Michael angelo Quote by Mark Twain

They spell it da Vinci and pronounce it da Vinchy. Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.

— Mark Twain

“The name of Italy has magic in its very syllables.”

— Mary Shelley

“To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse - German.”

— Anonymous

“Today Alessandro had his first meeting with a Frenchman from the “conversation exchange” website. His name is Florent, and he wants to learn Italian…

— Eloisa James

The English language is direct, unapologetic, and wonderfully amoral. Italian has a beautiful sound, but you cannot help but feel that you are always…

— Chiara Barzini

“May my hands fall from my wrists before I kill an artist like yourself," said the man in black. "I would as soon destroy…

— William Goldman

I'm really bad at pronunciation in Italian.

— Fab Moretti

I remember when we did our first read-through, Sonny [Bono] looks at the script and he goes, "Okay, I'll see you guys later. Chai-ay-oh!"…

— Teri Garr

“It’s a Venetian name—Baseggio. A patronymic from a Venetian diminutive of the surname Basile. Perhaps you might begin your search there.” “A patronymic diminutive…

— Mackenzi Lee

“Niccolò, for God’s sake, they accused me of being an accessory to murder, they said I planted a gun at that villa, they’ve indicted…

— Douglas Preston

“I took the time to look up online that songwriter Luca mentioned. It took me ages just to work out how to spell the…

— Lauren Henderson

“ITALIANO Non ho mai ritenuto reale la mia fantasia, ma ritengo molto fantasiosa la mia realtà. ENGLISH I've never felt my fantasy as real,…

— Gianluca Frangella