Italian Quotes · Page 17

People say when if you can do that you can speak italian even though you know you cant

— Asheya

[On Italian:] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers.

— Madame de Stael

I could play Arab roles, even German roles, Italian roles because I had that look.

— Kabir Bedi

The Romans spent the next 200 years using their great engineering skill to construct ruins all over Europe.

— Dave Barry

I learned to say 'hello' in German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Indonesian, and Italian - languages of the countries I've visited.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Well, yeah. You said you wanted Italian. See. Chef Boyardee. He makes one the best stuff. (Tabitha)

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Tell me the truth, Italian. You don't like it because it's strong. You like it because it's illegal.”

— Beppe Severgnini

When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started…

— Mario Balotelli

I live in New York, but I am always delighted to come to Europe because I am European and grew up here…

— Isabella Rossellini

“If I were not an atheist, I think I would have to be a Catholic because if it wasn’t the forces of…

— Douglas Adams

Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a…

— Kirk Douglas

I was in Italy in 1992 working on magazine articles when I got a call from the Italian travel commission. They asked,…

— Bob Spitz

My Italian granny and my mother made great spaghetti, but it wasn't a kind of southern Italian, Godfather-esque kind of thing -…

— Peter Capaldi

“You will listen to yourself uttering different and pleasant sounds. You will see people astounded around you because of this new skill…

— Antonio Libertino

When I'm in England, I know I'm a visitor, but being a white man in England with ancestry that's German and Italian,…

— Nicolas Cage

It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American Gangster,' I'm playing an Italian. I've always…

— Yul Vazquez

My childhood was pretty colorful; I like to use the word turbulent. But it was a great time to grow up, the…

— Michael K. Williams

Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

There's this one photograph of guy I know named Simon. The way he's standing, the background, the way his tie's flipping in…

— Scott Schuman

To evoke the classic period of Italian cinema in a little film seemed like a great, fun thing to do. I had…

— Wim Wenders

Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. Amor,…

— Dante Alighieri

When I first discovered in the early 1980s the Italian espresso bars in my trip to Italy, the vision was to re-create…

— Howard Schultz

I always say to young people, "Get the hell out of the United States." Especially if you're young, like if you're 21…

— David Sedaris

I've been able to dine with presidents, with leaders of corporations, traveled for 14 years with (financier and philanthropist) Michael Milken, who…

— Tommy Lasorda

Look to the Premier League. Are there any black managers? Look at the Italian league? Are there any black managers? The list…

— Dwight Yorke

My friend told me he was going to a fancy dress party as an Italian island. I said to him, ‘Don’t be…

— Tim Vine

I come from a small village in Sicily. For all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families.

— Domenico Dolce

My name is an Italian name because my father is an Italian and my mother is Indian.

— Dino Morea

I'm 100 percent Irish by birth, grew up Italian, and yet I constantly get cast as playing Jewish.

— Heather Matarazzo

Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.

— Mariska Hargitay

“A homemade Italian meal…for a guy, it can be just as good as sex. Serve up with a nice loaf of Italian…

— Jenni Farley

I cook a lot of Italian food. Bucatini Pomodoro is my best: it's a fat spaghetti with tomato, olive oil, and reminds…

— Bill Rancic

I'm an avid cook. Brazilian, some Italian, a little French. And I often throw dinner parties.

— Morena Baccarin

My mother's side is Italian; my father's side is Jewish. We're the kind of family where every Sunday night we have dinner…

— Lea Michele

My mother was French Protestant, and my father was Italian Catholic, and their union was an excess of God, guilt and sauce.

— Mitch Albom

The same word passed through three minds, simultaneously, philosophical, fatalistic, the eternal refuge of the Italian: Pazienza…

— Violet Trefusis

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was…

— Steve Earle

Italian football remains a very successful product, which has inspired people all over the world.

— Thiago Silva

I am not 100% English, I am actually part Italian and even part Hungarian. Therefore I feel very much part of Europe…

— Bruce Bennett

I absolutely love Italian food. So pizza - like a margherita pizza, penne arbiota, a glass of wine. That's like my dream.

— Julianne Hough