Luis Fortuno Quotes

#1. What is emitted from the divine, though it be only like the reflection from the fire, still has the divine reality in itself, and one might almost ask what were the fire without glow, the sun without light, or the Creator without the creature?

Max Muller

#2. If you see a good fight, get in it and fight to win it!

Ralph Abernathy

#3. There are things I've done in the past I'm not proud of - and I could talk about them if I wanted to - but I don't reveal my secrets ... I prefer certain things to remain personal; there have to be boundaries. And I don't think you need a scandal to have an interesting story.

Faith Hill

#4. I think there is a lot of fat in the government.

Luis Fortuno

#5. Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.

Drake

#6. I am making sure, as the governor of a territory, that our kids speak fluent English. But having said that, I will tell my wife I love her in Spanish, and I will pray in Spanish, and no one from Washington should come down here and tell us how to go about it.

Luis Fortuno

#7. When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.

Luis Fortuno

#8. Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive and globalized.

Luis Fortuno

#9. Speaking and writing English perfectly should not be a privilege. To those who try to politicize this matter, I tell them now, do not mess with the future of our children.

Luis Fortuno

#10. Some people called me a fascist. That's mostly over, but there will be more attacks from the unions.

Luis Fortuno

#11. I am thinking of keeping a diary, not with the intend to publish it, merely to record the facts for the information of God, in case God does not know my version of the facts.

Leo Szilard

#12. Survivor has been such a hit, and out of that have come so many interesting stories from people that we don't see on the big screen. We have helped make them incredible celebrities.

Mary Hart

#13. All true cultural creativity happens at the edges of the horizons of the possible, so by definition our most culturally creative endeavors have a high risk of failure.

Andy Crouch

#14. The GOP can't even envision winning the White House if we lose a significant percentage of the Hispanic vote.

Luis Fortuno

#15. It is wrong to believe that Hispanics are Democrats. Hispanics are traditionally and historically conservative, not just socially conservative, but fiscally conservative.

Luis Fortuno

#16. I resent Washington telling states, or the residents of those states, what to do and what to think.

Luis Fortuno

#17. Education is extremely important to the Hispanic community, as well as faith, and certainly working hard.

Luis Fortuno

#18. We cannot continue to close our eyes to the fact that we have to truly embrace green jobs, new technologies and alternative sources of energy.

Luis Fortuno

#19. Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.

Luis Fortuno

#20. Money talks and I listen.

Toba Beta

#21. I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.

Luis Fortuno

#22. Hardworking Americans are fighting every day to provide for themselves and their families, and leave a more prosperous country for the next generation.

Luis Fortuno

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

Luis Fortuno

#24. I came into the Republican party in 1980, when I was a college student at Georgetown.

Luis Fortuno

#25. You know what GED stands for? Good Enough Diploma.

Chris Rock

#26. I'm not a terrible person, I know that, but sometimes in a relationship, I can be crappy.

Kris Allen

#27. I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected.

Luis Fortuno

#28. Republicans cannot continue to oppose every Hispanic issue.

Luis Fortuno

#29. Musicals are my favorite. I'm a musical theater buff.

Rutina Wesley

#30. I supported the stimulus package.

Luis Fortuno

#31. In doing what I'm doing, you have to be sensitive to the fact that you're not dealing with numbers, you're dealing with people. And I will continue to be sensitive to that.

Luis Fortuno

#32. Marriage is slavery, I said. And when God made us human - if God exists - He didn't intend for us to be slaves to each other.

Viet Thanh Nguyen

#33. Contrary to Eastern Europe, where the border was more porous and you could exchange information more easily, Cuba is an island. Thus, it is more isolated, and it's easier for the government to have great control over its citizens.

Luis Fortuno

#34. Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.

Stevie Wonder

#35. Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul.

Anne Robinson