sonny. It's strictly business.

Michael: "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

[pmac]

>What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully?<

Burglar
Gigolo
SEO

[webmasterworld.com...]

Message 29.

:)

[sean]

A more concise thread would be quotes from the Godfather that are not relevant to being a webmaster.

[sean]

I get a lot of “drive-by” add url requests

THE LINKFATHER (sitting behind his desk, petting a mouse)
What is that?

[Bonalinka gets up to submit his request into The Linkfather’s contact form]

That I cannot do.

You’ve known of my site for many updates, but this is the first time you came to me for a link, for help. I can't remember the last time that you sent me an email. But let's be frank here: you never wanted my friendship. And you were afraid of leaking PR.

BONALINKA
I didn't want to get into trouble and the toolbar…

THE LINKFATHER
I understand. You found paradise on the Web, had a good trade, got hooked on affiliate crack. The search engines all spidered you and there were free submissions at major directories. And you didn't need a friend of me. But now you come to me and you say -- "Linkfather give me justice." -- But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Linkfather. Instead, you come into my inbox on the day my site is to be re-designed, and you ask me to do your bidding.

BONALINKA
How many times must I ask this favor? Should I program a bot to re-submit every few weeks?

THE LINKFATHER (stands, turning his back toward Bonalinka)
Bonalinka... Bonalinka... What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? Had you come to me in friendship, then this link of yours would have been posted this very day. And that by chance if an honest man such as yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies and I would drop their biggest links. And then they would fear you.

BONALINKA (bowing)
Linkfather?

THE LINKFATHER (after Bonalinka kisses his hand)
Good. Some day, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to return the link from my site A to your site B with a link from your site C to my site D. But until that day -- accept this link as a gift on my site’s re-design day.

never make a request without asking WIIFM (what's in it for me)... for the other person