Top 1200 Being Italian Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.

I've never dated a fictional character before. The closest I ever came was an Italian.

I also believe I met William Gaddis once. He did not look Italian.

"Picasso" is of Italian origin, as you know. And the name a person bears or adopts has its importance.

Everything that goes outside the rules of Italian cinema has always been cursed.

I love Coney Island. I saw all different kinds of people - Russian, Italian, black, Puerto Rican, rich people in Sea Gate and in the co-ops. You'd see people in the co-ops or in the houses, and it was like, Man, I wish I could have this. I wish my mother and father could buy me this. Me being an independent thinker, I was like, I'm gonna get that.

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.

My boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci.

Growing up in an Italian family, we used our body to convey a message.

When I was a child I watched the Italian league a lot because there were many Brazilians there.

Italian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology.

I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.

I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.

I'm a very passionate person. I'm Italian, it's in my blood so when I care about something, I get emotional.

I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.

Italian style for me is to have a sense of tradition, respect for one's roots, and a sartorial approach.

Im Jewish and Italian, and I lucked out and got the nose of both cultures.

I have to admit that I have a massive weakness for Italian food, which is not very light but so good!

I'm proud of my Italian roots, and I've always believed that I would get the chance to fight for the belt.

When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.

Italian men do appreciate beautiful women. They're not afraid of the beauty, which is nice.

I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.

The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.

I'm not glamorous, I don't have a look, I don't know anything about opera, I have no Italian, and I'm too old.

Italian footballers can take a coffee and sit for two hours talking, laughing.

Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.

We are Italian. We are all little tribes - not only in fashion, but also in music - in everything, basically.

I am a typical Italian; I love the clan. But I don't think about getting married.

I'm a little long-winded. My dad is a preacher, my mom is Italian, so I come by it naturally.

We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform.

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

I'm very attached to my roots, but I feel Italian more than anything else.

When I was invited to sing with Pavarotti, I had about two weeks to learn Italian.

I learned to cook from my mom. Most of what I ate growing up was Italian cooking.

Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state.

I've always been able to cook Italian food. That's in my blood because I'm half Sicilian.

Nobody is going to invest in the Italian banks unless they trust their balance sheets.

The first time I went to Hollywood, I was 25 years old. My background was mostly Italian.

But then I had long mistaken being spoiled for being strong, being defiant for being independent, being reckless for being brave.

I arrived in Milan when I was 18. But my time in Italian football helped me to mature.

I studied literature and Italian at Yale. I wrote my thesis about Italo Svevo, one of my heroes.

I've always wanted to walk Prada, since I'm Italian. It was really a big thing for me.

Italian wines don't have to be expensive to be good. It is absolutely ridiculous that people feel that have to spend a fortune.

Dasein is a being that does not simply occur among other beings. Rather it is ontically distinguished by the fact that in its being this being is concerned about its very being. Thus it is constitutive of the being of Dasein to have, in its very being, a relation of being to this being.

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'

It's in their modest home. You go into their kitchen and serve yourself. It's all homemade. It's authentic Italian.

I'm Italian, so I need to get someone to wax my eyebrows, but I'm not so good at keeping it up.

Italian food is simple and healthy, and it's easier for a vegetarian to choose something from the menu.

I enjoy eating Italian and Japanese cuisine, and abroad, I love Zuma, Nobu, and Cipriani.

If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?

I am not interested in the Italian national team. I prefer to have a new experience, outside of Italy.

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

I make a fabulous tofurkey for Thanksgiving. My Mexican-Italian family can't tell the difference.

To score four times against an Italian team when you trail 2-0 is a big deal.

Just because we are not Italian, does not mean we cannot appreciate Michelangelo, it is the same with cuisine.

I was racially discriminated against for years as a child in Leeds because I was an Italian.

My favorite pizza is the real Neapolitan - Italian sausage, friarielli, mozzarella and chilli.

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.

Our girl's going to Capri for fun. We've got an Italian island vibe.

The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.