Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francis Ford Coppola

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

Frances Mayes

Living in a small Italian hilltown, and having lived in a small town in south Georgia, I understand that you can recognize a family gene pool by the lift of an eyebrow, or the length of a neck, or a way of walking.

Giuliana Sgrena

I beg you, put an end to the occupation. I beg the Italian government and the Italian people to put pressure on the government to pull out.

Giuliana Rancic

You've got to be good to each other ... it really comes back to respect. I was raised in a very Catholic, Italian family and it was all about respect. Don't talk badly about [your partner] the second they walk out the door; really preserve your relationship and be good to each other. Treat it like gold.

Howard K. Smith

For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to be disregarded.

Hugh Jackman

I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. We're very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food.

I needed Quentin. I knew he would be very loud as a spokesman for Italian B movies.

Hidetoshi Nakata

I have no idea as to what's going on, but it seems that a Japanese reporter read something I had said to an Italian paper and misinterpreted my words.

They were scared of Italian law and they preferred to leave because something was confiscated, only from them and not from the others, and they were worried it may have been illegal.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Attraversiamo (meaning "Lets cross over" in Italian)

Elizabeth Gilbert

He endeared himself to me forever the first night we met, when I was getting frustrated with my inability to find the words I wanted in Italian, and he put his hand on my arm and said, "Liz, you must be very polite with yourself when you are learning something new.

Elisha Cuthbert

Theres nothing more romantic than Italian food.

Heather Matarazzo

I'm 100 percent Irish by birth, grew up Italian, and yet I constantly get cast as playing Jewish.

Maggie Stiefvater

Some words have multiple meanings. Scholastic, aware that I'm allergic to preservatives, kindly got someone to translate the phrase "I can only eat food without preservatives" into Italian. They warned me, however, as they taught me how to say it, that the Italian word for "preservatives" is the same as the word for "condom." So that I should be careful how I look when I say it.

Mack McLarty

What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian.

Gustav Stresemann

Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are part of our common cultural heritage.

Frank Bruno

I speak African. I can even speak Italian.

Louise Rennison

There he is, tall, tanned, Italian, sophisticated. So what do you do?" I said, "Er, leap on him and snog him within an inch of his life? Taking care not to strangle myself on his false beard, or disturb his banana.

Louise Rennison

Oh no. I've just accidently paid a visit to the cakeshop of love. I haven't put back my Italian cakey, but I have accidentally picked up a Dave the Tart.

Robert Mueller

The Italians are tremendously professional in protecting and providing security for such events, and from everything I saw, everything is well prepared and ready for the Olympics.

The Italians are not indulgent, as Americans are. They don't have the patience to teach young singers how to move. They think you should learn in school.

James Fenton

A really interesting and happy time was when I first went to Florence as a student and studied Italian. I was living in a pensione on an allowance of £40 a month, which was princely. I did a lot of work and enjoyed myself immensely.

George Friedman

Italy is the fourth-largest economy in Europe and the eighth-largest economy in the world, and its banking system is collapsing. And Germany is desperate. It must maintain its standard of living. It can only do that with exports and Deutsche Bank is very exposed to Italian debt. But so is the rest of Europe.

Johnny Ramone

As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films.

Stephen Starr

You try to come up with new ideas, but in the end, people just want to eat Italian food.

Sophia Loren

I'm not Italian, I am Neapolitan! It's another thing!

Natalie Imbruglia

It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but I still looked Italian. It took me a long time to realize that was a good thing.

Natalie Imbruglia

If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a lot of Italians, because there were a lot of Italian communities there. And of course there were a lot of Russians.

Romano Prodi

There are terrible living conditions and unhappiness, (even) where everybody is Italian.

Roman Coppola

I am very much a person who appreciates perennial things. Things like a Lacoste shirt, a Clarks desert boot, Persol sunglasses and Vans shoes that have been the same forever. There are certain things that once you find it, you like it and it's done. I like Italian clothing, like suits from Battistoni and I have a shirt by Piero Albertelli.

Roger Federer

I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.

Sullivan Stapleton

I love cooking. I like to make lasagna - its authentic Italian-style. I also do a great chicken recipe for a barbecue.