“The Italians are extraordinary people. I would like very much that they would be normal”. (Altan)
“Italians: good for nothing, capable of everything”. (Leo Longanesi)
“Italians always run to help the winner”. (Ennio Flaiano)
“The Italians make it better”. (Madonna, referring to the Italian dessert “tiramisù”)
“Italians have only two things on their mind: the other one is spaghetti”. (Catherine Deneuve)
“The European situation is serious but not desperate. The Italian situation is desperate but not serious.” (anonymous)
“French are Italians with bad temper. Italians, on the contrary, are French with good humour”. (Jean Cocteau)
“The Italian is moved by an uncontrolled need of injustice”. (Ennio Flaiano)
“If you meet three car drivers: in England they set up a club, in France a “ménage à trois”, in Italy create a traffic jam”. (Stellario Panarello)