Quotes of Latin - somelinesforyou

“ Your scene precariously subsists too long, On French translation and Italian song. Dare to have sense yourselves; assert the stage; Be justly warm'd with your own native rage. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend. ”

- Katharine Hepburn

“ I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood. ”

- Jessica Hagedorn

“ There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too. ”

- Benicio Del Toro

“ They've got so many Latin players we're going to have to get a Latin instructor up here. ”

- Phil Rizzuto

“ Well, I learned a lot… I went down to Latin America to find out from them and their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ Well, I learned a lot - I went down to Latin America to find out from them and their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ I was recently on a tour of Latin America,and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people. ”

- Dan Quayle

“ While a handful of countries and a small number of people are leading ample life, dozens of countries and billions of people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are being left in absolute poverty. ”

- Tran Duc Luong

“ I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned. ”

- Peter Cook

“ I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman. ”

- Eva Mendes

“ Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence. ”

- Gregory Corso

“ There is a bright spot or two for the Spaniards. French toast has become freedom toast on the Air Force One breakfast menu, but the Spanish omelet is still a Spanish omelet. ”

- Suzanne Fields

“ The defeat of the combined French and Spanish fleets lifted the very real threat of an invasion of Britain and it was greeted by the nation with huge relief. ”

- Horatio Nelson

“ Not unless I do all these ancient and Italian or French or Baroque in the beginnning, I do German. ”

- Victoria de los Angeles

“ In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of the audience in their countries over the last few years. ”

- Wim Wenders

“ My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen. ”

- Karl Lagerfeld

“ For he might have been a Rooshian A French or Turk or Proosian, Or perhaps Italian. But in spite of all temptations To belong to other nations, He remains an Englishman. ”

- W. S. Gilbert

“ I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians. ”

- Elton John

“ The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse. ”

- Charles V

“ There's always something fishy about the French. ”

- Noel Coward

“ I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people. ”

- J. Danforth Quayle

“ Ah, divorce. The Latin word meaning to rip a man's genitals out through his wallet. ”

- Robin Williams

“ The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin. ”

- Heinrich Heine

“ CALIFORNIA: From Latin 'calor', meaning "heat" ; and 'fornia', for "sexual intercourse" or "fornication." Hence: Tierra de California, "the land of hot sex.". ”

- Ed Moran

“ Ah yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet. ”

- Robin Williams

“ One attraction of Latin is that you can immerse yourself in the poems of Horace and Catullus without fretting over how to say, Have a nice day. ”

- Peter Brodie

“ 'Status quo.' Latin for the mess we're in. ”

- Jeve Moorman
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