Culture Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

“Remember that it's only by going off the track that you get to know the country...And don't, let me beg you, go with that…

— Anonymous

“Whether it was the delicious food they filled us with, their humorous antics, or the extreme warmth and acceptance they provided the family, one…

— Jacqueline Miconi

“I wish that I would have asked my grandparents more about their early lives in Italy when I had the chance to do so.”

— Marianne Perry

“Italy was the only place I'd visited where people described kitchen implements as having souls of their own.”

— Jen Lin-Liu

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

— Mariska Hargitay

“An ancestor from the 1530s would find little different in the 1930s. [Basilicata, Italy]”

— Maria Martin

“Italy still has a provincial sophistication that comes from its long history as a collection of city states. That, combined with a hot climate,…

— Roger Allam

“We Italian Americans, on the other hand, commemorate our past only to remind ourselves how far we have travelled from it.”

— Joseph Luzzi

“In my father’s scheme of things, there were Italians and then there was the rest of the world.”

— Janet Evanovich

I am proud of my Italian heritage, and nothing I have said should be interpreted as an attempt at minimizing its value.

— Sergio Marchionne

“I love Italy. For hundreds of years, if not centuries, the people of italy (Italians) have been living here." [Audrey's insight]”

— Tom Gleisner

Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey.

— Alvar Aalto