Latino Quotes · Page 2

I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.

— Ricky Martin

As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.

— Xavier Becerra

New Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino.

— Junot Diaz

There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.

— Jimmy Smits

Latino poets, are really having a significant impact on American poetics today.

— Kwame Dawes

Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups.

— Grace Napolitano

I was President of the Latino Club. I got my little jacket and everything.

— Snow Tha Product

I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I dont look Latino enough.

— Tristan Wilds

When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!

— Meagan Good

Same way I have my entire life. Keep my family and friends close. My Latino friends close. I visit the island [Puerto…

— Sonia Sotomayor

For me... you know, the most I've paid for a haircut was in Australia. Usually I go to a black barber or…

— Hannibal Buress

I've worked very hard to get where I am, but as the product of a Latino working family, I never would have…

— Ruben Gallego

I remember when they started publishing Latino fiction years ago. You had to be really good to get published. Now you don't…

— Sandra Cisneros

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

— Cristina Saralegui

Poor is the new black. So on this film [The Land], there are poor black people, but there are also poor Latinos,…

— Steven Caple Jr

I think the African American community, the Latino community, the Native American communities have borne an unfair burden in the last century,…

— Van Jones

When we think about the issues that matter, obviously the news covers immigration, a lot. You might think immigration is the only…

— Soledad O'Brien

I'd humbly like to become an inspiration to the biracial kids, who are the population of the new millennium. I'm everything and…

— Mariah Carey

Not now, for the last three thousand years, Hebrew has been penetrated and fertilized by ancient Semitic languages - by Aramaic, by…

— Amos Oz

Latinos outnumber Black people now. I'm not too happy about it. Because it's only a matter of time before we lose our…

— Alonzo Bodden

Today, we have come a distance. We have made a lot of progress. That cannot be denied. You cannot dispute the fact…

— John Lewis

At Harvard, the strong and savvy and confident thrived, while the nice or shy or quaintly moral were just bit players. In…

— Sergio Troncoso

There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand…

— Edward James Olmos

In restaurants across America we see Latino workers in the kitchen who are being paid substandard wages. The saddest thing to me…

— Bryant Terry

The War on Drugs is a war on people, but particularly it's been a war on low-income people and a war on…

— Cory Booker

An environmental revolution is taking shape in the United States. This revolution has touched communities of color from New York to California…

— Robert D Bullard

Black people are just constantly immature in their thinking, undisciplined, and we suffer as a people. This is not about race in…

— KRS-One

My grandmother instilled in me a toughness that comes with survival. She was a tough lady and never truly enjoyed her life.…

— George Lopez

Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and…

— Barack Obama

There are a lot of good comics, no doubt, but as far as the quality of the comics goes, I think what…

— Chris Rock

“Kolonia Santita imesambaa dunia nzima. Hapa Meksiko wana magenge rafiki zaidi ya mia moja yakiwemo makubwa kabisa katika Latino ya Matamolos na…

— Enock Maregesi

“I held Angie Luna in that room for hours, and I remember the different times we made love like epochs in a…

— Sergio Troncoso

Too many young African-American and Latino men ended up in jail for nonviolent offenses.

— Hillary Clinton

And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.

— Merle Haggard

Gun-related violence and murders are concentrated among blacks and Latinos in big cities.

— Juan Williams

I grew up in a small Latino community that was very masculine-driven.

— Adore Delano

I'm finding that I'm working with more and more Latino artists, and that's exciting.

— Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

I love Latino culture but I hate the concept of "la raza." It is a divisive mindset.

— Andrew Breitbart

Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money.

— Susana Martinez

I don't understand how they can call me anti-Latino, when I've made four movies in Mexico.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger