Book · 2005 · Fiction
The Godfather
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I love to quote what I think is the greatest book of leadership of the 20th century, which is The Godfather by Mario Puzo.
James Stavridis · The Daily Stoic · Jan 2022 Listen at 14:08 What they say about it
- Better than the movies“better than the movies”2
- Deconstructed for the film“got pages of the Godfather novel”2
The best things said about it
Mario Puzo's books, they are so good, as good or better than the movies.
Mario Puzo's book The Godfather, it's so good, I think it was better than the movies.
I recently read, and I can't believe I had never read this book, but I read The Godfather, the original novel by Mario Puzo.
For him, even more important than the script was this notebook where he got pages of the Godfather novel, cut them out, pasted them on his own notebook, and then essentially annotated, underlined, added what I would call progressive summarization to deconstruct that story.
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Godfather by Mario Puzo is a classic crime novel that chronicles the fictional Corleone mafia family and explores themes of power, loyalty, and corruption. Chris Hayes mentioned on The Ezra Klein Show that he recently read the original novel and was surprised he had not encountered it earlier, featuring it in a book recommendation segment. David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert both recommended Puzo's book series on Acquired as incredible reads that matched or even exceeded the quality of the famous film adaptations. Admiral James Stavridis recommended the novel on The Daily Stoic, describing it as one of the greatest books on leadership from the twentieth century. Megyn Kelly discussed the cultural footprint of the story on The Megyn Kelly Show alongside former mobsters Michael Franzese and Sammy Gravano, drawing parallels to real-life mafia paths and noting how the cinematic adaptations fundamentally shifted public perceptions of organized crime in America. Sammy Gravano shared his perspective on the high quality and impact of the film versions during the same broadcast. Furthermore, Andrew Stanton brought up the narrative on How I Write, using the character arc of Michael Corleone to illustrate how an acting coach explained the concept of a character spine and underlying motivation that persists throughout a story.
Every mention
Ben Gilbert is it the book is Mario puza's book The Godfather it's so good I think it was better than the movies 1
Recommended
“is it the book is Mario puza's book The Godfather it's so good I think it was better than the movies”
Chris Hayes I recently read, and I can't believe I had never read this book, but I read The Godfather, the original nov… 1
Recommended
“I recently read, and I can't believe I had never read this book, but I read The Godfather, the original novel by Mario Puzo.”
David Rosenthal The Godfather series The Books yep and Mario puzo's books they are so good as good or better than the movies 1
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“The Godfather series The Books yep and Mario puzo's books they are so good as good or better than the movies”
James Stavridis um in this regard by the way i love to quote what i think is the greatest book of leadership of the 20th ce… 1
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“um in this regard by the way i love to quote what i think is the greatest book of leadership of the 20th century which is the godfather by mario pusdo”
Megyn Kelly It It's almost like you were on the uh the same path as Michael Corleion in The Godfather, right? 3
Discussed
“It It's almost like you were on the uh the same path as Michael Corleion in The Godfather, right?”
Discussed
“Today, we're talking to one of the most infamous mobsters in American history, Salvatore Graano, otherwise known as Sammy the Bull. To understand his story, we have to take a step back in time to the early 1970s when The Godfather hit the big screen and changed the perception of the mafia in America.”
Discussed
“what is the line from The Godfather like hopefully with the same energy with which you besmirched it”
David Perell You got really into the Godfather. He got pages of the Godfather novel, pasted them on his own notebook, an… 2
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“You got really into the Godfather. He got pages of the Godfather novel, pasted them on his own notebook, annotated, underlined progressive summarization to deconstruct that story into a film.”
Discussed
“You got really into the Godfather while writing that. Yeah. Why did I get so into the Godfather? It was Coppola's notebook, right?”
Joey Diaz The Godfather two and I forgot to tell you something it's better than the better than the first one not to… 2
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“so when this Mario Puzo was [ __ ] the book was tremendous they sent it to what's-his-name”
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“The Godfather two and I forgot to tell you something it's better than the better than the first one not to me because Marlon Brando is rock over saying he's rock”
Andrew Stanton Judith Weston, who is a acting coach, taught me this term. And she gave a good example that like Michael Co… 1
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“Judith Weston, who is a acting coach, taught me this term. And she gave a good example that like Michael Corleone in The Godfather, his spine is to please his father, and that never goes away even after his father dies all the way through the second Godfather movie.”
David Friedberg i ended up reading all mario pouta's godfather uh which is very graphic and interesting but 1
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“i ended up reading all mario pouta's godfather uh which is very graphic and interesting but”
David Zucker And that was to Bob and Julie fly down the plane and he takes her home to meet his family and it's the Godf… 1
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“And that was to Bob and Julie fly down the plane and he takes her home to meet his family and it's the Godfather.”
Douglas Murray It's like the baptism scene from The Godfather. It's um It is. 1
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“It's like the baptism scene from The Godfather. It's um It is.”
