# Alberto Sordi's most famous lines

Lines by Alberto Sordi (Rome, 1920-2003) that Romans, and everyone else, have been repeating for generations, each with its film.

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- Sep 26, 2026 · N. Farina
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## Top 10

1. **Macaroni, you provoked me and now I'm going to destroy you, macaroni!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nando Mericoni facing a plate of spaghetti in An American in Rome (1954).
2. **I am who I am, and you are…** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The most famous line from Il Marchese del Grillo (1981), left here without its final swear word.
3. **The Marquis del Grillo never asks for discounts: he either pays or he doesn't… and I'm not paying you!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Il Marchese del Grillo (1981), with the Jewish cabinetmaker.
4. **When you're joking, you have to be serious!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Il Marchese del Grillo (1981).
5. **The marquis's cricket always hops; whoever hops merrily always lives.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Il Marchese del Grillo (1981).
6. **Workers! Workers of the mortar… pfft!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alberto mocking the labourers in Fellini's I vitelloni (1953).
7. **A raspberry cheapens whoever blows it, not whoever receives it.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Il vigile (1960) by Luigi Zampa.
8. **Better get used to injustice while you're young.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Il vigile (1960).
9. **You see, Paolino, your mother is a great woman… but she thinks like a woman.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Una vita difficile (1961) by Dino Risi.
10. **Remember that in this world you just have to say yes with your eyes and no with your head.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977) by Mario Monicelli.

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