Quotes of Mexico - somelinesforyou

“ It is important for me, as a popular artist, to make clear to the governments of the United States and Mexico that despite the strategy of fear and intimidation to foreigners, despite their weapons, despite their immigration laws and military reserves, they will never be able to isolate the Zapatista communities from the people in the United States. ”

- Zack de la Rocha

“ You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world. ”

- Vicente Fox

“ I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments. ”

- Carl Wilson

“ I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would be an ideal location for a pilot project. ”

- Janet Napolitano

“ A woman is a citizen who works for Mexico. We must not treat her differently from a man, except to honor her more. ”

- Adolfo Lopez Mateos

“ The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day. ”

- Alma Guillermoprieto

“ In Mexico we have a word for sushi: Bait. ”

- Jose Simon

“ Mexico doesn't deserve what has happened to us. A democratic change is urgent, a change that will permit us to stop being a loser country. ”

- Vicente Fox

“ Mexico was most powerfully my father's smile and not, as you might otherwise imagine, not language, not pigment. ”

- Richard Rodriguez

“ In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. ”

- Len Deighton

“ I forgive everybody. I pray that everybody may also forgive me, and my blood which is about to be shed will bring peace to Mexico. Long live Mexico! Long Live Independence! ”

- Maximilian Emperor of Mexico

“ When President Bush invaded Iraq after 9 11 it was like Truman invading Mexico after Pearl Harbor. ”

- John Kerry

“ Poor Mexico - so far from God and so close to the United States. ”

- Porfirio Diaz

“ While I was in the U.S. Navy I was a crack marksman. I have a collection of guns at home in New Mexico and the guns in this case were given to me by friends in Germany for that collection. I guess I just brandished one in a moment of temper. ”

- Gene Vincent

“ This is a great job. The best job I've ever had. Because I go to work for the people of New Mexico everyday. And I've tried to follow a few simple lessons to serve the people well. Be bold. Never fail to act. Keep your promises. And make a difference. ”

- Bill Richardson

“ When I discovered lysergic acid amides in ololiuqui, I realized that LSD is really just a small chemical modification of a very old sacred drug of Mexico. LSD belongs, therefore, by its chemical structure and by its activity into the group of the magic plants of Mesoameri. ”

- Albert Hofmann

“ And in fact, I dream in whatever language I'm living in. So that, you know, after six months of being in the States, I started dreaming in English again. And when I moved back to Mexico, after a few months, I started dreaming in Spanish again. ”

- Alma Guillermoprieto

“ When I went to Mexico, the feeling was that we weren't having a good time. We weren't enjoying ourselves. We were tired of working together. We wanted a break from each other. We were not getting along particularly well and there were a lot of conflicts that were unpleasant conflicts. ”

- Art Garfunkel

“ Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions. ”

- Vincente Fox

“ When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides? ”

- Jerry Brown
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