“A Roman centurion walks into a bar and orders a martinus. The bartender says, "Don't you mean a martini?" The centurion answers,… — Harlan Wolff Copy Share Image
How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much… — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
“So how do we get from there to a pattern of experience that can stand for the whole of postcolonial Latin America?… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share Image
Throughout the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, Latin was the language of learning and international communication. But in the early modern period,… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
People say we're all identical, but Jennifer Lopez is an American. She's from New York. She doesn't have an accent. Some of… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
My creativity for making women feel beautiful is one of the reasons I love being Latina. Just making people feel more attractive… — Carolyn Aronson Copy Share Image
How can you have a world of today where India is not represented in the Security Council; Japan, the second contributor, is… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The way Spain has now behaved in Catalonia, after the referendum, is a total disgrace. If this continues, it will all reach… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
It is wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log-hut on the frontier. You would think they found it under a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I continued my explorations in a cobbled yard overlooked by broken doors and cracked windows. Pushing open a swollen door into a… — Martine Bailey Copy Share Image
Birth Control is not contraception indiscriminately and thoughtlessly practiced. It means the release and cultivation of the better racial elements in our… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Anything, even the conceptually most complex material, can be written for general audiences without any dumbing down. Of course you have to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Latin America can no longer tolerate being a haven for United States liberals who cannot make their point at home, an outlet… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Europe is being subjected to the kinds of programs that devastated Latin America for many years. Latin America has thrown them out… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The comics of course, help the movies, because all of the comic fans want to see the movies. And the most amazing… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I admire them for making their way up and opening new opportunities for other Latin newcomers. Latinos have come a long way… — Roselyn Sanchez Copy Share Image
Every real nation is a people of a common blood and descended from the same ancestors. A nation - from the Latin… — Sam Francis Copy Share Image
Yiddish is the voice of exile, the tongue of ghettos, but I'll shed a tear when it joins ancient Greek and dead… — Linda Barnes Copy Share Image
Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
Italy in the 1920s, Germany in the '30s, East Germany in the '50s, Czechoslovakia in the '60s, the Latin American dictatorships in… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“Speaking Latin properly is indeed to be held in the highest regard – not just because of its own merits, but in… — Cicero Copy Share Image
For me the form, the stanzaic shape, is an endorsement, proof that I'm engaged with the Latin or Greek at an original… — Michael Longley Copy Share Image
I wanted to know if the 'Iliad' in the original was as relevant and contemporary as it was in translation. I then… — Caroline Lawrence Copy Share Image
You grow up Latin in this country and you're a third class citizen from the word go, and so you have to… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
I'm a natural blonde. But when I started acting, I would go to auditions and they didn't know where to put me… — Sofia Vergara Copy Share Image
The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and… — William Jones Copy Share Image
The majority of Latin actresses in Hollywood were always playing either spitfires or maids. Now here is a woman who comes in… — Rosie Perez Copy Share Image
I will always be the first Latina Cinderella, so I always have that to take with me, and I'm very proud of… — Dania Ramirez Copy Share Image
In fairness, Latin America's elected civilian leaders have made progress in some areas. They have brought their countries back to international respectability,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I studied Latin in high school, and I was reading stuff from Cicero. And that signal took a few thousand years to… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
The term middle-aged, invented by Descartes, comes from the Latin, medeus, meaning 'not really old' and ageis, meaning 'if you look at… — Marilyn Suzanne Miller Copy Share Image
I want to steer away from the stereotypes that Latina women are categorized in. I feel like there are so many more… — Emily Rios Copy Share Image
We all have that capacity to lose our humanity when circumstances force us to do so. It's not specific to people who… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“Greek 201 is always easier than Greek 101, because at first it’s all Greek to you, and later the material is still… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
My friends who are not from Sweden tell me that I'm more reserved or maybe more ... I guess the opposite of… — Robyn Copy Share Image
The word 'radical' derives from the Latin word for root. Therefore, if you want to get to the root of anything you… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Fortunately I'm Latin, and I'm born with a little bit of rhythm by default. It's in the DNA. I have that going… — Adam Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I think everybody don't know what color I am. It's like, "He's not black enough. He's not white enough. He's got a… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like… — Haley Reinhart Copy Share Image
