Latin Quotes

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.

I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp.

Every real nation is a people of a common blood and descended from the same ancestors. A nation - from the Latin word meaning to be born - can have no other meaning.

When I was very young I was reading a lot of Latin American fiction, which later would be called "boom fiction."

As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.

The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late.

[In the Flash my character] is not even CSI, it's forensic, talking about the stratum corneum...Yeah, I was referring to my Latin book often to make sure I pronounce things correct.

Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC) The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.

Brazil is one of the biggest Latin American countries, the biggest, no doubt, and, more importantly, it is a country with immense development potential.

As a Latin man, obviously immigration has been a part of my culture for decades. [I] grew up understanding what you go through in order to come to this country and searching for that American dream.

The reason is that Chile is the brightest spot in Latin America. It has very fast growth, low unemployment. It privatized its Social Security system, which we in USA were unable to do.

I love Latin women, yet for some reason I always wind up with blondes.

Latin America is part of the world which was for many years condemned to the system of power where intimidation had more strength than the vote.

No matter where you go in the world in any country in Africa or Latin America and other place, you will find that China is very deeply involved in the affairs of that country.

The workforce in Latin America was treated as a vulgar instrument for capital accumulation.

I love dancing to Latin music, so I have a trainer who dances with me for an hour three times a week.

ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

Optional is latin for 'Be There'.

We Latins are known for jabbering on.

I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.

Allow me to say that I would long since have committed suicide had desisting made me a professor of Latin.

The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget.

For me the form, the stanzaic shape, is an endorsement, proof that I'm engaged with the Latin or Greek at an original level, that my versions are explorations.

Every one excels in something in which another fails.

You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart people?"-Shane (Glass Houses)

Sydney! Stop. Think of something else. Conjugate Latin verbs. Recite the periodic table.

Observermanship is the art of giving the impression that you are with it even though you don't know Latin very well.

Any Latin dance, whether it be salsa, cha cha, samba, etc., is very sexy for me to see a woman do. Using your hips is the key.

To rule yourself is the ultimate power

I do not need wireless access to Wikipedia. I would prefer to stir-fry my own small intestines than to have continual access to a site where the entry for Klingon is longer than the entry for Latin.

The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.

Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with.

Fortunately, war in Latin America is usually waged only with words. The tongue is our most dangerous weapon. We talk too much!

I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers...

My hope is that every country in Latin America will make a significant commitment to supporting early childhood development programs.

To me, being Latin is about more than your looks - it's how you're brought up.

Latin! The language of God! Or perhaps He speaks Hebrew? I suppose that's more likely and it will make things rather awkward in heaven, won't it? Will we all have to learn Hebrew?

I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite.

There is a just Latin axiom, that he who seeks a reason for everything subverts reason.

I like to think of power back in its Latin root, its meaning comes from posse - to be able.

Encyclopedia is a Latin term. It means "to paraphrase a term paper."

To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.

What was said by the Latin poet of labor--that it conquers all things--is much more true when applied to impudence.

We are a scientific civilization. That means a civilization in which knowledge and its integrity are crucial. Science is only a Latin word for knowledge ... Knowledge is our destiny.

You grow up Latin in this country and you're a third class citizen from the word go, and so you have to deal with everything around you from that point of view and trying to feel entitled.

The word enchant comes from the Latin 'incantare', meaning to sing or chant magical words or sounds.

The corruption of the best is the worst.

The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.

Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.