Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy as well as the capital of the Lazio region. The city has been a major human settlement for almost three millennia. Profoundly inspirational Rome quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning. Giotto di Bondone
Fulfilled my lifelong dream of riding a Vespa
Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world. Venerable Bede
Rome is always a good idea.
Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city. Anatole Broyard
There’s no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this.
Rome was not built in one day. John Heywood
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome. Miguel de Cervantes
My happy place is anywhere with pizza, wine, and sunshine.
I thought I knew everything when I came to Rome, but I soon found I had everything to learn. Edmonia Lewis
I’ve got a crush on Rome.
Everyone, sooner or late comes round by Rome. Robert Browning
Life’s short. Get the double scoop of gelato.
I have lived most of my life in Paris, but I have a connection with Rome that I have with no other place. I’m attached to invisible strings. Darius Khondji
Current status: never leaving.
Nothing compares to Rome. Nothing. People there are crazy about football in a positive way. Edin Dzeko
A fool is one who admires other cities without visiting Rome.
I just love Rome. It really does cast a spell on you. Alec Baldwin
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
Rome holds my psyche in balance. Whenever I’m there, it’s like a holiday. Giambattista Valli
Came to Rome for the sights, stayed for the gelato.
Rome is possibly my favorite city in the world. I have such fond memories there most of them food related. Mallory Jansen
I thought I knew everything when I came to Rome, but I soon found I had everything to learn.
The beauty of Rome is that you can wander into a pizzeria just about anywhere and get a real Italian pizza that’s thankfully worlds away from the Super Supreme I used to order at Pizza Hut as a kid. Ed Stoppard
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.
Rome is a broken mirror, the falling straps of a dress, a puzzle of astonishing complexity. It is an iceberg floating below our terrace, all its ballasts hidden beneath the surface. Anthony Doerr
I instantly fell in love with Rome.
Rome is not like any other city. It’s a majestic museum, a living room to tiptoe through. Alberto Sordi
Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city. Anatole Broyard
If I wasn’t an actress, I’d like to cook. I’m pretty obsessed by it. Rome was great in that sense, going to amazing cookery book shops. No wonder their food is good because the quality and wide range of their produce is so good. It’s not fair, really. Polly Walker
An eternal love for The Eternal City.
As far as cities, one of my favorite stops every year is Rome I think it’s super fun to play there, because the tournament is really cool and the fans are super engaged, but also you get to walk around going to dinner, and the history it’s truly one of the most amazing cities in the world. I love it. Madison Keys
People don’t believe in love at first sight. I do, now that I’ve been to Rome.
Yes, I have finally arrived at this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life. Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere. Saint Ambrose
In Rome, one had to simply sit still and feel. E.M. Forster
They say Rome wasn’t built in a day, but I wasn’t on that particular job. Brian Clough
If I’m in Rome for only 48 hours, I would consider it a sin against God to not eat cacio e pepe, the most uniquely Roman of pastas, in some crummy little joint where Romans eat. I’d much rather do that than go to the Vatican. That’s Rome to me. Anthony Bourdain
In Rome, it seems as if there were so many things which are more wanted in the world than pictures. George Eliot
I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food. Roger Federer
Rome seems a comfort to those with the ambitious soul of an Artist or a Conqueror. Pietros Maneos
All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some bourne of which no traveler knows the name, some city, they all seem to hint, even more eternal. Richard La Gallienne
Rome is a city wherein every corner you have a reminder of the sacred world. That’s why I have sacred music, minimalist sacred music, which is also music I like because, at the end of the day, that’s what I want to do. Paolo Sorrentino
Going around Rome, you can find beauty because, quite simply, Rome is very beautiful. But the beauty of the people is sometimes harder to discover. Paolo Sorrentino
I’m sure when they partied when Rome was burning, that was a really great party. Adam McKay
In Rome, I particularly love the history, churches, sculptures and architecture and the fact that you can walk along a tiny cobbled street and turn the corner to find the Trevi Fountain. London is evocative of other eras and full of history. Philip Treacy
Oddly enough, I’m not religious but I’m also very fond of St Peter’s in Rome. When I’m there, I always know there’s a good meal not far away. Jonathan Pryce
Rome is one of my favorite cities in the world. Erin Heatherton
Rome holds my psyche in balance. Whenever I’m there, it’s like a holiday. Giambattista Valli
