Latin Quotes · Page 22

The rise of salsa was such an important time in musical history, not just in Latin music but music in general, because…

— Jennifer Lopez

There is a negative proof of the value of Latin: No one seems to boast of not knowing it.

— Peter Brodie

It's my first baby, 'IlumiNATTI.' I'm taking risks, but I feel like I'm doing it for all the Latinos out there.

— Natti Natasha

I toyed with the idea of playing Ravel's 'Pavane pour une infante defunte' but I couldn't remember if it's a tune or…

— Les Dawson

To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina…

— Billie Burke

I'm what is known as perimenopausal. "Peri", some of you may know, is a Latin prefix meaning 'SHUT YOUR FLIPPIN' PIE HOLE'.

— Celia Rivenbark

I embrace my Latina background because I know that by doing so we will continue to break down stereotypes that may exist…

— Eve Torres

Latin Americans are all too familiar with the boom and bust cycles associated with economic populism.

— Arancha Gonzalez

I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I…

— Salma Hayek

Today we find many actors, they are Latin, they are Hispanic, they are living in the Unites States, they are American, but…

— Sonia Braga

If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day, so they wanted to change…

— Cesar Romero

Word lessons, in particular the wouldst couldst shouldst have loved kind, were kept up, with much warlike thrashing, until I had committed…

— John Muir

I really wanna do a Spanish album. I have that Latin culture background. It's a part of me. I'm not the best…

— David Archuleta

We think, fundamentally, that the future story of Latin America, not only of Mexico but for all of Latin America, will be…

— Subcomandante Marcos

Quite naturally, scholars assumed that Latin grammar was not merely Latin grammar, but that it was grammar itself. They borrowed it and…

— Charlton Laird

I still consider myself to be an amateur filmmaker. And I say that because in the Latin origin of the word amateur…

— Jim Jarmusch

Of course I'm a black writer. I'm not just a black writer, but categories like black writer, woman writer and Latin American…

— Toni Morrison

In building up a democratic model I think that Cuba's contribution, little by little, has contributed to getting closer to the ideals…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

How shall we define occultism? The word is derived from the Latin occultus, hidden; so that it is the study of the…

— Charles Webster Leadbeater

The word spirit comes from the Latin word for "breath" - spiritu - and the origin of the word spirituality has to…

— Chris Martin

My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography…

— Sam Abell

My brothers and sisters and I spoke in a language called Egg Latin. In the early '50s in Canada, this became a…

— Phil Hartman

Exporting Church employees to Latin America masks a universal and unconscious fear of a new Church. North and South American authorities, differently…

— Ivan Illich

I looked to many, many filmmakers. I was influenced by the Neo-Realists, and by the Cuban, and the Latin American cinema, the…

— Lourdes Portillo

I'm so proud to be a Latina. Growing up and being Latina and growing up with my father and getting to do…

— Nikki Bella

The European brand of fascism will probably present its most serious postwar threat to us via Latin America.

— Henry A. Wallace

The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.

— Carlos Fuentes

My Latin heritage does inform me in a very real way - I walked through the world differently than Natalie Wood did.

— Rachel Zegler

What's a' your jargon o' your schools, Your Latin names for horns and stools; If honest nature made you fools.

— Robert Burns

“Amateur comes from the Latin agent amatus. To love. Never worry about love. Love delivers. It’s the incompetent professionals that’ll screw you.”

— CD Reiss

I'm a big fan of the vigor of civil society, political engagement, and public life in many parts of Latin America.

— Rebecca Solnit

“The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.”

— Heinrich Heine

Latin Americans have gotten tired of the Washington consensus - a neoliberalism that has aggravated misery and poverty.

— Hugo Chavez

I was born in America and played high school in America, but at the same time, my family, my cousins, the way…

— Nolan Arenado

Father, in spite of all this spending of money in learning Latin, I will be a painter.

— William Allan

[Latin] allows you to adore words, take them apart and find out where they came from.

— Dr. Seuss

Worship, from the Latin word meaning "worth-ship", is where we express God's worth to us in our lives.

— T. D. Jakes

I came, I saw, she conquered." The original Latin seems to have been garbled.

— Robert A. Heinlein

There is an old Latin quotation in regard to the poet which says 'Poeta nascitur non fit' the translation of which is-…

— Joseph Devlin

Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.

— Ednita Nazario