The Italian prose tale had begun to exercise that influence as early as Chaucer's time: but circumstances and atmosphere were as yet… — George Saintsbury Copy Share Image
I like Taiwanese food, of course. I like baguettes, especially the ones that my dad buys. Vancouver has a lot of variety,… — Godfrey Gao Copy Share Image
Recently I was reading somewhere or other an Italian curio-dealer who attempted to sell a 17th century crucifix to J.P. Morgan. Inside… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I just remembered songs my grandmother taught me, and songs that I learned for the recordings. But, then I learned to speak… — Connie Francis Copy Share Image
Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
I did enjoy cooking, I still do really enjoy cooking - I make a nice salmon dish, and I'm a huge meat… — Luke Pasqualino Copy Share Image
Broccoli is not a Chinese vegetable; in fact, it is originally an Italian vegetable. It was introduced into the United States in… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
A really interesting and happy time was when I first went to Florence as a student and studied Italian. I was living… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Even though you'll see gnocchi or linguine everywhere in some of the regions of Italy, each of those chefs has their own… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
“Then, I will be a real Italian girl, instead of a total American who still can't hear someone across the street to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
St. Louis has a lot of weird food customs that you don't see other places - and a lot of great ethnic… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
The toughest nights when I was a young, unknown comedian were opening for these real old-time Italian singers. I'm like Grace Jones… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
I began thinking there should be an American phrase book, 'cause I've got an Italian phrase book, and an Arabic one... now… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
The basic Roman ruin design is a pile of rocks with a little plaque saying "Roman Ruins" and a group of tourists… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
An Italian proverb says, In men every mortal sin is venial; in woman every venial sin is mortal. And a German axiom,… — George Augustus Henry Sala Copy Share Image
I have an upfront, sort of in-the-trenches knowledge of white people's trying to avoid their whiteness and replace it with something else.… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
Sonia Gandhi and her husband have always been persons I look at with a lot of respect. Of course, one of the… — Luca Cordero di Montezemolo Copy Share Image
I'm always surprised that people make such a fuss about Italian tailoring and French design houses. I think traditional British tailoring for… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
"Influence" is itself influenced, coming from an Italian word for the outbreak of a disease (influenza, outbreak). Influence is that which flows… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
My family was blue collar, a middle-class kind of thing. My father was born in Detroit, Italian-American. My mother is English. She… — Lorraine Bracco Copy Share Image
I do love the sound of ripping corn husks. The violence of the noise, the sustained popping and shoring of the silky… — Reif Larsen Copy Share Image
I really liked the food in Japan. There is something so organized, neat, and methodical about it. They put a lot of… — Sasha Cohen Copy Share Image
Put yourself in the position of an up-and-coming artist living in early-sixteenth-century Italy. Now imagine trying to distinguish yourself from the other… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I tried to learn the languages - Italian, Spanish, and German - not to successfully. Working on a European set isn't a… — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD MAN'S SECRETS OF LONGEVITY 1. Don't run for a bus - there'll always be another. 2. Never, ever touch fried… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
People call me and ask me for advice all the time. On an elevator they tell me their problems. I think it's… — Joyce DeWitt Copy Share Image
The reason why Englishmen are the best husbands in the world is because they want to be faithful. A Frenchman or an… — Barbara Cartland Copy Share Image
There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. Its the art of putting… — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
“If she wasn't standing there, I'd grab you and shake you until the fillings fell out of your teeth." "Police brutality." "It… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“As we hoped, our kids began to learn Italian. One day Isaac sat down to dinner, looked at the plate of pasta… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the "buffone", or clown, and was therefore the ape of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I speak a little bit of Italian, yeah. I understand more than I speak. I speak more of a dialect; my mum's… — Luke Pasqualino Copy Share Image
Noel [Charles, husband] and I love cooking. He does his cooking and I do mine. I'm the traditional English cook, with a… — Cynthia Lennon Copy Share Image
It's a special feeling when you are blasting through the park along the Monza straights, and there are so many really enthusiastic… — Romain Grosjean Copy Share Image
In Japanese and Italian, the response to ["How are you?"] is "I'm fine, and you?" In German it's answered with a sigh… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I'm too instinctive and operatic, I put too… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I saw Sophia Loren - the Italian woman with those wonderful cheekbones - in a movie the other day. She must have… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
![“Noel [Charles, husband] and I love cooking. He does his cooking and I do mine. I'm the traditional English cook, with a twist now and then. Because I was married to an Italian, I'm also pretty good at Italian food. Noel, he can cook anything, so can Julian.” quote by Cynthia Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7ae/cynthia-lennon-29663_cooking_noel-charles-husband-and-i-love-cooking_1883696.png)
![“In Japanese and Italian, the response to ["How are you?"] is "I'm fine, and you?" In German it's answered with a sigh and a slight pause, followed by "Not so good.” quote by David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/429/david-sedaris-333_fine_in-japanese-and-italian-the-response-to_2734457.png)
