If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your triumphant struggle against the bestial appetites and passions of Leninism.”(Speech in Rome on 20 January, 1927, praising Mussolini)

Just calm down and think, sir. Think. Where is your wife?

History is not a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in.

his-story” is often determined by those who survived to write it. In other words, history is written by the victors…Now, with the help of the Roman historian Tacitus, I shall tell you Queen Boudicca’s story, her-story……

That final and the cup matches I played in Italy were never as big as this.

…if you can’t find any grappa, half a cup of cough medicine should achieve similar results.” [Audrey’s advice]

Italian cities have long been held up as ideals, not least by New Yorkers and Londoners enthralled by the ways their architecture gives beauty and meaning to everyday acts.

…the pride taken by the Italians in their gifted women is among the most important facts in the history of their Renaissance.

There is always some truth to fiction.

We proved to the people of Italy and to the Italian federation that we can play at this level. We can play with the big boys.

La strega prese l’ostia e la mise controluce, quando la mangiò si appiccicò al palato.Lui le diede il vino. “Qui ci sono i segreti del mondo.”La strega bevve. “Ecco perché sa di aceto.

Italy is a divided country without a center.

Italy have made so much progress this year and, to be honest, I think they have played better than us in this championship.

One of the great joys of traveling through Italy is discovering firsthand that it is, indeed, a dream destination.

We expected Italy to be weak, but we’re not going to apologize for winning.

I didn’t expect much from Italy, but Russia I thought would be better. I don’t think they played with much heart.

When Bonaparte returned from Italy he called on Mr. Paine and invited him to dinner: in the course of his rapturous address to him he declared that a statue of gold ought to be erected to him in every city in the universe, assuring him that he always slept with his book ‘Rights of Man’...

I picked up a snake once. In Italy.””Why did you do that?””For a bet.””Was it poisonous?””We didn’t know. That was the point of the bet.””Did it bite you?””Of course.””Why of course?””It wouldn’t be much of a story, would it? If I’d put it down unharmed, and away it slid?

(…) compor meticulosamente o cadastro afetivo e o retrato fantástico-histórico de uma comunidade e de uma de suas remotas jornadas de meio século atras. E isso não com os instrumentos racionais, a ficha, o documento, o testemunho, caros ao arqueólogo do cotidiano, mas por meio de um sortilégio espont neo de silhuetas que se esvaziaram...

(The paradox of Italian soccer). As everyone knows, Italian men are the most foppish representatives of their sex on the planet. They smear on substantial quantities of hair care products and expend considerable mental energies color-coordinating socks with belts. Because of their dandyism, the world has Vespa, Prada, and Renzo Piano. With such theological devotion...

I saw after six laps I was seventh. At this time nobody would have thought I could get the bronze medal. But these are the Olympic Games and we are in Italy so I did my best over the final laps.

We have no problem in our formation. This is a result of our hard work. I’m going to show what I’ve learned from my experiences in Italy from now on. I’m going to play my best, looking forward to the World Cup.

I want to make a fresh start, the same as I did when I joined Messina. Playing in Italy really stimulated me. I gained valuable experience from playing there and I am determined not to let that go to waste.

That makes the European countries big players. Unfortunately we have to play two of them, the Czech Republic and Italy, which is one of the favorites to win the World Cup. In my opinion Brazil is the team to beat.

We both really wanted to go to London but I also wanted to go to Italy. My husband not being keen on Italy, we finally chose Paris because it’s supposed to be such a romantic city and because we both already spoke a bit of French.

I don’t believe we shall ever again have any form of society in which men will be free. One should not hope for it. One should not hope for anything. Hope is invented by politicians to keep the electorate happy.

…there are women who devote themselves entirely to their families, their husbands and children, and give up cultivating their femininity. Mother rebelled against that paradigm…[Mr. Gregory’s Mother]

Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87

Living in another culture, not just visiting it, has reshaped our view of the world.

You are what you read.

Mom, you know what? I just realized you have a knack for making people disappear. [Lella’s son catches on!]

If the landscape of human emotion were to exist in country, it would be in Italy.” ~Lisa Fantino/Amalfi Blue

My mother delayed my enrollment in the Fascist scouts, the Balilla, as long as possible, firstly because she did not want me to learn how to handle weapons, but also because the meetings that were then held on Sunday mornings (before the Fascist Saturday was instituted) consisted mostly of a Mass in the scouts’ chapel....

Well, in 1947… in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful.

If there are no compensations for the Mezzogiorno (Italy’s poor southern region) then Italy will ask that the enlargement eastwards be slowed down.

The delay in the application of the policy to books has several explanations. For one thing, Blackshirts were not, nor have they yet become, bookworms; and the intellectual bread of Mussolini himself is made, usually, of clippings. They did not care too much about things which they could not hate since they usually did not...

I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.

Some people flip condos and make millions. Your boyfriend couldn’t even flip burgers and make minimum wage.

He’s already tan, and leaning on the rail in his yellow linen shirt, with the pure glory of Venice racing behind him, I think he looks like someone I’d like to run off with, if I already hadn’t.

I talked to Manny like a week ago and he was going to Italy tomorrow.

Vigilance is justifiably high. We know there is a certain exposure from information acquired in Italy and abroad.

We expected Italy to be weak. I don’t know if we would have predicted that score, but we’re not going to apologize for winning by that much. It’s the Olympic Games and we’ve got a gold medal to try and win.

So I am perfectly free to buy any goods that are legally sold throughout Europe, provided that they can be delivered, even though they are not legal in Italy, even because in Italy only stupidity is legal.

I was there, I sat in the stands in Italy and shook my head, and I don’t mean that as disrespect. It was clear we had a long way to go. We get to replay those games now, and it’ll be interesting to see what kind of progress we’ve made.

Do you know how fast you are walking? … To get a close estimate, count the number of steps you take in a minute and divide by 30… 🙂

…to give a clear picture of the whole scene of Italian gastronomy.

I’m not going to bury us, but we got the short end of the stick. Two of our three games are against unbelievable teams, and even Italy’s no slouching team. It’s going to be very tough.

This shows that it is possible, though certainly not easy, to break into Italy. This could be a trigger that opens up the Italian banking system to other foreign takeover bids.

Tell me aboutyour Italian journeyI am not ashamedI wept in that countrybeauty touched meI was a child once morein the womb of that countryI weptI am not ashamedI have tried to return to paradise

I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.