Quotes about latin
latin speaks-out devil
The rules of grammar are mere human statutes, which is why when he speaks out of the possessed the Devil himself speaks bad Latin. Georg C. Lichtenberg
latin albums september
You've got a new Spanish-language album out now ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007], and the single ["No Llores"] is #1 on the Billboard Latin chart. Gloria Estefan
latin parent affection
Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.
latin believe artist
It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music and it's an honor to have them on this album ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007]. I believe this album will expose a new generation to the richness of Cuban music.
latin book writing
I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn. Jenna Bush
latin greek intuition
Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days? Larry Wall
latin years people
Many years ago, I started a foundation [Wayuu Taya Foundation] to help improve the life of Latin American indigenous people, providing them with food, medical attention, education, and also focusing on sustainability. Patricia Velasquez
latin deeds-done evil
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. Lucretius
latin russia qualms-about
If China's expansion into Africa and Russia's into Latin America and the former Soviet Union are any indication, Silicon Valley's ability to expand globally will be severely limited, if only because Beijing and Moscow have no qualms about blending politics and business. Evgeny Morozov
latin challenges way
It's challenging being a woman. There are other kinds of obstacles that come your way, but there are many times that being Latin has actually helped me, being a Cuban-American has helped me. Eva Mendes
latin responsibility world
I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.
latin humble humility
The Latin words humus, soil/earth, and homo, human being, have a common derivation, from which we also get our word 'humble.' This is the Genesis origin of who we are: dust - dust that the Lord God used to make us a human being. If we cultivate a lively sense of our origin and nurture a sense of continuity with it, who knows, we may also acquire humility. Eugene H. Peterson
latin america government
The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government. Fidel Castro
latin afros nations
We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also.
latin reality america
They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
latin war men
With what moral authority can [the US] speak of human rights... the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar coexist; where the Indian is exterminated; the black man is discriminated against; the woman is prostituted; and the great masses of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and Latin Americans are scorned, exploited, and humiliated... Where the CIA organizes plans of global subversion and espionage, and the Pentagon creates neutron bombs capable of preserving material assets and wiping out human beings.
latin color america
Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with. Henry Louis Gates
latin people awkward
I've been turning it over in after-dinner speeches, but it looks awkward-it's not what people are used to-it wants a good deal of Latin to make it go down. George Eliot
latin reality america
Surrealism comes from the reality of Latin America. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
latin reality break-through
I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone.
latin school going-away
When I was in grade school I was into chess club, Latin club, D&D, computer camp - everything that made vaginas go away. Chris Hardwick
latin disease remedy
The remedy is worse than the disease. Francis Bacon
latin greek notion
Bad writers are nearly always haunted by the notion that Latin or Greek words are grander than Saxon ones. George Orwell
latin people greek
In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. George Mikes
latin years greek
What the Latins have done in this text (1 John v, 7) the Greeks have done to Paul (1 Tim. iii, 16). They now read, "Great is the mystery of godliness; God manifest in the flesh"; whereas all the churches for the first four or five hundred years, and the authors of all the ancient versions, Jerome as well as the rest, read, "Great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifest in the flesh." Our English version makes it yet a little stronger. It reads, "Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh." Isaac Newton
latin cherries please
pretty please, with a cherry on top of me! Gena Showalter
latino secured visible vote
But he hasn't been a visible leader, so he hasn't necessarily secured the Latino vote yet, Mel Martinez
latin honor culture
It's an honor to represent a Latin culture. Gio Gonzalez
latin guy greek
If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrases— They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek. Ira Gershwin
latin writing men
But at the time when he wrote, Englishmen, with the rarest exceptions, wrote only in French or Latin; and when they began to write in English, a man of genius, to interpret and improve on him, was not found for a long time. George Saintsbury
latin black casting
Even during the casting process, the pools of talent are so deep when you have a call for Latin women or black women or a middle-aged woman because they never get their shot. There's so much talent there. Jenji Kohan
latin doctors people
By the way, were we to find life-forms on Venus, we would probably call them Venutians, just as people from Mars would be Martians. But according to rules of Latin genitives, to be “of Venus” ought to make you a Venereal. Unfortunately, medical doctors reached that word before astronomers did. Can’t blame them, I suppose. Venereal disease long predates astronomy, which itself stands as only the second oldest profession. Neil deGrasse Tyson
latin should-have years
Although I was four years at the University [of Wisconsin], I did not take the regular course of studies, but instead picked out what I thought would be most useful to me, particularly chemistry, which opened a new world, mathematics and physics, a little Greek and Latin, botany and and geology. I was far from satisfied with what I had learned, and should have stayed longer. John Muir