Italian Quotes · Page 21

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

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

— Paulo Costanzo

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'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

Pasta isn't just for Italian food anymore. Now there are tasty pasta recipes found in Asian cuisine, and it's emerging as a…

— Marcus Samuelsson

The Mediterranean is in my DNA. I'm fine inland for about a week, but then I yearn for a limitless view of…

— Alain Ducasse

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

— Jose Mourinho

I like a lot of food. I like Taiwanese food, of course. I like baguettes, especially the ones that my dad buys.…

— Godfrey Gao

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

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends…

— Francois Hollande

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction…

— Ambrose Bierce

His [Frank Sinatra] voice defined not only a certain period of time, but America and what America meant to the world. Sinatra…

— Robert Davi

“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

But still, I’d be darned if I was going to be one of those Americans who stomp around Italy barking commands in…

— Barbara Kingsolver

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

— Walter Matthau

Shopping as lifestyle is really a sub-cultural problem. When the strictures that set you apart or oppressed you, disappear, is there a…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

My favorite type of food is probably Italian. But I love steakhouses. I love Mexican Food. I mean, I really like it…

— Jimmer Fredette

I came from an Italian house. The refrigerator was always full. I never knew you had to buy food. I thought there…

— Ray Romano

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

— H. L. Mencken

“She did not know what people of other nations ate, and did not care. For Italian food was the best.”

— Edward Rutherfurd

Cain understands domestic issues because he had experience selling pizza; and he understands international issues because pizza is Italian.

— Stephen Colbert

English football is different: always on the attack. Although one thing is clear. The best football is the Italian.

— Gabriel Batistuta

How do you say 'bring me sausage and eggs or I'll slit your throat' in Italian?" "Look it up in the phrase…

— Regina Doman

I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.

— Aida Turturro

When I am walking in Central Park, I recognize the Italians. Because an Italian, even when he jogs, he's dressed perfect.

— Diego Della Valle

I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an…

— Alicia Keys

The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'

— Laura Prepon

“The man was more temperamental than she was. Not an easy feat. (Mina's view of Diego.)”

— Maria Grazia Swan

Week before that, I was out in Italy Italian heart-throbs could not get rid of me

— Pharrell Williams

“The Japanese are easily influenced, Italian's are infectious, And German's are German's wherever they go.”

— Hidekaz Himaruya

There's an old joke that you know you're in heaven if the cooks are Italian and the engineering is German. If it's…

— David Byrne

I've never dated a fictional character before. The closest I ever came was an Italian.

— Woody Allen

I love cooking Italian food. My dad is Italian, although my dishes also have my mum's German-Polish influence.

— Jack Savoretti

Everything in Italian sounds like 'Give me your money or I'm going to beat your @$$'.

— Jon Stewart

There's no big splashy renaissance in Italian films. We have good young actors and directors. What we lack are screenwriters. It's hard…

— Valeria Golino