#italian

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to. My husband is a really fantastic cook. His mother is Italian and if you walk into our house, we assume you're starving. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#consider #cook #dinner #dinner party #drink

As our larynxes descended, we were able to make sounds with our mouths in new and far more expressive ways. Verbal language soon overtook physical gesturing as the primary means of communication for all human beings except Italians. (Earth (The Book), p. 36) ↗

— Jon Stewart

#humor #italian #jon-stewart #language #communication

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

— Patricia Briggs

#funny

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

Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#everybody #family #forgets #growing #growing up

If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#does #down #feeling #i #italian

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast. ↗

— Michael Imperioli

#cast #easy #easy way #gangster #get

I especially love French, Italian and Japanese cuisines. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#especially #french #i #italian #japanese

My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#american #aria #believe #could #cuss