Top 661 Quotes & Sayings by Puerto Rican Authors - Page 6

Growing up in New York City, my car culture is minimal. I rode on the train, the bus. I walked; I rode my bike, and when I was younger, I rode my skateboard.

There's so much that I can give as a human being - and I know that.

From 1997 through 1999, I had gained so much. People don't realize how something like weight gain can make you sad. Losing weight has changed my life. If you can take control of your life, you can lose weight.

I've worked my butt off. That keeps my feet on the ground - I'm the same Luis Fonsi onstage and at home cooking an omelette in basketball shorts.

You don't have the same mentality as you did five years ago - even one year. People are always changing, and I believe that everyone deserves the space to change and for people to recognize their change.

When you've had a chance to live some experiences then you can really write, and not having lived that much when I was young I didn't have much to write about. Now having seen life, the songs seem to come easier.

There's not too many things I'm afraid of, but I'm not too brave when it comes to sitting in a chair getting my teeth drilled.

Music is something that is born in the soul.

After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over.

Anybody that worries about somebody suing them, that means that they're so crooked that they sue people, and they think people are gonna sue them.

On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.

A good song never gets old.

I always believe that if you feel good and look happy, you're always going to be beautiful. My one actual beauty trick is pretty cliche: Never, ever go to bed with your makeup on.

New York doesn't care who you are or where you came from.

That is the most important thing to me, what happens behind the closed doors in the studio and makes me an artist.

You have to have the lows in your life so you can deal with them.

This song 'Calma' has been a blessing, an unexpected one. When I wrote the song, I wasn't looking for a single, I never thought I was gonna have a world hit in my hands. I was connecting with my childhood.

In Puerto Rico, I played in all kinds of bands that played salsa and merengue. That's how I saved the money to come to the U.S. We used to play El Gran Combo tunes. Half the band was my friends - we were around 15 - and the other half was my friend's father and his friends from the hospital where he worked. They were all, like, 50.

I was so nervous that this was 'True Detective' and that I needed to do a good job that I would just dig into every scene.

You really never know what the next day brings you.

My mom is very religious - Catholic - and from a young age they brought me to the church.

I have always liked to speak to people very directly.

'Housewives' are a million times cattier than pageant girls! I know pageant girls have a reputation for being catty, but 'Housewives' are even cattier. But I do think that it's a total different world, and it can't compare.

I hate to go to movies or watch a TV show and know the ending within 15 minutes.

When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album.

It's a beautiful thing to be involved with the Special Olympics.

The 'Dangerous' album has producers like Tiny, who to me is very special. Also, Luny Tunes, Nesty La Mente Maestra, Nelly La Arma Secreta, Haze, and El Ingeniero. I wanted to use everyone who makes music in Puerto Rico and beyond to have variety.

The caddies are so overlooked out here, and I remember the tough times I had making ends meet when I used to carry the bag.

I became obsessed watching fashion TV shows when I was a teenager and recognized that I had the height and body frame. I especially became hooked when I saw on 'E! True Hollywood Story' how much a model can make and how I can achieve a better living for my family and me.

I'm going through a beautiful stage in my life. I've learned about love, about life, about everything.

A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.

I'm a happily declared chocoholic. I keep it everywhere, even my nightstand.

Why do I love kids so much? Because I was never a kid myself. I was too poor to really have a childhood.

I wanted to prove to people it doesn't matter if you come from a small little island: that you can make it in this industry.

I just broke up all the furniture in the house. My mother had to get rid of me. So she put me in dance class.

The transition to the United States was very interesting. I learned the language. I kind of got into the R&B. I'm a huge fan of the '80s, Journey and all that fun stuff. But when I moved to Orlando, it was more like Boyz II Men.

Bill Bakula was my angel. In one moment in my life, he was sent by God to make me and my message of love be known. He was very smart. He was the master.

My life includes much meditation and good energy, so my mind will stay busy.

My father would give his dinner to any hungry kids who walked by and then go in the backyard and pick weeds from the yard to eat.

'Chicago' is all about precision.

The majority of Puerto Ricans in Florida and New York are Democrats, but nonetheless, we have Republican governors.

'Aura' is a song where you're looking at yourself in the mirror, and I was personally impacted when I recorded it. I identified with it.

I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.

I am a really quiet person. I just like to be with my children and my family and being home. I live one day at a time, enjoying the best of life, just living.

All boxers are different, and we all approach the fights in different ways.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

So in prison basically is when I started to build a good relationship with God and I started praying a lot. I read the bible a lot so I started to get a lot of knowledge about life.

These displays of affection mean a lot to our family and are a reminder of the heart that my people have. In this time of grief we ask for a little privacy and space to digest this news; our sister was our sun and we are broken by her departure.

I'm petrified of bees because I have an anaphylactic reaction to bees.

I always tell my wife she's married to the Puerto Rican Elvis.

That mentality that I have every year - that I have to prove myself to everyone that I'm a good player - that's the thing that keeps me going. That's my motivation.

I'm very competitive. I do like to win.

The farther away you writers stay, the better I like it. You know why? Because you're trying to create a bad image of me... you do it because I'm black and Puerto Rican, but I'm proud to be Puerto Rican.

I've always said that inside of me there is a rocker that wants to come out, but I'm a romantic rocker.

You have to be passionate about things in your life.

My husband and I always have fun together in everything we do. Some people call me crazy, but the reality is that I enjoy spending each second with him. He is not just my husband - he is my rock and my very best friend!

I love and respect theatre, so I am truly honored to have the opportunity to take my voice to the Broadway stage.

Beauty is not everything!

My family is the engine of everything, and on a personal level, I feel peace, stability, and they give me force, which is reflected on my work, my recordings, and every time that I go out on tour. They are my base, my everything.

I don't really work out. I eat a lot of sweets. I have chocolate all over my house.