There is no one more talkative than Cubans, Cubans express their feelings, there's nobody more rebellious and revolutionary than a Cuban and I say that without chauvinism.

The future of Cuba is one earned by a country that has resisted for over 50 years against the most powerful empire on Earth. The resilience of its people made this triumph materialize.

In Cuba we had the most ferocious form of capitalism for 60 years. It dominated every sphere of life.

To apply communism is an aspiration, in fact it has never been applied anywhere, it is really still a utopia.

Today China is a first world economy, in terms of development. The U.S. may still be in first in GDP but it is a broken economy in reality.

Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].

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

Cubans are a people who suffered from capitalism in the cruelest way, in the social order, the economic order and the political order.

Under communism, no one would be living in marginal conditions as they do under capitalism today and where the greatest part of humanity lives.

In Cuba we are building a socialist society and we could say we are on the verge of a communist society which is hard to achieve, very hard to achieve, but is a longing worth fighting for.

True medicine is to defend human life in any circumstances and not for political reasons or for reasons of any other kind, it is really to help, that is true solidarity.

If you hold back for fear of making a mistake you will never accomplish what you must.And with each challenge you will become stronger.

...Material goods have gained an increasing and finally inexorable power over the lives of men as at no previous period in history.

It's never fun when we're in the midst of the storm. But when we land someplace we know we never could have found on our own, it is a beautiful thing.

You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.

My basic rule is, if it could possibly come from the end user, it's not a run-time crash. But if it is my code to my code, I crash it as hard as possible—fail as early as possible.

Understand that workaholics aren't productive people. Quite the contrary. A workaholic is someone who takes twice as much time to accomplish half as much as a Lazy Achiever.

Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness.

Sometimes we'll only get one script in a year that we want to make that we feel is good enough.

The days are gone when a country can issue orders to other peoples. Today, mankind needs culture, ideas and logic.

I'm not a dreamer... but I believe in miracles. I have to