Tom Hagen Quotes

“Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Michael: Barzini will set me up through somebody close... that, supposedly, I won't suspect.
Hagen: Somebody like me.
Michael: You're Irish, they won't trust you.
Hagen: I'm German-American.
Michael: To them that's Irish.”
― Mario Puzo

“You’re not such tough guys,” she said, “you Corleones.”

Tom Hagen touched the brim of his cap, straightening it on his head. He watched Kelly where she stood brazenly just outside her door. He said, “I’m not sure I’m entirely representative of my family.”
― Edward Falco, The Family Corleone