Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0. Votes: 6
Sophia BushI imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine. Votes: 4
Peter UstinovI grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly. Votes: 4
Bradley CooperI grew up in the Lower East Side, an Italian American - more Sicilian, actually. Votes: 4
Martin ScorseseItalian men do appreciate beautiful women. They're not afraid of the beauty, which is nice. Votes: 4
Eva HerzigovaThe trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again. Votes: 4
George MillerWhen an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure. Votes: 4
Alex FergusonThere is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close. Votes: 4
Richard RogersItalian women are among the largest group of European consumers of hosiery. Votes: 3
Sandro VeronesiI've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way. Votes: 3
Chita RiveraThere are terrible living conditions and unhappiness, (even) where everybody is Italian. Votes: 3
Romano ProdiA president from a partner nation should not make comments on Italian politics. Votes: 3
Anibal Cavaco SilvaItalian journalism is free because it serves one cause and one purpose... mine! Votes: 3
Benito MussoliniFortunately the Italian people is not habituated to eating several times a day. Votes: 3
Benito MussoliniI have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins. Votes: 3
Peter UstinovScamorza, an Italian curd cheese often labelled 'smoked mozzarella,' melts fantastically well. Votes: 3
Yotam OttolenghiI speak for all Italian industry that India is number one priority for us. Votes: 3
Luca Cordero di MontezemoloFor all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families. Votes: 3
Domenico DolceVenetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state. Votes: 3
Donna LeonIt's really important for me to have Italian-Americans and Jersey in a positive light. Votes: 3
Diane RuggieroAs an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes. Votes: 3
Al D'AmatoI make a fabulous tofurkey for Thanksgiving. My Mexican-Italian family can't tell the difference. Votes: 3
Christian SerratosHe's the Italian version of my father. I don't know if he's Italian or not. Votes: 3
Shaquille O'Nealthere are two types of the male species of Homo sapiens: men, and Italian men. Votes: 3
Letitia BaldrigeOpera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian. Votes: 3
H. L. MenckenItalian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life. Votes: 3
Mariska HargitayI could play Arab roles, even German roles, Italian roles because I had that look. Votes: 3
Kabir BediAs you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. Votes: 3
Nancy Pelosi[Italian men] are like show poodles. Sometimes they look so good I want to applaud. Votes: 3
Elizabeth GilbertI've never dated a fictional character before. The closest I ever came was an Italian. Votes: 3
Woody AllenMy working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house. Votes: 3
Martin ScorseseYou can't host an Italian film festival without Marcello Mastroianni. It just doesn't feel right. Votes: 3
Gia CoppolaWe would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform. Votes: 3
Rodrigo RatoI worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish. Votes: 3
James FrancoI speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. Votes: 3
Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorI am a typical Italian; I love the clan. But I don't think about getting married. Votes: 3
Gianni VersaceThere is no phase of the Italian mind that has not found expression in its music. Votes: 3
Harriet Beecher StoweWeek before that, I was out in Italy Italian heart-throbs could not get rid of me Votes: 3
Pharrell WilliamsWhy does the New Italian navy have glass bottom boats? To see the Old Italian Navy! Votes: 3
Henny YoungmanEverything in Italian sounds like 'Give me your money or I'm going to beat your @$$'. Votes: 3
Jon StewartI drink a lot. More or less 10 or 12 coffees a day, both typical Italian and espresso. Votes: 3
Domenico DolceI've always been able to cook Italian food. That's in my blood because I'm half Sicilian. Votes: 3
Jen LancasterThe stars above Italian clubs' badges shows you how many times they have won the Gazetta. Votes: 3
David JamesThis Italian restaurant I'm at is authentic! When they seat you, they give you a mustache. Votes: 3
J. B. SmooveItalian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology. Votes: 3
Barbara SteeleMy husband is actually Italian-American, and he thought I was Italian when he first met me. Votes: 3
Andrea NavedoI love the feel of good quality Italian black lace that feels delicate and really feminine. Votes: 3
Nicole TrunfioMy mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back. Votes: 3
Kate WalshI think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess. Votes: 3
Anthony Michael HallI'm an avid cook. Brazilian, some Italian, a little French. And I often throw dinner parties. Votes: 3
Morena BaccarinI bought my wife a little Italian car. A Mafia. It has a hood under the hood. Votes: 3
Henny YoungmanI learned to cook from my mom. Most of what I ate growing up was Italian cooking. Votes: 3
Steve AlbiniDuring the war an Italian girl saved my life. She hid me in her basement in Cleveland. Votes: 3
Henny YoungmanMy dad lives in Sicily, so I'm half Italian and half Irish - it's a fiery combination. Votes: 3
Nico MirallegroMy dad lives in Sicily, so I'm half Italian and half Irish - it's a fiery combination. Votes: 3
