Figueras Quotes

#1. I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.

Nacho Figueras

#2. Obviously it takes eight brains to come to one decision in this crowd. Good thing they have one another.

Mari Mancusi

#3. If thou trusteth to the book called the Scriptures, thou trusteth to the rotten staff of fables and falsehood.

Thomas Paine

#4. Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, America, Japan, Morocco, France, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

Roger Wilk

#5. Adam lived in an apartment located above the office of St. Agnes Catholic Church, a fortuitous combination that focused most of the objects of Ronan's worship into one downtown block.

Maggie Stiefvater

#6. When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.

Nacho Figueras

#7. There are many guys out there who look like me - you know, brunettes with long hair. There are thousands. But I think the difference is that I am a real polo player, who does endorsements for Ralph Lauren on the side, and I've always looked at it that way.

Nacho Figueras

#8. What had killed them became the air that they breathed.
Perhaps this ability that life has to turn things to its advantage doesn't mean much to you. But let me tell you that, in my world, it has meant a lot.

Marcelo Figueras

#9. If life was a movie and someone asked you what kind of a movie it was the best answer would be: it's a movie that makes you laugh and cry at the same time. Grandpa knew that. pg. 223

Marcelo Figueras

#10. I think it's important for a guy to be 'protective,' shall we say, but you don't want to come off like you just rolled around in an Old Spice factory. Everyone has their own natural scent.

Mark Ronson

#11. I always say that polo, for you to pursue a career, mainly any sport, you have to be born in the right place. If you're born in Hawaii, you surf. If you're born in Austria, you probably will ski. If you're born in Argentina, you most likely ride horses and have a chance to play polo.

Nacho Figueras

#12. Diverting a river is easier than facing the truth; Cyrus did not want to acknowledge the fact that his horse would not have drowned if he had not forced it to try and cross the river.

Marcelo Figueras

#13. I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.

Nacho Figueras

#14. And suddenly we realize that the things we were ashamed of are the same things everyone deals with at one time or another. We are so much less alone than we think.

Jenny Lawson

#15. Take me somewhere I can grow
Give me something let me go
Tell me something I don't know

Laura Marling

#16. My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.

Nacho Figueras

#17. Polo is the most inviting sport I've ever seen.

Nacho Figueras

#18. I do believe that using fragrance is a plus. It's one of our senses and it's be a waste not to use our sense of smell. I also think smell is something that tells a lot about a person.

Nacho Figueras

#19. When I go to the gym, stretching is very important. For polo, you don't need too much strength so you don't want to build yourself up too much. It's all about flexibility.

Nacho Figueras

#20. We must love one another or die

W. H. Auden

#21. I like to believe that we are more alike in our positive experiences than in our negative ones that what binds us is stronger than what separates us.
pg 139

Marcelo Figueras

#22. Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors.

Peter F. Drucker

#23. If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.

Peter Zumthor

#24. Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.

Nacho Figueras

#25. A monologue defines its author as reliably as his fingerprints.

Marcelo Figueras

#26. Love is a trick best performed by men.

Colin Tegerdine

#27. When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.

Jay Asher