Nonna In Italian Quotes & Sayings

a Sicilian grandma is a formidable opponent — Traci Andrighetti

Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

If Nonna sensed weakness, she'd zero in for the kill — Rosie Genova

Fast. Powerful. User-friendly. Now choose any two. — Eric Daniels

There are still a lotta nice Sicilian boys in New Orleans. (A nonna's advice to a zitella.) — Traci Andrighetti

Hektor, argue me no agreements. I cannot forgive you.
As there are no trustworthy oaths between men and lions,
nor wolves and lambs have spirit that can be brought to agreement
but forever these hold feelings of hate for each other,
so there can be no love between you and me, nor shall there be
oaths between us, but one or the other must fall before then
to glut with his blood Ares the god who fights under the shield's guard. — Homer

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it. — Eli Broad

For the first time in her life, she read voraciously. Anything that was on Joe's bookshelves she considered to have a worthy seal of approval. She tried authors she'd never heard of and authors she'd always meant to read. Every now and then she read passages twice, three times even, enjoying the wordcraft, the drama - but imagining that Joe had liked the book and wondering when he might be back and if there would be dinners they could share to discuss books they'd both read. [ ... ] Tess was well aware it was escapiscm but what a way to pass another evening on her own. — Freya North

This is a game. That's all it is. It's not a war. — Jack Nicklaus

May you have the courage to choose love over hate. — Leta B.

Abundant choice doesn't force us to look for the absolute best of everything. It allows us to find the extremes in those things we really care about, whether that means great coffee, jeans cut wide across the hips, or a spouse who shares your zeal for mountaineering, Zen meditation, and science fiction. — Virginia Postrel

Materialism and self-centeredness are the great vices of our age. — Billy Graham

Or, because we are not yet able to predict which of our children will become violent as adults, and may never be, that $3 million could have been used to provide seven struggling young people, including Isaiah, with once-a-week counseling over the same period. This is a core idea behind the so-called social safety net. Catch those in need, not knowing which of them, without help, will become much more destructive in the future and much more expensive to the rest of society. — Eli Sanders