Latin Quotes · Page 18

I'm the Latin artist who has been the most successful in history at representing the Latin culture.

— Julio Iglesias

Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global…

— Enrique Pena Nieto

“Alis volat propriss. It's Latin, it means: 'She flies with her own wings'.”

— M.J. Abraham

[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

“Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa Fortuna." ["Generally common sense is rare in that (higher) rank."]”

— Juvenal

I very much wish that some day or other you may have time to learn Greek, because that language is an idea.…

— Sara Coleridge

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder…

— Anonymous

When I say Afro-American aesthetic, I'm not just talking about the United States, I'm talking about the Americas. People in the Latin…

— Ishmael Reed

I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or…

— Sandra Cisneros

It is my great good luck the words I use are English words, which means I live in a very old nation…

— Geraldine Brooks

I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a…

— Victoria Justice

Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or…

— Henry A. Wallace

I'm a bit of a traditionalist; the ballroom is all about tails and I never mess about with that. But for the…

— Anton du Beke

One thing you can't help noticing in South America and in Latin culture, generally, is how nice people are. Although when I…

— Martin Amis

Port Talbot is a steel town, where everything is covered with gray iron ore dust. Even the beach is completely littered with…

— Terry Gilliam

Scholars have found that references to Christ in Josephus were deliberately planted in the translation long after it was written, and the…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

In America there is really very little knowledge of the literature of the rest of the world. Of the literature of Latin…

— Chinua Achebe

Talk loud enough about human rights and it gives the impression of democracy at work, justice at work. There was a time…

— Arundhati Roy

Others may fashion more smoothly images of bronze (I for one believe it), evoke living faces from marble, plead causes better, trace…

— Virgil

The fast growing markets - the BRICS and Next Eleven - are the key. The next billion consumers are not going to…

— Martin Sorrell

... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the…

— Mary McCarthy

I'm too young to have kids, but I really want to be a mom. I don't know if it's a Latin thing,…

— Alice Braga

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

— Ednita Nazario

The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of

— Ednita Nazario

The U.S. should not continue to ignore Latin America. Our nation shares regional and cultural ties with these neighboring countries.

— Mercedes Schlapp

“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

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

— Hugo Chavez

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

— Heinrich Heine

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

— William Allan

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

— Nolan Arenado

“Es cor meum,' he murmured, his eyes dancing over my face. Though I'd never heard the phrase, I responded: 'Ut tu meus.'…

— T.J. Klune

I went to Paris when I was 17 and would sit in a cafe called Les Deux Magots, in the Latin Quarter.…

— Anna Karina

I see the new Latin artist as a pioneer, opening up doors for others to follow. And when they don't open, we…

— John Leguizamo

People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my…

— Horace

There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.

— Michel de Montaigne

We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.

— Shakira