Italian Quotations | Page 3

I have Jewish friends. I have Middle Eastern friends. I have Spanish and Italian and British and Scottish and German friends and Austrian friends, and guess what? They all deal with homophobia. It's an earthling epidemic; it's not isolated in the black community.

I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.

Italian writer-director Paolo Sorrentino makes zombie movies, which probably comes as a surprise to him. At the center of his best and most recent pictures are the walking dead, characters in a race with themselves across mortality's finish line, their spirits arriving before the rest of them.

Italian voters are not going to be overly impressed by television footage of Berlusconi with George Bush. The overriding issue in these elections is the economy. In 2001, Italians voted for Berlusconi because he promised they would be better off: actually they feel worse off.

Italian teams hold up very well in defense and make it difficult for teams to create danger, but it's our biggest match ever. We must try to play the game of our lives and give everything on the field.

Italian teams always give you the idea you can play your own game but also prescribe how far you can go. We will have some chances in Milan but have to be aware that we must keep our lines close to each other. That was what went wrong in the second half at home.

Italians must care for the great art they have around them today, or it may not be there for future generations.

I always looked up to my grandfather. He wore Italian zip-up CAT boots, and he had a moustache which he waxed into a twirl - now that is worth looking up to.

I studied literature and Italian at Yale. I wrote my thesis about Italo Svevo, one of my heroes.

Some anthems are great for sports. You've got the Russian national anthem... 'O Canada,' how wonderful is that for hockey... but I chose the Italian national song because at my first World Cup, I saw the Italians play four times, and they won all four times - they won the championship.