#italia

The English say, Yours Truly, and mean it. The Italians say, I kiss your feet, and mean, I kick your head. ↗

— Wilfred Owen

#feet #head #i #italians #kick

Qualsiasi persona normale di tanto in tanto prova la tentazione di sputarsi nelle mani, issare la bandiera nera e cominciare a tagliare le gole. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#italiano #rage #anger

There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#egyptian #italian #lots #need #old

In una parola, ero troppo codardo per fare quello che sapevo essere giusto, così come ero stato troppo codardo per evitare di fare quello che sapevo sbagliato. A quel tempo, non avevo avuto nessuna esperienza del mondo e non imitavo nessuno dei suoi molti abitanti che agiscono in questo modo. Genio assolutamente naturale, scoprii questa linea di condotta tutto da solo. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#growth #italiano #life #morality #pip

Attraversiamo. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#let-s-cross-over #liz-s-favorite-italian-word #love

Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#english #english language #groups #higher #hispanics

Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#become #came #could #country #exciting

There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#being #comeback #enormous #especially #fantastic

Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#could #dad #english #experience #guitar

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are. ↗

— Alan Hansen

#euro #good #how #italians #showed