Quotes of: Latin-america Keyword

I think it's time to rebuild America.

Joe Manchin

I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.

Rick Springfield

The medium of response in America is fame; that's how a person that bounces a ball can make millions of dollars, and a school teacher with no fame makes $35,000.

Patch Adams

I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.

Will Smith

America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.

Alexander Graham Bell

Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed.

Paul Singer

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film.

Roger Ebert

America, the plum blossoms are falling.

Allen Ginsberg

Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.

Eva Green

I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.

Pat Benatar

Mister Dresden," he said. "And Miss Rodriguez, I believe. I didn't realize you were an art collector." "I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii in the city of Chicago," I said at once. "Elvii?" Marcone inquired. "The plural could be Elvises, I gu...

Death Masks

The Latin word for sausage was botulus, from which English gets two words. One of them is the lovely botuliform, which means sausage-shaped and is a more useful word than you might think. The other word is botulism. Sausages may taste lovely, but it'...

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

[...] Y'know, the Duchess Regan is living here at the tower now? I took your advice about not talking about her boffnacity [footnote], even with the duke dead and all, can't be too careful. Although, I caught sight of her in a dressing gown one day s...

Fool

[Giordano] Bruno died, despised and suffering, after eight years of agony. From that moment, his works have attracted interest, and he has long been recognized as an important figure in the development of modern thought. Nevertheless, few are familia...

Giordano Bruno: His Life and Thought

He looks around at his guests. All are prepared. A Latin grace; English would be his choice, but he will suit his company. Who cross themselves ostentatiously, in papist style. Who look at him, expectant. He shouts for the waiters. The doors burst op...

Bring Up the Bodies

All too often, when we see injustices, both great and small, we think, That's terrible, but we do nothing. We say nothing. We let other people fight their own battles. We remain silent because silence is easier. Qui tacet consentire videtur is Latin ...

Bad Feminist: Essays

After giving it some thought, I've decided to name my monkey mind Ricky Bobby. I was thinking about Latin names like Javier, but I don't want to make my jumping, distractable self sound mysterious and sexy. Ricky Bobby makes me laugh. A name like tha...

Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith

As the shabby section of the audience rose to its feet, waving its hats and food-wrappers, a rich, stale smell wafted through the auditorium. It had something of the fog on the boulevard outside, where the pavements were sticky with rain, but also so...

Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris

What you should do," she told Fat during one of his darker hours, "is get into studying the characteristics of the T-34." Fat asked what that was. It turned out that Sherri had read a book on Russion armor during World War Two. The T-34 tank had been...

VALIS

Summer has weeks left, but once the calendar displays the word “September,” you’d think it was Latin for “evacuate.” I pity them for missing the best weather and the most energized time of year…It’s an extremely impressive display of li...

The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World

I have indeed lived and worked to my taste either in art or science. What more could a man desire? Knowledge has always been my goal. There is much that I shall leave behind undone…but something at least I was privileged to leave for the world to u...

Léon Camille Marius Croizat