Spain Quotes · Page 8

“Spanish rain, A maiden’s dress, Apothecary pills And ancient thrills; Melancholy kills A girl’s caress.”

— Roman Payne

In the middle of the sixteenth century, Spain was the incubus of Europe. Gloomy and portentous, she chilled the world with her…

— Francis Parkman

[Francisco Franco] said they should resort to guerrilla war. Which has a history in Spain.

— Noam Chomsky

Off the court, I tend to stick to the classics, but I like to have fun with color and accessories. I'm from…

— Tommy Hilfiger

I love Spain. I go back two or three times a year usually to visit friends and ride horses.

— Bo Derek

I would never rule out returning to Spain. I have good memories, and I would like to go back at some point.

— Raul Jimenez

Spain and the United States share the same values of democracy, liberty and fundamental freedoms.

— King Felipe VI

I had one life. And what did I do? Wasted it in some palooka preliminaries in Spain, just before Hitler and Chamberlain…

— Billy Wilder

“Diplomacy, if conducted sensibly, is a matter of small gains offset by small losses, an attempt to maintain a state of equilibrium…

— William S. Maltby

“It's very kind of you to take us in," said the vicar, smiling. "We're so sorry if we've put you out at…

— Victoria Twead

Spain has been massively diverting capital from the private sector into politically favored environmental projects for the better part of a decade...every…

— Ron Paul

There are countries that are near ours which are in the situation which we all know. I want to say that this…

— Mariano Rajoy

I know that most domesticated animals aren't indigenous to this country. So guess what, cat? You can beat it. Go back to…

— Arj Barker

I am not quite sure where home is right now. I do have places in London and Milan, and a house in…

— Sarah Brightman

When we were children, we were told that we have a motherland, and that motherland was Spain. However, we have discovered later,…

— Hugo Chavez

Spain's new Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced he will soon call back Spain's 1300 troops from Iraq - meaning the…

— Jon Stewart

Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will…

— David Sedaris

Bullfighting has some of the elements of a sport or contest, and in the United States most people think of it as…

— Bette Ford

“In 1469, the regions of Aragon (Aragón) and Castile (Castilla) were united by the marriage of Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I,…

— Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba

It doesn't take a genius to see what happens when the entitlement state outgrows the economy upon which it rests. The time…

— Charles Krauthammer

You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, Dali spent two months…

— Salvador Dali

The only place where you could see life and death, i. e., violent death now that the wars were over, was in…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Such were our minor preparations for the journey, but above all we laid in an ample stock of good-humour, and a genuine…

— Washington Irving

“I was standing by the car when two police officers showed up in the alley, very interested in me and the BMW…

— Tomas Adam Nyapi

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that…

— Vicente del Bosque

I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.

— Javier Bardem

I really enjoy traveling to... I went to Spain. That was really cool. Japan was really cool. France was really cool.

— Nathan Chen

I suppose true sexual equality will come when a general called Anthea is found having an unwise lunch with a young, unreliable…

— John Mortimer

I make a star's salary when I do horror, because I can still open a movie in Italy or Spain or Germany.

— Robert Englund

I had my first bowl of gazpacho when I was fifteen in Spain, and the impression it made was a lasting one.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

When I left Spain, I had it very clear in my mind that I would return one day.

— Thibaut Courtois

“Are you a communist?" "No I am an anti-fascist" "For a long time?" "Since I have understood fascism.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Spain has some of the richest culinary traditions and truly appreciates food that is simply prepared with top-notch ingredients.

— Emeril Lagasse

In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.

— Manuel Pellegrini

Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain. Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone, wherever I have gone...…

— Jackson C. Frank

I am sure that Spain is not a racist country, but there are many racists and many of them are in the…

— Vinicius Junior

To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain.

— Carroll Quigley

I don't think Spain is a racist country, I think we have a very high level of integration.

— Dani Carvajal

I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey.

— Daisy Fuentes