Rome is my most favorite city, so I really enjoy to stay here and the whole tournament. Daniela Hantuchova
The thing I love about Rome is that it has so many layers. In it, you can follow anything that interests you: town planning, architecture, churches, or culture. It’s a city rich in antiquity and early Christian treasures, and just endlessly fascinating. There’s nowhere else like it. Claire Tomalin
I do remember one of the first great experiences of going to Europe was playing in Rome hearing the people sing our music so loud. It was louder than the music we were playing. John Petrucci
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning. Giotto di Bondone
Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference. Graham Joyce
If we could be reborn wherever we chose, how crowded Rome would be. Francine Prose
I grew up in Rome, in what I would say was a liberal, open minded family. My father was an architect and my mother was a teacher of art history, so it was sort of intellectual, and maybe a bit much for me when I was a child. Frida Giannini
Rome is a city wherein every corner you have a reminder of the sacred world. That’s why I have sacred music, minimalist sacred music, which is also music I like because, at the end of the day, that’s what I want to do. Paolo Sorrentino
My first time to Rome was when I was backpacking with my best friend around Europe for a month at 18 years old, so I remember that excitement of being away from home properly for the first time. Natalie Dormer
All the bad things that have ever happened to me have always happened in Rome. Richard Burton
You look at passers by in Rome and think, ‘Do they know what they have here? Frank McCourt
Going around Rome, you can find beauty because, quite simply, Rome is very beautiful. But the beauty of the people is sometimes harder to discover. Paolo Sorrentino
The traveler who has contemplated the ruins of ancient Rome may conceive some imperfect idea of the sentiments which they must have inspired when they reared their heads in the splendor of honored beauty. Edward Gibbon
From the dome of St. Peter’s one can see every notable object in Rome He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe. Mark Twain
Rome is a little bit different. There is something incredible in Rome, incredible, like in a Fellini movie. Everybody’s screaming and laughing very loud. Alessandro Michele
I like things that are kind of eclectic when one thing doesn’t go with another. That’s why I love Rome. The town itself is that way. It’s where Fascist architecture meets classic Renaissance, where the ancient bangs up against the contemporary. It has a touch of everything. Giambattista Valli
Rome lifts you up but won’t let you settle down it turns you into a bird without a nest. Glenn Haybittle
Oh Rome! my country! city of the soul! Lord Byron
I always wonder about people who go to Rome as they might go, for example, to Paris or to London. Certainly, Rome, as well as these other cities, can be enjoyed aesthetically but if you are affected to the depths of your being at every step by the spirit that broods there, if a remnant of a wall here and a column there gaze upon you with a face instantly recognised, then it becomes another matter entirely. C.G. Jung
Rome is a little bit different. There is something in Rome, incredible, like in a Fellini movie. Everybody’s screaming and laughing very loud. Alessandro Michele
I live in Rome and five minutes from my flat is a church where you can walk in and see this beautiful Caravaggio. Just the way this man uses dark paint: dark to create dark, the layering of the darkness in his work. I just race home: I want to create! Taiye Selasi
Italy will never be a normal country. Because Italy is Italy. If we were a normal country, we wouldn’t have Rome. We wouldn’t have Florence. We wouldn’t have the marvel that is Venice. Matteo Renzi
In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in histories such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo. Tadao Ando
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. Livy
This bloke in Rome once took his camera off and cracked me round the head with it, and I’m bleeding. He was a bit bigger than me, the Italian photographer, but I thought, ‘I can’t back down now,’ so I sort of squared up to him. Luckily, my mate jumped round and bit him on the neck. Pete Doherty
Rome is not like any other city. It’s a big museum, a living room that shall be crossed on one’s toes. Alberto Sordi
To my taste, the men in Rome are ridiculously, hurtfully, stupidly beautiful. More beautiful even than Roman women, to be honest. Italian men are beautiful in the same way as French women, which is to say no detail spared in the quest for perfection. They’re like show poodles. Sometimes they look so good I want to applaud Elizabeth Gilbert
The beauty of Rome is that you can wander into a pizzeria just about anywhere and get a real Italian pizza that’s thankfully worlds away from the Super Supreme I used to order at Pizza Hut as a kid. Ed Stoppard
I sometimes fancy that Rome will crowd everything else out of my heart. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time. Richard Meier
If we could be reborn wherever we chose, how crowded Rome would be. Francine Prose
I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food. Roger Federer
