My dream is to drop three atomic bombs on New York City.

In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face of the games, demagogy and the marketing of politics.

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect socialism, not destroy it.

I never liked the idea of giving interviews. One says many things, but when they are published, they become shortened, condensed. The ideas lose their meaning.

I read all the speeches of the pope, his commentaries, and if the pope continues this way, I will go back to praying and go back to the church, and I'm not joking.

In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class.

No country is 100 percent free of human rights abuses.

The notion that Cuba is the only country in the world where you can live without working must be erased forever.

As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.

I hope Mr. Obama has success.

When tillage begins other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of human civilization.

I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.

Keep off your thoughts from things that are past and done; for thinking of the past wakes regret and pain.

I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up

I do not mind at all that Newton is not a Cartesian provided he does not offer us suppositions like that of attraction.

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

Out of some little thing, too free a tongue can make an outrageous wrangle.

I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change. No longer than a decade at most.

I just always loved pinball.

Don't knock the power of a pest," Leif said. "Persistance and stubborness can be useful in many situations.