Quotes tagged ‘italian’

“Tony. Which Tony? They're all named Tony. I mean, what's the matter? Italians, they can only think of one name.”

— Steven Zaillian, Jimmy Hoffa, Al Pacino, imdb.com

“I grew up in a neighborhood and it was mostly Irish and Italian and Polish. So everybody went to mass. I was in a Jewish family, but we never had any religious upbringing. The closest I got to Jewish was, you know, they clipped the tip. That was it. I had no say about that at all.”

— Billy Joel, amazon.com

“[narrating] You know, we always called each other good fellas. Like you said to, uh, somebody, 'You're gonna like this guy. He's all right. He's a good fella. He's one of us.' You understand? We were good fellas. Wiseguys. But Jimmy and I could never be made because we had Irish blood. It didn't eve…”

— Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Henry Hill, Ray Liotta, imdb.com

“E.B. Farnum: Some ancient Italian maxim fits our situation, whose particulars escape me. Francis Wolcott: Is the gist that I'm shit outta luck? E.B. Farnum: Did they speak that way then?”

— Elizabeth Sarnoff, E.B. Farnum, William Sanderson, imdb.com

“Mandy Baxter: Hey, you guys, check this out. Cogito ergo sum. I think therefor I am. Mike Baxter: René Descartes. Mandy Baxter: She was awesome. We learned about her in Philosophy, today. She was French so I don't really know why she was speaking Italian. Mike Baxter: Uh, money well spent. Mandy Bax…”

— Kevin Hench, Mandy Baxter, Molly Ephraim, imdb.com

“Kyle Anderson: Ya know, you gotta give it up for Columbus. Discoverin' the New World. Mike Baxter: Well, I'll give him this, he's a good salesman. Kyle Anderson: I think you mean sailo. Mike Baxter: No, I mean salesman. He was an Italian, got the Spanish to pay for three trips to India, which he nev…”

— Vince Calandra, Kyle Anderson, Christoph Sanders, imdb.com

“'Luceo non uro.' I shine, not burn.”

— Matthew B. Roberts, Claire Randall, Caitriona Balfe, imdb.com

“Penny: Oh, my God! When I get drunk, I speak Italian! Alex: [her face and hands smeared with sauce] Oh, my God! When I get drunk, I eat ribs!”

— David Caspe, Alex Kerkovich, Elisha Cuthbert, imdb.com

“I’m no Italian—I was born in Brooklyn.”

— Al Capone, smithsonianmag.com

“Commuovere: To be moved in a heartwarming way, usually relating to a story that moved you to tears.”

— Italian Saying, amazon.com

“Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com