Italy has been made; now it remains to make Italians

“With Italy made, we must now make the Italians.”

— Jean F. Blashfield

The themes that make one laugh always stem from poverty, hunger, misery, old age, sickness, and death. These are the themes that make Italians…

— Mario Monicelli

“With Italy made, we must now make the Italians.” That’s what one Italian political leader said after the unification of Italy. A century and…

— Jean F. Blashfield

Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,…

— Joseph Stalin

Italy remains deeply engaged in the global fight against terrorism as well as on domestic programmes against radicalisation.

— Paolo Gentiloni

The Italians are not indulgent, as Americans are. They don't have the patience to teach young singers how to move. They think you should…

— Marcello Giordani

People have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me…

— Danny Aiello

“Italy has been a single, united country only since 1870. For many centuries before this, it was a collection of independent “city states.” Each…

— Marilyn Tolhurst

One thing about Italians is you can't let them in your head. They're inquisitive. The English and Germans are a dog tribe; the Italians…

— Terence Trent D'Arby

The Italians are not passionate: passion has deep reserves. They are easily moved, and often affectionate, but they rarely have any abiding passion of…

— D. H. Lawrence

Italy is not technically part of the Third World, but no one has told the Italians.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The Italians have their priorities right: They're driven, they do their work, but they really enjoy the day-to-day and they don't put off the…

— Frances Mayes

Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.

— Max von Sydow

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

— E. M. Forster

By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing ability to cope with disaster which is so perfectly…

— Gore Vidal