Quotes about latin
latinos
I think I'm representing a new generation of Latinos - bilingual, bicultural people. Genesis Rodriguez
latin ambition ego
To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony. Billie Burke
latin able use
Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. Charles Spurgeon
latin book college
I was on a walking tour of Oxford colleges once with a group of bored and unimpressable tourists. They yawned at Balliol's quad, T.E. Lawrence's and Churchill's portraits, and the blackboard Einstein wrote his E=mc2 on. Then the tour guide said, 'And this is the Bridge of Sighs, where Lord Peter proposed (in Latin) to Harriet,' and everyone suddenly came to life and began snapping pictures. Such is the power of books. Connie Willis
latin dark past
Every passing year brings us more past futures. Here in Europe they had a Dark Age so extensive, radical and obliterative that everyone forgot how to speak Latin. It's counterproductive to blither on about "the" future. It's always somebody's future, and we're not who we used to be. Bruce Sterling
latin dark age
Here in Europe they had a Dark Age so extensive, radical and obliterative that everyone forgot how to speak Latin.
latin italian animal
But still, I’d be darned if I was going to be one of those Americans who stomp around Italy barking commands in ever-louder English. I was going to be one of those Americans who traversed Italy with my forehead knit in concentration, divining wordsw from their Latin roots and answering by wedging French cognates into Italian pronunciations spliced onto a standard Spanish verb conjugation. Barbara Kingsolver
latin done well-done
Only that which is well done is quickly done. Augustus
latin haste
Make haste cautiously.
latin hands stage
If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
latin farewell alive
Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
latin government desire
May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and stable basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the architect of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die, that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand deep and secure.
latin cautious commanders
Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
latin rome cities
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
latin hate rhythm
If there's anything I hate, it's the vibraphone. And the cha-cha-cha. And Latin rhythms generally. Edward Abbey
latin government america
Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.
latin men america
Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists between women and men in these communities is holding back progress. These women have a very tough time, so much is expected of them. Dionne Warwick
latin america movement
I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America. Ahmed Ben Bella
latinos normal perform talking
Latinos are very passionate, and they perform a lot, and look at me, I'm talking with my hands, and this is just my normal self, so it kind of allows me to be who I am and not dumb it down.
latin music people terms
I know that people think of me in terms of Latin music and that's wonderful, that's my heritage, that's who I am, but there's so much more to me and my music. Gloria Estefan
latin pattern preferred sentence shift word
I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole sentence falling to pieces. Alice Oswald
latin man men placed supposedly whether
We are placed in the genus of Homo, which is Latin for man - Homo sapiens: supposedly wise men. I sometimes think - wonder - whether we really are wise men. Donald Johanson
latin
France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness. Xavier Niel
latin successful mexican
Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed. Aaron Sanchez
latin philosophy school
The philosophy of the school was quite simple - the bright boys specialised in Latin, the not so bright in science and the rest managed with geography or the like. Aaron Klug
latin said respectable
If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin. A. A. Milne
latinos
A lot of Latinos are like me: third generation, English speaking. Al Madrigal
latinos people
I'm so sick of people treating Latinos like some homogenous group that all feel the same way about everything.
latin pie may
I'm what is known as perimenopausal. "Peri", some of you may know, is a Latin prefix meaning 'SHUT YOUR FLIPPIN' PIE HOLE'. Celia Rivenbark
latin issues use
The term power comes from the Latin posse- to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well? Al Gini
latin matter way
I am not in any way opposed to medieval studies (or for that matter Latin). Charles Clarke
latin book soul
How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study of its Persian Latin has become familiar with that incomparable book stirred by that spirit to the very depth of his Soul ! Arthur Schopenhauer
latin men world
Latin men are the most passionate men in the world - they may not be the most aggressive, but they are very passionate, very romantic. Brooke Burke