Top 1200 Mexican American Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

I have the rematch that I wanted. I'm going to knockout a Mexican and I will reconquer my title

I think that as far as language goes I'm an American, I'm afraid, my accent is American, my way of talk is an American way of talk, I'm an old-fashioned American. That's probably one of the reasons why I'm in England now and why I'll always stay in England.

If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?

I've played American characters so many times now, it's so natural to me. But when I play American, I stay in the American accent from the minute I get the job till the minute I wrap.

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.

I like Paul Ryan, and to a certain extent, I feel bad for him. But this is a moment of moral choice. And if he says that Hillary Clinton is worse than a openly racist, Muslim-hating misogynist who wants to build a wall to exclude Mexicans, who thinks that a judge, an American judge because of his Mexican lineage cannot be fair to him, if you`re saying that Hillary Clinton is worse than all that, then I just think that that just is ridiculous, it`s absurd, and it really starts to damage the speaker`s credibility.

The administration says the American people want tax cuts. Well, duh. The American people also want drive-through nickel beer night. The American people want to lose weight by eating ice cream. The American people love the Home Shopping Network because it's commercial-free.

Gas is getting so expensive I'm gonna ride a mexican to work.

But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American. If he tries to keep segregated with men of his own origin and separated from the rest of America, then he isn't doing his part as an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. . . We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house; and we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people.

I like good Mexican food, and there's not a lot of that around North Carolina.

It always freaks me out when I go to a sushi place and there's a Mexican.

Nothing grounds you like a real authentic Mexican taco.

You are losing out because Mexican rapists are taking your job.

I am African-American, and I am a proud African-American. I just don't like to put myself in a box and say, 'I'm an African-American actress.' I am an American actress, and I can do any kind of role.

In every aspect of the religious life, American faith has met American culture--and American culture has triumphed.

I think the United States is extremely important for Mexican music.

My weekend treat is Mexican food, definitely. I love nachos and burritos.

Mexican fighters have a great tradition. They come to fight, and they don't back down.

If you don't have a bed, or a dresser or a wall, or a book or a toy you are oppressed. An African American in a white world. A Jew in a Christian world. A gypsy. A Native American. A Chinese American. Let's say, you were born deprived.

In Mexico City, I lived the efforts of the Mexican capital and I was happy.

Copland was one of the first American composers to forge a truly modern style of American classical music while also making use of American popular music - including jazz.

In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.

My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.

All roads lead to 'American Pie.' 'As American as apple pie' was the saying. It was some kind of a big American song that I wanted to write, which would be a conclusion for my show and bring all the songs home, which it still does. I can go anywhere I want with American music and come home to that. And it all makes sense.

Whaddya know? I'm the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.

I was twice-born. I'm Mexican by nature and Hungarian by nurture.

I feel great being the first Mexican heavyweight UFC champion.

My goal is to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world.

I still live in Inglewood and have a great relationship with my Mexican family.

Actually, between Colombian and Mexican Spanish, there's not a huge difference, but it is a different accent.

That's just what I call myself when I DJ: Mexican Wrestling Association.

I've worked very hard to put myself where I am: in the top 10, the top American in an American event - two American events - and I haven't played on stadium court.

I spent two months in a jail once. In a Mexican border town.

I came in the gate as an African-American poor kid wanting to be a neurosurgeon but - with American life and the places I was put due to American history and laws and the oppression of black people - I had to make it work in other ways.

We completely condemn this very dangerous attack, and I convey my condolences to the American people, to the American president and to the American administration, not only in my name, but on behalf of the Palestinian people.

The American man is a very simple and cheap mechanism. The American woman I find a complicated and expensive one. Contrasts of feminine types are possible. I am not absolutely sure that there is more than one American man.

I can't imagine what this great country would be like if the Mexican Revolution hadn't happened.

Me becoming the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world, it's a blessing.

The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American

We must curtail the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border.

How fantastic that the American ingenuity of NASA scientists got us to Mars. It makes me proud to be an American. I can't get enough of these images from when the probe touched down. These scientists are American heroes.

I don't make mole everyday nor do I cook Mexican food every day.

For us to ignore by inaction the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply not in the American tradition. Self-defense is not only our right, it is our duty.

The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous. We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world; the prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States; we do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada; an increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.

The American Republic and American business are Siamese twins; they came out of the same womb at the same time; they are born in the same principles and when American business dies, the American Republic will die, and when the American Republic dies, American business will die.

A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police.

There's something really beautiful about people from all different walks of life... who are bound together by this big idea about American identity and American unity and American interests.

My wife wants something foreign for Christmas - like a Mexican divorce.

The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American.

As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I'd say I was Hawaiian.

As Claude LeLouche said, his favorite American director is Sergio Leone. Not because I would be American, but because I was dealing with subject matter that an American could have just as easily dealt with.

I have tried my whole life to represent my Mexican roots with honor and pride.

I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an American tradition and a pretty good one, and I think she was willing to do that.

The American Jewish left gets a lot of press time. But the American Jewish right does not. And in many ways, the American Jewish right is every bit as well-organized and perhaps better funded than the American Jewish left. And they also come out with criticism.

I do love my country. I don't think I'm particularly a good American. I don't know what makes a good American. Other than somebody who - I like people who let other people alone. I think that's a pretty good American. And I keep my hands to myself. So I'm an OK American.

My favorite kind of fast food is definitely Mexican.

Growing up in Mexico, I know what real Mexican food is - and isn't.

It's very much related to the American tycoon. To William Randolph Hearst, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, that whole stratum of American acquisitive evil. Monopolistic, acquisitive evil. Ugly evil. The ugly American. The ugly American at his ugly worst. That's exactly what it is.

I thought I'd blown it at the 17th when I drove into a trap. God is a Mexican.

My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just started naturally imitating whoever I was talking to. I didn't want to be a phony, but I felt very authentic in the moment.