Italian Quotes

499 quotes by 398 authors

Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane. — Irving Babbitt
The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it. — Mario Batali
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming… — Mario Batali
I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my take on what classic Italian… — Mario Batali
Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance art surveyed conquered nature through… — John Berger
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. — Ambrose Bierce
My style in Italian is very old-style. — Andrea Bocelli
I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart in both senses:… — Andrea Bocelli
I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian cooking is one… — Andrea Bocelli
I'm a big pasta fan. I'm a big Italian food fan. Anything Italian - I love cheese, mozzarella. Mozzarella is my favorite, so I have… — Malin Akerman
Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0. — Sophia Bush
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, I have a… — Nicolas Cage
My father is Italian, and I never met my paternal grandparents. The family name was 'Caroselli' and it was changed in the mid '50s. I… — Steve Carell
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi looks in the mirror and sees a playboy of the old school. And men such as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger,… — Graydon Carter
My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again,… — Dominic Chianese
I love Italian food but that's too generic a term for what's available now: you have to narrow it down to Tuscan, Sicilian, and so… — Lee Child
My boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci. — Diablo Cody
I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don't know why he chose to write it, but I'm glad he… — Ronald Reagan
I am engaged in answering that Italian buffoon, Mazotti, whose views upon the larval development of the tropical termites have excited my derision and contempt… — Arthur Conan Doyle
what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil… — Thomas Jefferson

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