--- title: "11 Like Cuba Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Like Cuba quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Like Cuba sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/elian-gonzalez-54325_cuba_i-d-like-to-go-to-cuba-758868_758868.jpg" --- > [I'd like to go to Cuba.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elian-gonzalez/i-d-like-to-go-to-cuba/) [Elian Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elian-gonzalez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/elian-gonzalez-54325_cuba_i-d-like-to-go-to-cuba-758868_758868.jpg) > [The Castro government is disproportionately white given the color of the island. It doesn't look like Cuba.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-falcoff/the-castro-government-is-disproportionately-white-given-the-color-of/) [Mark Falcoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-falcoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/mark-falcoff-46235_castro_the-castro-government-is-disproportionat_1706112.jpg) > [What's certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cuba's can't continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-havel/what-s-certain-is-that-a-totalitarian-enclave-like-cuba-s-can-t/) [Vaclav Havel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-havel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/vaclav-havel-2013_certain_what-s-certain-is-that-a-totalitarian-en_1835668.jpg) > [I've been able to accomplish goals that I set for myself, where in countries like Cuba you just don't get those opportunities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-alvarez/i-ve-been-able-to-accomplish-goals-that-i-set-for-myself-where-in/) [Eddy Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-alvarez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/eddy-alvarez-6071_accomplish_i-ve-been-able-to-accomplish-goals-that_1264539.jpg) > [What I really like about Cuba is that you can go into a local bar in a provincial town and you'll get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/what-i-really-like-about-cuba-is-that-you-can-go-into-a-local-bar-in/) [John Gimlette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gimlette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/john-gimlette-11101_amplification_what-i-really-like-about-cuba-is-that-yo_874074.jpg) > [ I wouldn't like to see Cuba change in other ways. And the trouble is when Fidel \[Castro\] does go - I am… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/i-wouldn-t-like-to-see-cuba-change-in-other-ways-and-the-trouble-is/) [John Gimlette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gimlette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/john-gimlette-11101_capitalism_i-wouldn-t-like-to-see-cuba-change-in-ot_563679.jpg) > [It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-smith/it-s-absurd-we-would-all-like-to-see-cuba-move-toward-civil-society/) [Wayne Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/wayne-smith-73483_absurd_it-s-absurd-we-would-all-like-to-see-cub_849906.png) > [“The Baxter house sparkled with multicolored lights and evergreen garlands draped with icicles. The piney scent of a real Christmas tree mixed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-diaz-gonzalez/the-baxter-house-sparkled-with-multicolored-lights-and-evergreen/) [Christina Diaz Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-diaz-gonzalez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cf/christina-diaz-gonzalez-60430_christmas_the-baxter-house-sparkled-with-multicolo_1105205.jpg) > [For me, sexual identity and orientation is a human right, which should also be accepted by the United Nations. Of course, innovations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariela-castro/for-me-sexual-identity-and-orientation-is-a-human-right-which-should/) [Mariela Castro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariela-castro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/mariela-castro-61908_accepted_for-me-sexual-identity-and-orientation-i_1971594.jpg) > [When you see my performances, even people that you might have known, like Nicky Barnes in 'American Gangster,' you have to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cuba-gooding-jr/when-you-see-my-performances-even-people-that-you-might-have-known/) [Cuba Gooding, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cuba-gooding-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/cuba-gooding-jr-14311_actor_when-you-see-my-performances-even-people_2298603.jpg) > [I've never been anywhere in my life like it and I only really noticed it when I returned to Los Angeles and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-wenders/i-ve-never-been-anywhere-in-my-life-like-it-and-i-only-really-noticed/) [Wim Wenders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-wenders/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-cuba/#itemlist", "name": "Like Cuba Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd like to go to Cuba.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elian Gonzalez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elian-gonzalez/i-d-like-to-go-to-cuba/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/elian-gonzalez-54325_cuba_i-d-like-to-go-to-cuba-758868_758868.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/elian-gonzalez-54325_cuba_i-d-like-to-go-to-cuba-758868_758868.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/elian-gonzalez-54325_cuba_i-d-like-to-go-to-cuba-758868_758868.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd like to go to Cuba.” — Elian Gonzalez", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Castro government is disproportionately white given the color of the island. 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Everybody is much better off in these places, there is not poverty like in Cuba, but everybody complains about things.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wim Wenders" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-wenders/i-ve-never-been-anywhere-in-my-life-like-it-and-i-only-really-noticed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/wim-wenders-9999_about_i-ve-never-been-anywhere-in-my-life-like_3182518.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/wim-wenders-9999_about_i-ve-never-been-anywhere-in-my-life-like_3182518.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/wim-wenders-9999_about_i-ve-never-been-anywhere-in-my-life-like_3182518.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've never been anywhere in my life like it and I only really noticed it when I returned to Los Angeles and…” — Wim Wenders", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-cuba/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-cuba/", "name": "Like Cuba Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-cuba/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/elian-gonzalez-54325_cuba_i-d-like-to-go-to-cuba-758868_758868.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 11 Like Cuba quotes by 10 authors. 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