“I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.”
Variant: I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.
Source: The Godfather
“I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.”
Variant: I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.
Source: The Godfather
Jef Raskin (1943–2005) American computer scientist
So I gave Apple a month; they made me an offer, and I refused.
Programmers At Work (1986)
Kenneth Grahame book The Reluctant Dragon
The dragon to the Boy.
Dream Days (1898), The Reluctant Dragon
“You can't make a man a Christian unless you first make him believe he is a sinner.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living (1937), p. 17
Misattributed
“Whatever pain you can't get rid of, make it your creative offering.”
Susan Cain book Bittersweet
Bittersweet, Chapter 3 at p. 56
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 168
Zakir Hussain (politician) (1897–1969) 3rd President of India
When I. K. Gujral came to meet him at the behest of Indira Gandhi to know his mind for contesting to the post of President of India, In p. 328.
Quest for Truth (1999)