Latin Quotes

When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.

Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. -Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent

Love, and a cough, are not concealed.

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.

Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.

How can there be such anger in the minds of the gods?

Latin food is my guiltiest pleasure and my demise. My trainer hates when I go home to visit my mom and her cooking.

I totally carpe-d the snot out of this diem!

Science is only a Latin word for knowledge

Latin is already a dead language, man... don't make it any deader.

The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships.

In Chile they have no movies. They have awful popular movies. I am not a Latin American creator.

I believe in terms of the work that I do, in establishing dialogue about race relations in Latin America, steps on one of the most relevant themes today.

I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.

The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat.

Latin women enjoy being women more than other women.

Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.

There are social democrats and others who are marching more in the direction of equality, whether you call them socialists or communists... Capitalism has only hurt Latin America.

Surrealism comes from the reality of Latin America.

I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries.

The Colombian economy is very strong. We have one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America.

Joaquin Sabina is one of my favorites. He's like a legend. He's like our Bob Dylan, or our Bruce Springsteen. He's one of the most talented writers of our Latin music.

What Jennifer Lopez puts out, it's not Latin music.

I love the Latin neighborhoods in Los Angeles. It's like traveling all over Latin America without ever leaving LA.

Latin America and the Caribbean are the happiest on average in the world.

I don't have much history - I've got Rosie Perez, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Moreno. That's it. That's the history of Latin women in Hollywood, really.

As a matter of fact, Latin America's economy is almost as big as the economy of China. We're all focused on China. Latin America is a huge opportunity for America - time zone, language opportunities.

Latin men love Latin women, it is part of the culture, we celebrate women in a very special way and I think that is present in my work. I do it by making them beautiful, sensual.

Latin America has much richer resources. You'd expect it to be far more advanced than East Asia, but it had the disadvantage of being under imperialist wings.

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.

In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America.

With 'Timbiriche,' I toured Brazil and a lot of Latin America.

In Latin America in general, it's very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart.

I'm a big fan of the vigor of civil society, political engagement, and public life in many parts of Latin America.

In London, Washington, and Paris, people talk of bonuses or no bonuses. In parts of Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, the struggle is for food or no food.

I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America.

I would like to make it possible for many women and men in Latin America to win the lottery and receive the type of reproductive health services they so urgently need.

I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.

I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.

I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms

I am always nearest to myself," says the Latin proverb.

The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.

One that actually relates to all Latin American literature: that is, not every author is interested in being a representative of his or her national culture on the global stage.

When you review the Central American wars or other Latin American wars, you find that there were dictators and there were insurgents.

CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"?

J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . . from a Latin verb, "jacere", "to throw," because when a stone is thrown at a dog the dog's tail assumes that shape.

The English language took in many many fertilizations, many many genes, from other languages, from foreign languages - Latin, French, Nordic languages, German, Scandinavian languages.

The school even had a Latin motto: Pergo et Perago, which sounded like the story of two Italian cannibals but which actually meant “I try and I achieve.

I like the idea of a love story between men. There is a great affection between men, which exists much more in ethnic groups: Latin, Italian, Jewish.