Top 758 Quotes & Sayings by Colombian Authors

My sun and my moon signs are mostly Cancer - it's really strong. We're deeply intuitive and sentimental. I really like to take care of people, nurturing them. I'm very passionate about the things I do and like to see people I love grow.

I have always been a big fan of watches.

Serving jury duty is a fascinating little slice of life, with its motley crew of personalities.

I think the best way I can repay the supporters for their kindness towards me, and for all that love, support and appreciation, is to score goals and win trophies for them.

There's no path to success. Everyone constructs their own path. The important thing is to follow your heart. Find your niche, is my best advice.

The relationship with time changes when you're captive.

I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness.

In football, you can win or lose. We always have to be together, with the same spirit we've always had.

I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.

I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.

Sketching is almost everything. It is the painter's identity, his style, his conviction, and then color is just a gift to the drawing.

Anybody who doesn't see the impact of climate change is really, I would say, myopic. They don't see the reality. It's so evident that we are destroying Mother Earth. This is not the problem of one country or a few countries: it is the problem of mankind. We need to work together to stop this. Otherwise, our future generations will simply disappear.

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

I always travel with my guitar. I take it myself - with me in my hand. I don't like to send it by cargo because it's dangerous. There is no way I would do that.

You can win the lottery but you need to buy the ticket first. And in life, you can get lucky but you need to work hard and be ready first.

I think it's good for sports cars to be united, to be just one. I think it's good for the fans. When you have two different series, fans don't know which way to go, when you only have one I think it's good for the sport.

I believe I've accomplished my goals of trying to get better every year, and a little bit of that, a little bit of luck, a little bit of everything just falls in place, and you end up on top.

I don't care about fame. Problems everywhere.

In the name of justice there cannot be subjection and in the name of peace there cannot be impunity.

Pablo gave me gifts any billionaire gives his girlfriend: a crocodile wallet, a trip. I imagine that Trump gave Melania wallets.

No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself.

I guess I am going to think about freezing my eggs.

In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.

I think United is the best club for my style of play, and I am sure about my decision.

I think I am someone who is happy playing football. It is just that. Whenever I go onto the pitch, I always try and be happy. That is the big motivation that I have always had. Nothing else.

If a Latina falls in love with someone who is insecure, it can be a nightmare.

When you review the Central American wars or other Latin American wars, you find that there were dictators and there were insurgents.

I see the new Latin artist as a pioneer, opening up doors for others to follow. And when they don't open, we crowbar our way in.

I'm naturally sort of a sad person, and that comes out in my music, but when I realized how many people were listening to it... I wanted to be a little more conscious about what I was putting out and what people were going to be taking from it.

I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.

I feel I don't get credit enough for it, the pioneering I did in comedy.

Imagine if Lin-Manuel Miranda had tried to do 'Hamilton' first in Hollywood. They would have told him, 'The forefathers weren't Latino or black. They didn't speak in hip hop.' That would never had gotten going in Hollywood ever. But theater let Lin-Manuel him do it, and he created an incredible masterpiece.

I feel grateful for the Puerto Ricans who created this genre that has inspired me to have such a beautiful career. Reggaeton has allowed me to continue evolving and growing musically, and I have been able to make it mine as well.

I don't pretend to be anybody else but me.

Glasses, earrings, rings, sneakers. I love every little accessory.

In theater, you can be free. That's how Lin-Manuel Miranda got to do the most revolutionary piece of theater with 'Hamilton': color-blind casting in roles in which they would never cast Latinos if it were a film or TV show. It just goes to show that Hollywood and cable are way behind.

My best goal was to meet Jesus.

I think it's the opportunity to continue breaking records, either set by other people or by myself. I think that's what pushes me to always make the most of myself and be very demanding on myself.

I can play as a No. 8, a No. 10, out wide. Wherever I play, I'll be happy, I'm sure.

Sometimes I leave mayonnaise on the ends of my hair for a few hours while I'm writing; it's a really good moisturizer.

The circus leaves a sweet memory.

I change my phone number, and with my soul shrunken by terror, I make the decision never to see Pablo Escobar again in my life. Overnight, I have stopped loving him.

My aim is to give the best of myself.

I love a good old-school reggaeton song.

Protectionism is something that will hurt everybody, but especially the United States.

I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.

In her verse, she says: 'It's me and Karol G, and we let the rats talk.' I died, I revived, I died and revived again until I understood Nicki Minaj had said my name in her verse.

People in the U.K. don't imagine what it is to live in extreme poverty here in Colombia or anywhere in the so-called Third World.

My nightmare of nightmares is being overdressed for a casual event - I've done it! You have to have a real sense of what you want to communicate.

I think I always have Woody Allen in mind whenever I'm creating anything. He's such a genius, and I think 'Annie Hall' is one of the greatest movies ever written.

I love 'Project Runway' because I can really be of help to an industry and I can be supportive to designers.

Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business.

I don't operate on fear, and I don't let fear control me.

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.

Of course my parents are picky about the girls I date; my parents watch out for me.

The constant pressure to be the perfect, ideal female - there's no such thing.

Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously.

The important thing is that I'm clear about the love and respect that I got for Rihanna.

I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams.

We all get a little rush of excitement at the prospect of buying a brand-new outfit for a first date, but this is not the time. You're much better off wearing clothes, shoes especially, that you've already tested.