Gary Shiffman so if you if you study the the literature on mafias or if you just watch a good you know godfather the godf… 1
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“so if you if you study the the literature on mafias or if you just watch a good you know godfather the godfather or another you know movie or read a novel the language is all about family”
Jonathan Martin it was sort of eerie and she felt like it was that scene from The Godfather where he's rolling up to the th… 1
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“it was sort of eerie and she felt like it was that scene from The Godfather where he's rolling up to the the uh toll booth”
Jordan Harbinger you know you watch The Godfather and they were like eight years old throwing rocks at the store that didn't… 1
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“you know you watch The Godfather and they were like eight years old throwing rocks at the store that didn't pay the extortion money”
Joseph Barone and so my father would you could almost actually see that movie in the godfather remember where they wanted… 1
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“and so my father would you could almost actually see that movie in the godfather remember where they wanted to use all his political connections to get the drug business going sort of”
Keith Rabois um like writing a derivative work from a novel has generally been more a little bit more liberalized so if… 1
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“um like writing a derivative work from a novel has generally been more a little bit more liberalized so if I wanted to write my own Mafia story okay great I make The Sopranos it it's still not completely legal Godfather”
Lex Fridman Well, there's this godfather quote that I wrote down, I recently re-watched it. From the Don, from Don Corl… 1
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“Well, there's this godfather quote that I wrote down, I recently re-watched it. From the Don, from Don Corleone, Vito Corleone. "The strength of a family, like the strength of an army lies in its loyalty to each other."”
Marc Andreessen There was this myth that happened around the movie The Godfather, and then there was this character, Meyer… 1
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“There was this myth that happened around the movie The Godfather, and then there was this character, Meyer Lansky, who's like, ran basically the Mafia 50, 60, 70 years ago.”
Pamela Paul it's from 1969 and it's our review of The Godfather by Mario PUO and it was written by a sports journalist… 1
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“it's from 1969 and it's our review of The Godfather by Mario PUO and it was written by a sports journalist named dick shap”
Robert Evans uh I believe he's his name is he's Mario Pudo or something the guy who wrote The Godfather the book got his… 1
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“uh I believe he's his name is he's Mario Pudo or something the guy who wrote The Godfather the book got his start writing story”
Sammy Gravano Well, that movie stunned me. It It was probably one of the best movies I ever watched. Uh, it was completel… 1
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“Well, that movie stunned me. It It was probably one of the best movies I ever watched. Uh, it was completely well done. Uh, Godfather one and Godfather 2.”
Tiago Forte Typically, you think of the script as the authority, as the backbone of the movie, but for him, even more i… 1
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“Typically, you think of the script as the authority, as the backbone of the movie, but for him, even more important than the script was this notebook where he got pages of the Godfather novel, cut them out, pasted them on his own notebook, and then essentially annotated, underlined, added what I would call progressive summarization to deconstruct that story”
Tom Bilyeu so there's a great TV show called the offer about the how they got the movie The Godfather made that is the… 1
Discussed
“so there's a great TV show called the offer about the how they got the movie The Godfather made that is the closest thing to explaining what an entrepreneur really is”
William von Hippel I mean you can the author of The Godfather talks about how his mother wanted him to be a clerk in a railroa… 1
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“I mean you can the author of The Godfather talks about how his mother wanted him to be a clerk in a railroad station because that's a reliable job and you'll always have you know that it's hard to fire you and you'll always have an income and you know if if he taken her advice we wouldn't have those”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“Well, there's this quote from The Godfather that I wrote down; I recently re-watched it. From Don Corleone, Vito Corleone: "The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other."”
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Other mentions (20: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“It's like The Godfather Overboard.”
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“And even then I was obsessed with Good Fellas and a Bronx Tale and a Godfather because it's like it's just what you're taught is humanity.”
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“What's his name? Tom in The Godfather. Is it Higgins? No, it's not Higgins. I can't remember his last name. You know. Um It Robert Duvall. Tom Hagen.”
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“I'm always the first to be Robert, if you don't count that guy who produced The Godfather.”
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“too much exposure but reading that and seeing their names was nuts to me too.”
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“and I do think again going to these 70s novels I think if you want to look at the godfather that's about 10 million things as well considering this is a book about a killer”
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“The White House called me the night before saying, "We know that you're going to be loyal. You're President Biden's most loyal supporter." Which like is so reminiscent of something you'd hear from The Godfather.”
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“So the White House called me the night before saying, "We know that you're going to be loyal. You're the you're President Biden's most loyal supporter," which like is so reminiscent of something you'd hear from the Godfather. M um so they threatened me and then I went on and said my piece anyway that Biden should step aside.”
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“he is like to take the to you know to borrow a phrase from The Godfather he is not a wartime consiliary”
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“he's a little bit like the opening scene of The Godfather”
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“I I'm not sure where this cycle of Vengeance Is Like The Godfather movies where will it end”
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“oh am I think of The Godfather with a guy had um yeah right no Myer Linsky did he do that”
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“And now let me leave you with some words from Mario Puzo, author of "The Godfather," "Behind every successful fortune there's a crime."”
Passing
“and the rule of campaign shake-ups is the Michael Corleone rule from the last scene in Godfather you handle all of the family's business in one day”
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“that was of course a clip from The Godfather Michael Corleone there testifying for congress”
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“if you will to talk about money which I think is a little bit and I'm parroting The Godfather here a means for rich people to stay wealthy”
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“The Classic example is the Godfather Mario PUO novel I Haven I haven't to like that novel”
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“this is from Mario Puzo's estate the man that wrote The Godfather”
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“so my father took us all my sisters and I had a copy of The Godfather and we read it throughout the trip”
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“and so this in turn reminds me of the line in The Godfather where Vito Corleone's ser tells a lot so I'm sorry I can't tell my judges my team judges and policemen to protect you”