Top 637 Quotes & Sayings by Cuban Authors - Page 2

Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.

The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you.

I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.

I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.

I'm interested in Dathan Ritzenhein's future in the marathon, and I believe that's where we need to address some issues he seems to have. He's had good marathon coaches - both Brad Hudson and me. He's figured out the fueling. He's got this incredible aerobic engine. But something's still wrong.

I have never used steroids. Period.

Only the Communist Party, as the institution that brings together the revolutionary vanguard and will always guarantee the unity of Cubans, can be the worthy heir of the trust deposited by the people in their leader.

'Power' has definitely been an immense stepping stone for me. It's opened up doors that I could only have dreamed of.

I don't profess to have any religion, but if I did, my God would be Fidel Castro. He is like a ship that knew to take his crew on the right path.

When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8 o'clock at night; that's when it started getting dark. That was it.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

I'm a big comic book guy.

What I have in mind is closing games and that's it.

I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner.

I get criticized for anything I do.

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips.

I am a prime example of what the American dream is.

Many of us Latin players arrive here in this country and we don't know much about how the legal system works here, and we can be easy targets for people to deceive us, defraud us, those kind of things. I feel we can be easy targets of being taken advantage of.

But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.

It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.

I plan on becoming an American citizen and bringing over my family.

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half of the season, I would get hot, and that's when I would have my best results.

Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from.

I don't want it to be so complicated - promoters, a business plan, none of that.

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.

I love living on that stage. Without that, I'd die.

Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.

There's a lot of sacrifices I've made in this life, in my athletic career.

We'll see if we ever do another Ministry gig again or not. I'm not saying yes or no yet. All I'm saying is I know there's no new Ministry studio CDs coming ever again. I promise.

I don't want to be in the spotlight, ever! I don't know why I got in this profession!

You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.

We are not from this country, and people want to harm us. It's easier to hurt someone who is not from here than someone who is. People think we don't know what the laws are, and they try to hurt you. Many people want money. We have to take care of ourselves.

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level.

The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

I wanted to be in the big leagues, not stuck in the minor leagues.

An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.

I have great respect for Lyoto Machida.

Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents.

I've been in eleven no-hitters you know.

Sometimes people talk too much. We have to be careful about that.

I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.

I have nothing against nobody in the UFC. This is a sport for me.

Long track is more of a symphony... You're out there and you want to get in the zone.

I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't let anyone in easily.

If I wouldn't have medaled at the Olympics, it still would have been a successful trip. The medal is the icing on the cake.

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity.

Unfortunately, that is the way it is. We make a lot of money, everyone wants a piece of it, and we end up looking bad.

Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture.

In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport.

Sometimes I rush my swing because I am so anxious to play well. In Cuba, the quality of the pitching is not the same as it is here. There you might find one or two pitchers at 94 or 95 mph. Here, every day I find several, and each pitcher who comes along throws his hardest stuff.

To be sincere, I've never been mad about what anyone thinks.

A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.

I am a Cuban mother, and you do not let your cubs get into trouble without you trying to help them all the way.

My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs.

Did I put them in contact with the people to acquire them? Yes. Did I educate them on how to use them properly, and what way, shape, or form, and when, and with what supplements? Yes. Absolutely.