#italian

I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality. ↗

— Mario Monti

#government #help #hope #i #i hope that

Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona, Mi prese del costui piacer sì forte, Che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona..." "Love, which quickly arrests the gentle heart, Seized him with my beautiful form That was taken from me, in a manner which still grieves me. Love, which pardons no beloved from loving, took me so strongly with delight in him That, as you see, it still abandons me not... ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#italy #love #medieval-literature #poetry #beauty

Dont let the bastards grind you down?" Bran looked at me incredulously. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#funny

Attraversiamo (meaning "Lets cross over" in Italian) ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#background #both #comes #explosive #father

There's nothing more romantic than Italian food. ↗

— Elisha Cuthbert

#italian #italian food #more #nothing #romantic

Everybody says it: black, white; everybody calls me a legend. Italians, Jews. Everybody. ↗

— Roberto Duran

#calls #everybody #italians #jews #legend

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. ↗

— Colin Firth

#biggest #coast #east #east coast #exceptions

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

— Kate Walsh

#dad #expressive #family #holds #irish

Italian men age very well. That's what I've learned from Tony Danza. ↗

— Alyssa Milano

#i #italian #learned #men #tony