Latin Quotes · Page 19

There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?

— Fidel Castro

There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.

— Benicio Del Toro

Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed.

— Aaron Sanchez

As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy.

— Judy Reyes

Sydney: I like Latin. It's fun. Eddie: I can't believe you think we're the strange ones.

— Richelle Mead

My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, 'That's what I am'

— Oscar de la Renta

Bad writers are nearly always haunted by the notion that Latin or Greek words are grander than Saxon ones.

— George Orwell

“Saepa stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturas. (Turn the stylus [to erase] often if you would write something worthy of…

— Horace

As a matter of fact, Latin America's economy is almost as big as the economy of China. We're all focused on China.…

— Mitt Romney

The American influence is not so aggressive anymore. The American big business influence in Latin America is not as strong, so people…

— Costa-Gavras

I used the word 'prose' in the Trans-Siberian in the early Latin sense of prosa dictu. Poem seemed to me too pretentious,…

— Blaise Cendrars

When I was growing up, I was as socially outcast as any nerd could possibly be. I was in the chess club,…

— Chris Hardwick

How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“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

Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about…

— Mark Z. Danielewski

No," Frank said. "I'm only a centurion." Jason cursed in Latin. "He means he can't control a whole legion. He's not of…

— Rick Riordan

Actually learning ancient Greek was a brilliant practice of mine because you'd sit there and you'd read a sentence and sometimes it…

— Robert Greene

What we've undergone in recent decades worldwide has been totally insane, and all of this is a result of capitalism. The workforce…

— Rafael Correa

English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin…

— Bill Bryson

Malcolm Bradbury made the point, and I don't know whether it's a valid one or not, that the real English at the…

— William Golding

The art of politics, under democracy, is simply the art of ringing it. Two branches reveal themselves. There is the art of…

— H. L. Mencken

Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of…

— J. L. Austin

If you look at social movements in Latin America, there are spaces where alternative politics are thought about on the ground, at…

— Nigel Gibson

Jorge Luis Borges was lamenting a variety of Orientalism that was used to measure the alleged authenticity of Argentine and Latin American…

— Adam Morris

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.

— Bianca Jagger

I'm Latin, and my family is originally from Italy, so we're a loud group. There's always a lot of food, a lot…

— Isabeli Fontana

I'm a traditionalist. I'm a Latin mass Catholic, and I hold to traditional views of responsibility.

— Pat Buchanan

The people of the United States will do anything for Latin America, except read about it.

— Anonymous

"Writing" is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound.

— Lawrence Lessig

People in the Latina community will DM me: 'We claim you. We're proud of you.' That means a lot.

— Gabby Windey

“Wow, I miss Latin. So much fun - all those exciting verbs that don't come unit the end of the sentence. It's…

— Libba Bray

Dr Johnson said, the inscription should have been in Latin, as every thing intended to be universal and permanent, should be.

— James Boswell

I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things…

— Sandra Cisneros

“With these meager scraps of Latin and the like, you may perhaps be taken for a scholar, which is honorable and profitable…

— Miguel de Cervantes

In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching remedial English in college.

— Joseph Sobran

People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient…

— Anonymous

It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice…

— Cristela Alonzo

They've got so many Latin players we're going to have to get a Latin instructor up here.

— Phil Rizzuto

Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football.

— Bill Bryson

I think that in the past there has been a kind of cultural resistance to Latin because it's associated with elitism.

— Munira Mirza