Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain. Triumphant.

Men do not know how to appreciate and measure luck except that of others. Their own never.

Which ever one of you will want to become a journalist, let him remember to choose his own master: the reader.

Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants.

Also we Italians have something to Elvis Presley: to offer one of the rare occasions when we prefer to be Italian rather than American.

Italian husbands, in order to buy their wives a fur coat, spend more than all their European collegues.

You give Italy Jesus Christ and you get the Roman Catholic Church.