Top 230 Quotes & Sayings by Shakira - Page 3

The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos. I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.

I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard - my own futbol team.

I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.

I have so many people out there that celebrate with me when they know that I'm happy. And they hate it when they know that I'm suffering because someone has hurt me.

Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.

I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.

My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.

If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I've gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.

I enjoy taking part in footballing events that are for social causes because, in my view, inspiring children through sport is a way of keeping their bodies and minds healthy as well as helping nurture their intelligence and ability to relate with others.

I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know.

I actually support President Obama's initiatives on early childhood. He has appointed me as a commissioner to consult his administration on educational excellence for Hispanics in the U.S. We try to find ways to improve the education system for Hispanics in America, to achieve excellence.

My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.

Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I'm letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.

With pregnancy and nursing, the hormones mean your skin tends to be more sensitive to the light, so it's very important to use sun block every day.

Life is a soccer field, don't you think?

From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we're just born.

If I can contribute to people having fun, I would feel very fulfilled as an artist.

For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you're not a small, you're not a large.

I've written many love songs for Gerard. But it's never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.

When you feel complete, you don't need to get married, and you don't think about it.

I have two kids, a career, and a man that takes a lot of my attention and time.

I adore my dad. He's a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.

I've shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest's.

President Obama is highly concerned with education. He's a champion on early-childhood development strategies. So I like the work he's doing, and I support it, and I realise that he's one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.

I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.

When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.

A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.

If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.

I came to understand that I'm never going to be the perfect mother, but I'm going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.

We can work together across countries and cultures like never before through the Internet and social media. Everyone can make a difference, whether it is by building a school, sponsoring a child's education, volunteering at their local school, or working to hold leaders accountable for their promises.

If you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

The first years of a child's life are too important for a child's future - their development, earnings, behavior, and health - for anyone to ignore.

I consider myself a survivor more than anything else.

Scars remind me of just how far that I've come.

Of course for a Colombian girl it was always impossible to even imagine becoming an international popstar, but my dream became reality.

I believe education is the key. As an activist and a child of the developing world, I witnessed education's power to transform lives.

Live your life to the fullest.

Nationalism is cured by traveling.

Even after I got some recognition and success, I still had to work hard and prove myself.

Our leaders are lacking love, and love is lacking leaders.

You have to be very strong and tough-minded if you want to survive.

Walking gets too boring, when you learn how to fly.

It doesn't matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back.

Education is literally the difference between success and failure, or even life and death for many children.

A poor child who receives high-quality early childhood development is 40 percent less likely to need special education, twice as likely to attend college and dramatically more likely to survive childhood.

You collect impressions from people, from life, from your own daydreams.

The music teacher thought I sang like a goat. It was kind of devastating. A few months after that, I participated in a music contest and won. I took my little trophy to school and rubbed it in his nose. I said to him, "What do you say now?"

My man prefers meat over the bone.

I'm someone who has always been very stubborn and strong-willed. I never gave up.

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

Education affects every major challenge we face in society. It creates economic growth, paves the way for peace and stability and helps erase the legacy of marginalization.

Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better world.

Women should feel happy with their bodies and not live with the stigma that comes from not looking like models in fashion magazines.

I've always thought of myself as a woman who works hard, believes in herself, and wants to accomplish as much as possible.

I'm a perfectionist in recovery. I'm trying to deal with that monster inside of me that wants to do everything right. Or better than right.

My main hope for my children would be that whatever profession or calling they choose in life, that they pursue it with passion.

There's no better makeup than self-confidence.

I think it's my energy and love of life that has been the real key to my fame and success.

My hips don't lie and I don't lie either!