NicoI'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day. Votes: 3
Tamara TunieBut Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie. Votes: 3
Eli WallachMy boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci. Votes: 3
Diablo CodyI'm 100 percent Irish by birth, grew up Italian, and yet I constantly get cast as playing Jewish. Votes: 3
Heather MatarazzoItalian husbands, in order to buy their wives a fur, spend more than all their European collegues. Votes: 3
Indro MontanelliWell, yeah. You said you wanted Italian. See. Chef Boyardee. He makes one the best stuff. (Tabitha) Votes: 3
Sherrilyn KenyonI was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent. Votes: 3
Aida TurturroI always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook. Votes: 3
Robert MondaviI want to eat good Italian food and get better at their language. It seems so romantic too. Votes: 3
Kristin ChenowethI'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film. Votes: 3
Norman JewisonI'm a bit old-fashioned. I like the idea of going to the cinema and then an Italian restaurant. Votes: 3
Louis TomlinsonThe sort of man who admires Italian art while despising Italian religion is a tourist and a cad. Votes: 3
Gilbert K. ChestertonI've got a friend who is half-Jewish and half-Italian. If he can't buy it wholesale, he steals it! Votes: 3
Jackie MasonI prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian. Votes: 3
Patricia HighsmithNo part of Italian society should see itself as exempt from the effort to save Italy from collapse. Votes: 3
Giorgio Napolitano... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.' Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinMy mom was my muse - she would buy me Italian 'Vogue.' I was this little fashion boy. Votes: 3
Nicola FormichettiYou try to come up with new ideas, but in the end, people just want to eat Italian food. Votes: 3
Stephen StarrMy mother is not a CIA agent, but she's an Italian mother, and she'd do anything for her son. Votes: 3
Adriano GianniniAnd as the Italian proverb says, 'Revenge is the dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold.' Votes: 3
Robert HamerMy parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago. Votes: 3
Claire ForlaniNot unless I do all these ancient and Italian or French or Baroque in the beginnning, I do German. Votes: 3
Victoria de los AngelesI am officially Jewish, but Iâm Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant. Votes: 3
A. J. JacobsWe 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. Votes: 3 Francis Ford Coppola
When I first discovered in the early 1980s the Italian espresso bars in my trip to Italy, the vision was to re-create that for America - a third place that had not existed before. Starbucks re-created that in America in our own image; a place to go other than home or work. We also created an industry that did not exist: specialty coffee. Votes: 1 Howard Schultz
I'd like to do a number of films. Westerns. Genre pieces. Maybe another film about Italian Americans where they're not gangsters, just to prove that not all Italians are gangsters. Votes: 4 Martin Scorsese
The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them. Votes: 1 Arthur Henderson
I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film. Votes: 1 Norman Jewison
The tradition of Italian cooking is that of the matriarch. This is the cooking of grandma. She didn't waste time thinking too much about the celery. She got the best celery she could and then she dealt with it. Votes: 2 Mario Batali
I love the Italian culture - it's a beautiful culture. I love the language, the Italian people, their music, their attitudes... I just love it! Sometimes I think I'm an Italian trapped in a Spanish woman's body. Votes: 2 Penelope Cruz
I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that's really hard for people to understand, but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn't overdo anything. We ate pasta, yes, but not a lot of it. Votes: 4 Giada De Laurentiis
I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film. Votes: 2 Norman Jewison
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. Votes: 4 Francis Ford Coppola
When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football. Votes: 1 Mario Balotelli
I'm an Italian girl from the south who's very passionate. Votes: 3 Jessie James Decker
I learned to speak Italian, somewhat. Definitely enough to get around in Italy. My grandfather always used to swear at my grandmother in Italian. Votes: 1 Jen Lancaster
I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. Votes: 1 Michelle Hunziker
I do love Italian food. Any kind of pasta or pizza. My new pig out food is Indian food. I eat Indian food like three times a week. It's so good. Votes: 2 Jennifer Love Hewitt
An Italian proverb says, In men every mortal sin is venial; in woman every venial sin is mortal. And a German axiom, that There are only two good women in the world: one of them is dead, and the other is not to be found. Votes: 2 George Augustus Henry Sala
Patterned after an Italian Renaissance palace, it is 88 times as large and one millionth as valuable to the continuation of man. that Pentagon of traveling salesmen. Votes: 4 Norman Mailer
My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They're authentic Italians, and honestly they're the most open-minded, nicest people in the world and nothing can really offend them. That's the way I think true Sicilians are. Votes: 4 Vinny Guadagnino