Top 377 Puerto Rico Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

I've never had a stylist. My style is very distinctive from where I am from in Puerto Rico: a housing project in Carolina.

Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English.

American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898.

My mom's family is Russian Jewish, and my dad's Puerto Rico Catholic, so it's kind of a weird mix.

I had been successful in Japan, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, but nothing in the U.S. where it really matters.

We must all work together to bring the best to Puerto Rico.

Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.

I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family and tons of cousins in Puerto Rico. We actually hung out with them last summer, and it was awesome. But I wish my grandfather had taught my dad Spanish when he was younger so he could've taught me when I was younger, and sometimes he does, too. It's a shame.

For far too long, Washington has denied the American citizens of Puerto Rico vital human services and adequate health care funding.

When I was 11, I went to Puerto Rico for a month to stay with my grandmother. To see the way people lived there and experience my own culture was wonderful.

When I was 13 years old, my family and I lived on a farm in Puerto Rico that didn't have clean, running water all the time.

Puerto Rico had a number of problems before Maria even hit.

I think it's amazing that I can go out there and be myself, and the fact that I'm carrying Puerto Rico on my back a little bit is such an honor.

The one key difference is that Puerto Rico is a colonial territory. We don't have representation. We have a difficult time getting funding from the federal government. This is critical component that we need to change.

Puerto Rico is not a full part of the United States. We're a territory or a colonial territory.

In Puerto Rico, we continue to see the perpetuation of second-class citizenship in the United States.

Puerto Rico is one of those places you can be as quiet or as crazy as you want, because there's so much nightlife. I have to take the craziness carefully.

Puerto Rico's participation per capita in the armed forces is more than most states, yet they can't vote for their commander in chief.

The fight with Camacho is very attractive. It's a natural fight, and one that Mexico, Puerto Rico and the world wants to see.

What I can tell you is that for Puerto Rico being such a small island, it has culturally impacted the entire world.

Puerto Rico got too futuristic with the electronic reggaeton. It lost the essence of the reggae music.

My grandfather was extremely dark and from Puerto Rico, but his brother had blond hair and blue eyes. There are so many different shades, and I think Hollywood has yet to realize that.

There is no price tag on an American life - whether it's in Florida, Texas, or Puerto Rico.

I was very surprised to see people who recognize me in Puerto Rico.

I had such a great upbringing in Puerto Rico, and it was just a very normal life.

I was dancing for my grandpa from the time I was 4 or 5 years old in Puerto Rico.

Coming from Puerto Rico and having that be my musical universe for the majority of my life no doubt strongly impacts my music.

Culturally, musically, historically Cuba and Puerto Rico are like two wings of one bird.

I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.

We're here to take our skills - our superpowers - and figure out how to help Puerto Rico, the Earth and the people.

The common goals of Puerto Rico and the United States have always been for the benefit of both.

Even though Puerto Rico will always be my hometown, I feel Miami is my second home.

Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States.

In Puerto Rico, there has developed a culture of taking out loans and not paying them back. That has ended.

After my homeland of Puerto Rico, Miami has been the most important city in my life and career.

When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.'

I was aware that my nomination was drawing a lot of attention, particularly in the Latino world, not just in Puerto Rico. It was touching.

When I married Wilnelia, one of the first things I wanted to know about Puerto Rico was the quality of the golf courses.

When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.

'Teen Beach Movie' was a lot of fun because we were in Puerto Rico on an island - you can't even call it work!

My brother, Mario, is in show business and so are all my cousins on my dad's side. We come from a family of musicians. My grandmother's sister in Puerto Rico plays five instruments.

I love being in Puerto Rico. I am so excited that they embrace me, and I feel that I am giving back to my fans.

When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.

We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight.

Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.

Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.

Dick Dart emerged from the ether during a flight from New York with my wife and children to Puerto Rico.

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

I have the Puerto Rico power and the Philadelphia toughness and Philadelphia skills.

We are a possession of the United States. Congress has full authorization power over Puerto Rico.

I'm proud of who I am, and I'm proud I grew up in Puerto Rico.

We have over 30 dams in Puerto Rico, and I think only one works. We're here in the rain forest, and we have plenty of water. It's insane.

The 3.5 million people in Puerto Rico are American citizens. They deserve fair and equal treatment as Americans.

It is unbelievable that the federal court itself ignores that rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution apply in Puerto Rico.

They (the people of Puerto Rico) are truly the sweetest people on earth.

I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico.

We're going to rebuild Puerto Rico with money that we saved from the IRS in a Robin Hood fashion.

Aside from being a Latina, my family immigrated from Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia so I know all about that. I wouldn’t be able to do what I do today if they didn’t come to America. Everybody has an immigration story.

I didn't know I had this many fans in Puerto Rico. I'm going to carry this memory to my grave.

Some people wanted me deported - as if you can be deported to Puerto Rico.