Francis Ford Coppola

I wanted a mission, and for my sins they gave me one.

Enemy activity in his old sector dropped off to nothing. Guess he must have hit the right four people.

Kurtz: Are you an assassin?

Willard: I'm a soldier.

Kurtz: You're neither. You're an errand boy sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.

Tattaglia is a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino. But I didn't know until this day that it was Barzini all along.
– The Godfather

WILLARD: Terminate... the colonel?

GENERAL: He's out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct. And he is still on the field commanding troops.

JERRY: Terminate with extreme prejudice.

I don't feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies, that's all.
- The Godfather Part II

Do you know who I am? I'm Moe Greene! I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders!
- The Godfather Part II

Now listen, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

KILGORE: What is it, soldier?

MIKE: Well, I mean it's pretty hairy in there- it's Charlie's point.

Kilgore looks at him, exasperated.
KILGORE: Charlie don't surf!

- Apocalypse Now