Spain Quotes · Page 10

In Italy it is far more difficult than in Spain, where teams are not that attentive in defence.

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

It would be great to play against someone like Spain and prove you can handle yourself at that level.

— Darren Bent

Players from Holland and Scandinavia aren't divers, but those from Spain and Italy go down far too easily for my liking.

— Jaap Stam

Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I knew I was developing fluency in Spanish language when I started thinking in Spanish!”

— Steven Magee

I spent a lot of my childhood in Spain. My nuclear family lives in Spain and has lived there for a long…

— Hilaria Baldwin

I watched Felipe Luis a lot of times. I played against him in Spain. I know he is a very good player.

— Cesar Azpilicueta

I've brought the traditions from Spain to the United States: spending the afternoons with my husband and my son, enjoying the little…

— Paz Vega

I begin my reign with profound emotion at the honour of accepting the Crown, aware of the responsibility it entails and with…

— King Felipe VI

You had one guy who was a slave, and another who wasn't. And I actually know what happened to them. [Juan ]…

— Henry Louis Gates

I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live…

— Xavi

Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in…

— Federica Montseny

I had a stalker while filming a movie in Spain last year. She stood outside my apartment every day for weeks –…

— Robert Pattinson

“Earn in France. Learn French. Earn in Germany. Learn German. Earn in Spain. Learn Spanish. Earn in Italy. Learn Italian. Earn in…

— Dipti Dhakul

The attacks in Jordan, just like those before it in Indonesia, Egypt, Spain and the United States, demonstrate that terrorism does not…

— Allyson Schwartz

In Spain, everything's more tactical, more technical, with more possession. In Germany, it's more physical; it's about the runs you make, the…

— Thiago Alcantara

I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one…

— Xabi Alonso

I think at the end of the day, the real sick man of Europe is liable to turn out to be France,…

— Wilbur Ross

“I was standing by the car when two police officers showed up in the alley, very interested in me and the BMW…

— Tomas Adam Nyapi

“Such were our minor preparations for the journey, but above all we laid in an ample stock of good-humour, and a genuine…

— Washington Irving

The monk, the inquisitor, and the Jesuit were lords of Spain,- sovereigns of her sovereign, for they had formed the dark and…

— Francis Parkman

How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The thing is that my first novel, which was basically a mystery adventure story, won quite an important award in Spain for…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

If you think about Don Quixote, Don Quixote is this guy who wants to live as if he was in a medieval…

— Elif Batuman

Spain travel tip: If bathroom genders are indicated by flamingos, the boy flamingo is the one with a hat. I learned this…

— Dave Barry

“The Spaniards were seated at a table by the hearth, dominating the room with their mustachioed handsomeness and aggressive good cheer.”

— Dawn Patitucci

In Spain, if you don't follow football, you're dead. You don't have conversation.

— Garbine Muguruza

Greece is at a dangerous crossroads. Other countries-Portugal, Ireland, maybe Spain-are coming behind it.

— Loukas Tsoukalis

These countries - Spain, France, Germany - have environments that are really geared toward the professional player.

— Jill Ellis

It's unbelievable. I changed the way Barcelona played. Now, Spain have had to change.

— Johan Cruyff

I arrived in Spain at three years old when my dad played in Valencia. Then we spent a lot of time in…

— Thiago Alcantara

In my first season I was learning about English football in a new team. I scored 13 which isn't bad, but I…

— Luis Garcia

Immigrants in Norway must learn Norwegian. The same should Spaniards in Spain do, if they want to work with Norwegians.

— Carl I. Hagen

When I was growing up, in this country, I would use the name Hillary and in Spain, I would use the name…

— Hilaria Baldwin

Spain always go into a tournament with the idea of performing the best we can.

— Iker Casillas

Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years.

— Martin Amis

Spain, must we some day tell Filipinas that thou hast no ear for her woes and that if she wishes to be…

— Jose Rizal

I spoke to Mali and they understand; I've never lived there and I never said I was going there, my intention was…

— Adama Traore

I grew up in the countryside riding horses, and I also ride every holiday in Spain, which is where I was born.…

— Astrid Berges-Frisbey

It is no secret to anyone that we are going to rule in the most delicate circumstances Spain has faced in 30 years.

— Mariano Rajoy