"There's a cure for everything except death."

"Why should I kill myself worrying when I'll end up just as dead?"

"You live and you suffer."

"I've been cursed since the day I was born."

"Your mother and her prayers can't help us."

"Do you fancy a pizza? Come on, then! Come on, let's go! What the hell. We might as well go out in style. What's the point in worrying about it all?"

"I mind my own business, I bother nobody, and what do I get? Trouble."

"To eat like that, you'd have to earn at least a million a month."

"Forget everything. We'll get drunk!"

"It's always the same! I might as well go and jump in the river."

"You must plant your seeds in another field. Do you understand what I mean?"

"It's simple, my boy. What good is planting seeds if the soil rejects them? You plant, but don't gather. Understand?"

"She doesn't love you! Forget her!"

"Dear boy, you're very ugly. Yes, ugly. There are so many other women... Go and plow another field!"

"Hey, Ricci, remember your bike! You have to have a bike."

"A bike? I have and I haven't. I can't get my hands on it right now. Perhaps in a few days time."

"You need one straight away or they won't take you on."

"If you haven't got a bike, you'll have to let someone else take it."

"Have you got a bike or haven't you?"

"Think I'm going to wait another two years? I'll be there with a bike."

"What have they stolen?"

"My bike."

"What can I say? I can only tell you what I see. Listen: you'll find it straight away or not at all. Understand? You'll find it straight away or not at all. Keep your eyes open."

"Where, straight away?"

"How should I know? Go and try to understand what I said. You'll find it straight away or not at all."

"It always rains on Sunday. You finish at one and you have to stay shut up indoors... I can't stand what's on at the cinema, I really can't stand it."

"We're all honest here in Piazza Vittorio!"

"Yeahhh!"

"What d'ya mean, 'Yeaaah'?"

"Nyaaaah!"

"Baiocchi. You've got to help me. I've got to get my bike back."

"Easier said than done."

"Don't you want anything to drink? If your mother were to see you! But we're going to do what we want!"

"You shouldn't have pawned your bike!"

"And how were you supposed to eat?"

"What about the bike?"

"It's pointless. There's nothing doing. It always rains on Sundays."

"I can do it on foot for the first few days."

"You're not the only one. I do too."

"So us bricklayers should just starve?"

"There's nothing I can do. Be patient."

"We'll try to help everyone. That's what I'm here for."

"Ricci, there's a job for you."

"A job?"

"Do I have rotten luck or what? There's a job, but I can't take it!"

"A job? And a good city job too! It'll be all right."

"I feel like jumping in the river!"

"We can sleep without sheets."

"There are six sheets there. Linen and cotton. Good stuff. From my dowry."

"Couldn't you make it a bit more? They're used."

"It's the Fides. Next to that red one."

"What are you afraid of? Put that bike down."

"You start in the morning. The storeroom will give you what you need. Tomorrow at 6:45."

"I'll be there."

"How did it go?"

"Good."

"Sorry you had to wait, but it's all set."

"Everyone has his own locker. See how big it is? Just think: They used to even provide shoes. But the pay's still good. 6,000 bimonthly, plus a family allowance. And then there's overtime!"

"Can we stop at Via della Paglia?"

"What for?"

"I have to see a woman."

"A woman?"

"Yes, a woman."

"Does the Holy One live here?"

"The Holy One?"

"The one who sees."

"February, March, and April have come and gone."

"How long has he been in bed?"

"Over a year."

"Your son will rise from his bed before the leaves fall."

"Before the leaves fall?"

"I owe her 50 lira."

"How can a woman with two children and a head on her shoulders listen to all this stupid nonsense? I don't get it."

"You think she got me the job?"

"Come on. Get on. Let's go home, dummy."

"Daddy, look what they did. There's a dent."

"What did you make?"

"Egg sandwiches."

"First, you give it a coat of glue. Then you put up the poster. Then another light coat of glue, flattening out the poster and smoothing out the lumps. Got that?"

"Beat it, kid! If you leave any lumps, the inspector will fine you. You gotta be smart to do this job. You need a good eye and a quick hand."

"Thief! Thief!"

"What happened?"

"Hop on! After him, quick!"

"I saw him head for the tunnel!"

"Look yourself if you have time. Look all over Rome? Well, I sure wouldn't recognize it."

"I gave you the serial number and a description."

"Sure. It'd take the whole mobile unit to look for it."

"Then why even file a complaint?"

"Suppose you find it tomorrow in a bike shop. Call a policeman. It's on file."

"Then it's up to me?"

"I've already told you. You filed your complaint. Now good night."

"Don't try cutting in line!"

"Excuse me, but I was here first."

"Daddy, it's 7:30. I took the bus. Let's go."

"Where's the bike? Did it break down?"

"Yeah, it broke down."

"Without work, people can't be placed in jobs. We've raised this issue with the Department of Labor. A welfare check solves nothing. It just humiliates the worker and doesn't help anything."

"We need a massive program of public works."

"But what did they say at today's meeting?"

"Same as always: 'You can't expect miracles.'"