--- title: "7 Italian Language Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Italian Language quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Italian Language sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/bernardo-bertolucci-10823_beautiful_english-dialogue-is-the-best-in-the-worl_355745.jpg" --- > [English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/english-dialogue-is-the-best-in-the-world-so-dry-and-direct-the/) [Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/bernardo-bertolucci-10823_beautiful_english-dialogue-is-the-best-in-the-worl_355745.jpg) > [I speak a little bit of Italian, yeah. I understand more than I speak. I speak more of a dialect; my mum's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-pasqualino/i-speak-a-little-bit-of-italian-yeah-i-understand-more-than-i-speak-i/) [Luke Pasqualino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-pasqualino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/luke-pasqualino-21560_bit_i-speak-a-little-bit-of-italian-yeah-i-u_862520.jpg) > [ \[On Italian:\] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/on-italian-one-may-almost-call-it-a-language-that-talks-of-itself-and/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/madame-de-stael-2069_italian_on-italian-one-may-almost-call-it-a-lang_943533.jpg) > [Italian language and culture are beloved throughout the U.S.A.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cuomo/italian-language-and-culture-are-beloved-throughout-the-u-s-a/) [Margaret Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cuomo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/margaret-cuomo-8038_beloved_italian-language-and-culture-are-beloved_1418702.jpg) > [Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/italian-is-the-language-of-song-german-is-good-for-philosophy-and/) [Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/maurice-druon-22330_best_italian-is-the-language-of-song-german-i_1732447.jpg) > [I want to learn how to speak Italian. For years, I'd wished I could speak Italian--a language I find more beautiful than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-want-to-learn-how-to-speak-italian-for-years-i-d-wished-i-could/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/elizabeth-gilbert-131_beautiful_i-want-to-learn-how-to-speak-italian-for_2341443.jpg) > [The AP Italian language program has been preserved. We would like to thank the scores of people who joined the effort to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cuomo/the-ap-italian-language-program-has-been-preserved-we-would-like-to/) [Margaret Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cuomo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/margaret-cuomo-8038_beautiful_the-ap-italian-language-program-has-been_3134371.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian-language/#itemlist", "name": "Italian Language Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. 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