Italian Quotes · Page 20

The elegance of the Italian South is a very strong elegance and it is one that I bring. It is a sexy…

— Riccardo Tisci

Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it.

— Elizabeth Edwards

The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.

— Erwin Rommel

The Prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the old Italian painting of a martyr whose intestines are slowly unwound from…

— Eduard Hanslick

I never thought meeting you would be this boring. I thought we'd put our Italian emotion into gear and scream the place…

— Melina Marchetta

In New York, a Jew is a Jew, an Italian is an Italian, a Muslim is a Muslim: Nobody's going out of…

— Peter Eisenman

I'm Italian, so I need to get someone to wax my eyebrows, but I'm not so good at keeping it up.

— Gia Coppola

English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary.

— Bernardo Bertolucci

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian,…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. [Claudio]…

— Jose Mourinho

I grew up in the middle of a block where there was an Irish grocery store on one corner, an Italian bar…

— Andrew Young

I mean, people don't know what race I am. They never know if I'm Hawaiian or Italian or Mexican or Spanish or…

— Tyler Posey

My family, theyre story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we werent allowed to watch…

— Meg Cabot

I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted…

— D. H. Lawrence

I think that my interpretation of Italian was a lot more southern than what my husband cooks. You know, I grew up…

— Debi Mazar

“What type of food?" "What do you mean what type?" "I mean Mexican, Italian, French, American?" "I wasn't aware that American was…

— Brett Arquette

“He showed me how each wheel was stamped with the month and year, and then he cracked the first one open to…

— Ruth Reichl

My high school had been a renovated old hospital, so when I first came to the UCLA campus in the spring of…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Modernism was a big thing for me, coming from a father who was very interested in art, music and culture - and…

— Vito Acconci

“Italian in the mouth of Italians is a deep-voiced stream, with unexpected cataracts and boulders to preserve it from monotony. In Mr.…

— E.M. Forster

“But why must everything always have a practical application? I’d been such a diligent soldier for years—working, producing, never missing a deadline,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Do you like flowers, Lady Eleanor?" It was him speaking. Lord Blunt. Asking her opinion on something, of all things. It was…

— Megan Frampton

“From the distance of England the Italian cuisine seems to be all things to all people. It does not expect you to…

— Rachel Cusk

I could play a cop, I could play a crook, I could play a lawyer, I could play a dentist, I could…

— Walter Matthau

There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed friend Lord deliver me

— Elizabeth I

Writing in French is one of my ambitions. I'd like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Yes, I'm half Italian. So my grandfather speaks heavy Italian... and I couldn't understand a word he said.

— Paulo Costanzo

In hard times of severe crisis if you want to create new jobs, I recommend you to start killing some people. It's…

— William C. Brown

I've always been able to cook Italian food. That's in my blood because I'm half Sicilian.

— Jen Lancaster

“I discovered right away at the airport that Italian men were way too attentive.”

— Glenda Helms

But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.

— Eli Wallach

If I spoke Italian, I'd be in Italy in a minute. I love the food, I love the way people live there.…

— Bonnie Bedelia

Italian design is a global excellence, on a par with food, culture, cinema, and, more generally, lifestyle.

— Paolo Gentiloni

I am proud of my Italian heritage, and nothing I have said should be interpreted as an attempt at minimizing its value.

— Sergio Marchionne

I've got a friend who is half-Jewish and half-Italian. If he can't buy it wholesale, he steals it!

— Jackie Mason

We are Italian. We are all little tribes - not only in fashion, but also in music - in everything, basically.

— Riccardo Tisci

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two…

— Ambrose Bierce

If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.

— Natalie Imbruglia

I love the feel of good quality Italian black lace that feels delicate and really feminine.

— Nicole Trunfio

In any city or town, you can find a good, rocking Italian place. The most unhealthy thing on the menu? I'll have…

— Hunter Hayes