Top 407 Latino Quotes & Sayings

The majority of Latinos in this country are 28 years old or younger. All of those people out there attacking the Latino community, when you see a Latino going down the street with a baby carriage and a couple of children walking beside them, they should say 'Hey, there goes my social security and my Medicare.' Those are the people that are going to contribute to keep our social security system funded and our medical system funded.

Latino kids are not rejected by their parents for being Latino, nor are most Muslims disowned by their parents for being Muslims, but those who are gay are often the target of their families' disapprobation or outright hostility.

The White House is apparently pushing to create more Latino-themed landmarks. Now that's in addition to our current Latino-themed landmark, California.

I write and produce what is on my heart - whatever I'm going through and whatever God is taking me through, and I've been blessed to have people record, produce and buy our music. I'm a Christian man who happens to be Latino, not a Latino who happens to be a Christian.

A Latino actor can't play this and a Latino actor can't play that because they're Latino.

I see a Latino comic as someone who can only perform for Latino audiences. I cross the board.

The scientists I looked up to at the beginning were not Latino. They were famous scientists of many years ago, like Madame Curie. Later, I realized that there were also, but a very few, Latino scientists. There were good ones, but very few, because there wasn't as much a tradition to be a scientist in our culture. But this is changing.

I don't want the Latino community to think I think the reason Latino films are not doing well is because of us. It is not fully our responsibility.

Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice.

The Latino vote has to be earned just like any other.

I am proud to be Latino.

The irony here is that the Latino left had criticized the conservative movement for years that they were not doing outreach to the Latino community. Now that the conservative movement is doing outreach and engaging in the Latino community on a national scale, they're criticizing us for that too. You can't have it both ways.

Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!

Mr. Latino with the big ego got bested by a ditzy, blond bimbo.

There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.

On a national level there is a tendency to portray Latino culture as a monolithic entity, which is a really inaccurate way of seeing ourselves. There is as much diversity and uniqueness within the Latino culture as there is in any other kind of American culture.

When I was in school, I didn't get exposed to Latino playwrights.

The Latino community, they're some of the most loyal fans on the planet.

Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed.

A lot of our so-called Latino leaders are gutless. I talk to these cry-baby Latino leaders, and they say they can't win elections until Latinos are a majority.

Combining the lack of emotional literacy they may be imbued with, with the fact that if you're black you're not supposed to be that smart and if you... as a boy you're not even supposed to like school. All of the sudden you've got kids who are afraid, black kids and Latino kids who are afraid to be great, afraid to bask in the enjoyment of education, lest they be labeled less than black, less than Latino, less they be called the oreo.

I am representing my community, in a sense, especially given the fact that there are not as many Latino actors out there.

Fox News Latino has a mission to point out the positives of the Latino population, operating within the framework of making America great.

It's interesting: I think, as a Latino actor, the biggest challenge is being called 'Latino' because immediately, the world has a perception of what that means.

'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ourselves.

When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!

Some people wanted me to be the Latino quarterback. Some people wanted me to be the USC quarterback who happens to be Latino.

I don't think Latino; I think like me. If that happens to be Latino, then I guess that's me. But it doesn't affect my comedy in any way.

We gotta be proud to be Latino. It's almost like we cheating because we're American and we live by American customs, but at the same time, we got that Latino culture. We cheating; we double dipping.

I think the Republican Party is in a strong position with Latino voters and other demographics.

There's something in the Latino community called 'la promesa de Obama' - Obama's promise. He made very specific promises to the Latino community. He committed to enacting comprehensive immigration reform within his first year.

I think my Latino culture has equipped me with a different point of view than the rest of my counterparts, and seeing things from a different angle has helped me a lot. I feel very proud of my culture, of my Latino heritage.

Just because you are Latino does not mean you can't be global.

People ask me: "Do I consider myself to be a Latino writer?" "What does it mean to be Latino?" Those are very strange questions to answer , but feminism is easier because it's just an ideology, a way I live my life. And absolutely in the most political sense I try to sit down and write very strong female roles.

There are Latino people in our world who believe strongly that if you are Latino you should speak the language, you should eat the food, you should listen to the music, you should be proud. And when you don't do those things, some people will look at it as if you're neglecting who you are.

I've been in a couple with different races like Latino, white, Middle Eastern.

All my Latino side is from the Bronx.

I don't want to be considered 'the Latino rapper.'

For me, the hardest thing was dropping the whole Latino comic title.

I don't want to be considered 'the Latino rapper.

I love Latino culture but I hate the concept of "la raza." It is a divisive mindset.

I remember watching 'Sesame Street' as a kid and loving that there were Latino characters on there.

As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.

Audiences are more drawn in to what they can relate to, so it would be stupid not to have great Latino films for the Latino audience.

Just because we finally have a Latino family on TV doesn't mean we're up there to lecture people about what it means to be Latino.

I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.

I got involved in the underground world known as ballroom culture, and I used to walk a category called 'face,' and it was a very heavily Latino culture - it's black and Latino - and they used to call me 'cara,' which means face in Spanish, so I started putting 'cara' on everything: hats, jackets.

No candidate can become president without the Latino vote.

I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.

I am Latino. I'm proud of being Latino. That's not to say I wouldn't love to see more diversity in casting. It's starting to get better but we are nowhere near where we need to be. But I'm not scared of playing Latinos, as long as they're well-drawn.

Immigration is a gateway basically. It's a check-off point for Latino voters.

Everyone has a Latino inside them.

Too often the media assumes that "poverty" is an African American or a Latino issue. Of course, that's nonsense. While a higher percentage of the African American and Latino population does live in poverty as compared to the white population, when overall numbers are looked at, it is clear that people of all races, ethnicities, and colors, are represented amongst America's poor.

I am impressed by the progress the RNC has made in the last year to engage Latino communities across the country. I look forward to continue working alongside Chairman Priebus and Co-Chair Day to ensure that the party's year-round engagement effort continues to grow and reach new Latino neighborhoods.

As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed.

I broke into acting doing Latino roles. I played a Latino casanova in 'The Winner' and a Latino character on 'Hannah Montana.'

Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.

Latino poets, are really having a significant impact on American poetics today.

I don't differentiate between black and Latino actors. We're in the same struggle to be represented in a way that's even close to honest. And I can tell you that the amount of Latino characters I can point at and say, 'That's what my life experience looks like' - I can't think of any off the top of my head besides Jimmy Smits in 'Mi Familia.'

It's important to me to reach deep into the community and promote Latino artists.