Women and children can be careless, but not men.
— Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando)
5 seconds sound clip from the The Godfather (1972) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:27:40 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I like to drink wine more than I used to. Anyway, I'm drinking more.
- I don't know. Your wife and children, are you happy with them?
- I hope you don't mind the way I I keep going over this Barzini business.
- It's an old habit. I spent my life tryin' not to be careless.
- Women and children can be careless, but not men.
- You know, he looks more like you every day.
- He's smarter than I am. Three years old, he can read the funny papers.
- I want you to arrange to have a telephone man check all the calls that go in and out of here.
[...]