#italian

No account of the Renaissance can be complete without some notice of the attempt made by certain Italian scholars of the fifteenth century to reconcile Christianity with the religion of ancient Greece. ↗

— Walter Pater

#ancient #attempt #century #certain #christianity

The Italian gangster thing has become a form of the modern-day Western. ↗

— Armand Assante

#form #gangster #italian #modern-day #thing

If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant? ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#food #go #italian #italian food #mother

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#go #house #italian-american #parents #school

I love being Italian. ↗

— Connie Stevens

#i #i love #italian #love

Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I don't make eye contact, the guys won't come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled. ↗

— Silvia Colloca

#american #being #come #contact #expecting

I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. We're very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#australia #australian #different #different types #distinctive

Love, that moves the sun and the other stars - L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#love #sun #love

Today someone asked me if that old stereotype about hot-headed Italians is true. I answered this way: About 2,000 years ago, there was a guy running around hollering about peace & love ... and we nailed his ass to a cross! (Hope that answers your fuckin' question!) ↗

— Quentin R. Bufogle

#italians #jesus-christ #religion #stereotypes #love

Nella vita: chi non risica, non rosica," he said finally, his voice quiet. "In life: nothing ventured, nothing gained. My mom used to tell us that. It's been a long time, but I can still hear her saying it. ↗

— J.M. Darhower

#inspirational #italian #risks #sempre #inspirational