Italians tend to be less rigidly moral and law-abiding than do Anglo-Saxons. They also have a profound suspicion of the state and most of its agencies.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it; to work around it.
Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.
I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.
Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
The Italians always know that I'm not Italian.
Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.
People have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me it's not about my intelligence. It's who can I beat up.
It's not just we Italians who are caught up in the difficulty.
I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.
Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.