“The soldiers thing, I think the Italians picked it up first. I've done interviews with the Italians, the French, Amsterdam. ... They were very critical, saying the US wouldn't pick it up, because it's such a sore spot. ... It raises too many ethical questions. ... I started to laugh, because it's true.”
Chris Wilson
“I think they're just, it's probably a cliche, the hospitable Italians tend to be just wonderful hosts, ... And so, and we were living there for four-and-a-half months ... and you're just kind of faced with this beauty every day. It's an inspiring place, and the light, and the food, you know...”
Sienna Miller
“They are not convinced I'm American; they think I'm Italian.”
Julia Mancuso
“Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.”
Giorgio Vasari
“Well, I'm half Italian, so last year on warped tour i got this really good tan and I was like, bummer.”
Gerard Way
“I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse.”
Charles V
“A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival; the Italian woman would rather kill her deceitful lover; the Englishwoman simply breaks off relations-but they all will console themselves with another man.”
Charles Boyer