Cugat Quotes & Sayings

3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. 6 When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. — Anonymous

You bet I write disaster fiction. We have compiled a disastrous record on this planet, a record of stupidity and absurdity and self-abuse and self-aggrandizement and self-deception and pompousness and self-righteousness and cruelty and indifference beyond what any other species has demonstrated the capacity for, which is the capacity for all the above. — John Irving

I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve. — Xavier Cugat

In homes where high ideals and gospel values are maintained, it is parents, not teachers, who lay the foundation of character and faith in the hearts of their children. — Rex D. Pinegar

You don't ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy; happiness is no longer the point. It's all about survival; it's all about whether you pull the knife out and bleed to death or keep it in ... — Nick Hornby

I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat. — Desi Arnaz

... That's what a map is, you know. Just a memory. Just a wish to go back home - someday, somehow. ... — Catherynne M Valente

I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means. — Duke Kahanamoku

Lack can greatly be the reasons for our conscious and unconscious steps in life. Mind what you lack, move for what is a must and be happy with what you have! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Miguelito, liberated from having to sing with Cugat, sounds like he just got out of jail and is letting it rip. — Ned Sublette