Rita Moreno Quotes

#1. I don't have much history - I've got Rosie Perez, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Moreno. That's it. That's the history of Latin women in Hollywood, really.

Michelle Rodriguez

#2. I started my career off replacing Rita Moreno in a Broadway show.

Patricia Mauceri

#3. What's a dick?" Parenting fail number five-hundred-and-eighty-two of today. "Nothing, babe. I said tick. A tick is a bug." "So you called that person a bug?" "Yup. A big bug.

Brittainy C. Cherry

#4. I'm one of the most joyous people I've ever met.

Rita Moreno

#5. It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people.

Rita Moreno

#6. The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes.

Rita Moreno

#7. One of the stupidest theories of Western life.

Malcolm Muggeridge

#8. In terms of pure physical effort, today was probably as hard as I've worked in any part. I spent the morning rowing, including the change of speeds Arrius [the Roman commander] test Judah with. A real bone-breaker.

Charlton Heston

#9. Mexican marijuana, which he called the schoolboy's consolation.

James Purdy

#10. For a period of 17 years - from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old - my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.

Chiang Kai-shek

#11. The great conundrum: sex makes men feel loved; communication makes women feel loved.

Roxanne Snopek

#12. When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?

Rita Moreno

#13. Uncertainty is the necessary companion of all explorers.

Marilyn Ferguson

#14. I'm 81 and I'm in the prime of my life.

Rita Moreno

#15. Retirement is just
not in my DNA.

Rita Moreno

#16. If I were 50 years younger, I would kick your ass

Larry Merchant

#17. Flea stared at us, I can't decide what's worse. Losing family members or not having a family member to lose.

Maria V. Snyder

#18. The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.

Ian MacKaye

#19. I am personally am a fan of buff nails - not so much of clear polish, but a great buff nail is amazing.

Adrienne Bailon

#20. Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.

Rita Moreno

#21. I deliberately state my age because it keeps me honest. I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.

Rita Moreno

#22. They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them.

Rita Moreno

#23. What's good is that my music is different from everyone else's. It's got the soul element, like Duffy, but it's not very retro. It's a contemporary, pop, fresh sound. That's what makes it different.

Pixie Lott

#24. I would show him the hotel brochure, but

Jojo Moyes

#25. He loved me and I loved him, but the number in my head was telling me that he was going to die today. And the numbers had never been wrong.

Rachel Ward

#26. It is not virtuous in any way to put yourself down, or to punish yourself, because you do not feel you have lived up to your best behavior at any given time.

Seth

#27. People tell me I look good these days. I look good because I feel good. I know people who are older than I am who are twenty-five ... It's all about attitude. To me, age is just a number.

Rita Moreno

#28. You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.

Rita Moreno

#29. This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.

Rita Moreno

#30. Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal.

Rita Moreno