Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Corgan

If I worried about appearances, I wouldn't be at Cubs games.

Louie Gohmert

Most people give Kennedy a passing grade, a good grade on the Cuban Missile Crisis handling, but what they don't realize, if he had had strength, if he had showed strength before, there would never have been a Cuban Missile Crisis.

Diana Nyad

I swam. We made it, our team, from the rocks of Cuba to the beach of Florida, in squeaky-clean, ethical fashion.

Mark Buehrle

We're not even recognized in our own city, ... Everybody in this room knows it's a Cubs town.

unequivocal signal of support for the Cuban people.

Which I would've done 'cause I volunteered for the draft which meant that I only had to do two years. But when the Cubans had missiles in the Canal and Kennedy made the extension, I was one of the ones who had enough time to be extended.

David Maraniss

Originally, John Kennedy was going to come speak, and then Lyndon Johnson. Because it was October of '62, neither made it because of the Cuban missile crisis.

Daisy Fuentes

I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey.

To the Cubans, and by Cubans I mean the man on the street, this is like the Elgin marbles.

Michael Barrett

Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs for years.

Michael Barrett

Fans have grown weary of the complacency that surrounded the Cubs for all these years. Cubs fans love this team. ... Now with the White Sox having won the World Series, their quest for this team to win the championship is on the tip of their brain.

Barack Obama

Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.

Davey Johnson

We've been dying to get to Cuba the whole tournament ... They have a very strong team -- this is their Olympic gold team.

We wanted to make sure that these moms would not kill them. So we pulled them. We found hand-rearing these cubs would help. They have been socialized to people.

Bob DuPuy

We hope that the state department comes through. We would be disappointed if Cuba didn't play.

We don't sit on the U.S. ambassador's lap, nor do we sit on the Cuban ambassador's lap,

Avery Johnson

We didn't earn our paycheck. We need to give Mark Cuban a rebate, all of us.

Mike Royko

New York didn't need that 1969 pennant...all Cub fans wanted was that one measly pennant. It would have kept us happy until the twenty-first century. But New York took that from us and I can never forgive that.

Alejo Carpentier

Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent.

My mother lived in Cuba and much of her jewelry was custom made for her. I had no idea that it was worth so much! I didn't know this (appraisal) was going to be so much fun!

Mark Cuban made mention of all the Wild Turkey he thought would be flowing at Southwest Airlines, and we would hate to disappoint him.

Mark Cuban has a nicer plane. Michael has been a lot more help to us.

John Gibbons

Well, I'll tell you, about a year ago in November the National Zoo had its first litter of cheetah cubs born. And when we had them debut, the very first day, we had over about 2,500 people file through just for them. And I don't mean to make it a popularity contest, but they were nowhere near as popular before their debut as this panda cub.

Elliott Abrams

Nineteen-seventy-nine had been a year of American setbacks around the globe. Before the year began, Cuban troops were already roaming Angola, and a pro-Communist regime ruled Ethiopia.

Evo Morales

We are here to resolve social problems, economic problems. This movement is not only in Bolivia; Fidel in Cuba and Hugo in Venezuela are logging triumphs in social movements and leftist policies.

Al Hirt

I always smoked cigars. I've smoked cigars with everybody in show business.

Nestor Carbonell

I was born in New York, but I'm of Cuban heritage. Maybe there's a little island in my blood.

Fidel Castro

we remember forever for his deep caring, support and solidarity toward the Cuban people and our revolution.

Derrek Lee

We'll see tomorrow (Wednesday). The Cubs don't want me to play, but if I feel like I can play, I'm going to play. I'm not going to be stupid about it, but if I feel like I'm not hurting anything, I'm going to play.

We're hopeful that Cuba will be able to play.

Carlos Fuentes

Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.

Louise Mensch

Whether it has been supporting Corby's new free school, or fighting for the truth on the Cube overspend and land development deals, or striving to protect the East Northamptonshire countryside, in my work as the local MP I have always been struck, as I said in my maiden speech, by the pride people have in our area.

In honor of this film, our opening night feed features Cuban food and Andy, who plays bongos, is scheduled to be part of a band.