Enrique Quotes & Sayings

An advanced city is not a place where the poor move about in cars, rather it's where even the rich use public transportation — Enrique Penalosa

I think a good relationship that Mexico could maintain with the United States and vice versa should be based on trust, on opening - openness and constant dialogue that would allow us essentially to define, share objectives and to work towards those so as to avoid activities which are not known to the other government. — Enrique Pena Nieto

My government will continue mounting a real fight against the trafficking of marijuana and all other drugs. — Enrique Pena Nieto

My best personality trait that I think I'm very approachable. And my worst is that I can be moody. — Enrique Iglesias

Do not have any doubt that I will apply the law over whoever is responsible for not complying with the law. — Enrique Pena Nieto

One of the big goals of my administration will be to reposition Mexico again as an emerging power. — Enrique Pena Nieto

As an artist, I've been very fortunate. — Enrique Iglesias

I will be a president who is close to the people. — Enrique Pena Nieto

There hasn't been one moment in my career where I felt I didn't have any control over the creative aspects of my records. — Enrique Iglesias

A premise of the new city is that we want a society to be as egalitarian as possible. For this purpose, quality-of-life distribution is more important than income distribution. [And quality of life includes] a living environment as free of motor vehicles as possible. — Enrique Penalosa

Specifically, the U.S. holds strength. Its own context makes it a very competitive country, but I believe that if we recognize how interdependent the U.S. with its neighbors from the North and the South, we are part of NAFTA, a trade agreement. — Enrique Pena Nieto

I want to thank my fans for their support and love all these years, thank you Miami. Thank you Latin America. Thank you Mexico. Thank you world ! — Enrique Iglesias

Being anxious is the worst feeling in the world. — Enrique Iglesias

What is life but a fucked-up factory fabricating fuckups? — Jorge Enrique Ponce

The North American Free Trade Agreement marked a fundamental change in the global trade scheme. — Enrique Pena Nieto

My government's first aim will be to bring peace to Mexico. — Enrique Pena Nieto

To get elected in Mexico today, you have to compete like any democracy, and you don't do that by being manipulated. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexico has experimented with political change since the late 1980s. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Good God, Enrique was writing poetry to her? Yes, and why hadn't he thought of poetry? Besides the obvious reason of his absence of talent in that direction. He wondered if she'd like to read a really clever combat-drop mission plan, instead. Sonnets, damn. All he'd ever come up with in that line were limericks. He — Lois McMaster Bujold

Thus, as historian Soledad Loaeza has argued, the authoritarianism that distinguished Mexico during the second half of the 1960s should not be reduced to a series of "paranoid" acts of a single president (as Enrique Krauze and others have insisted). — Jaime Pensado

There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans. One of my goals is to give social security to all the people. — Enrique Pena Nieto

I believe the conditions are very favorable for Mexico to grow. I'm very optimistic. — Enrique Pena Nieto

My only definition is that I am a pragmatist. — Enrique Pena Nieto

I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert. — Enrique Vila-Matas

I was almost impeached for getting cars off sidewalks which car owning upper classes had illegally appropriated for parking. — Enrique Penalosa

The state is obliged to fight corruption within the government. — Enrique Pena Nieto

I see myself as a family man. — Enrique Pena Nieto

If they would have told me when I was just 18 that I was going to have a career that would last so long, I'd have said it was impossible, that it was crazy that that could happen in my life, so I'm happy to be here. To be able to go out on stage every day. — Enrique Iglesias

My commitment is to continue making a Mexico where families live in an environment of peace and better security. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexico is a safe country. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future. — Enrique Pena Nieto

A bikeway is a symbol that shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally important as a citizen on a $30,000 car. — Enrique Penalosa

What's the deal with the bossman?" Urian asked him.
Alexion shrugged. "I don't know. He came in last night with a book, went to his room to read, I suppose, and then he came out here this morning and has been playing ... those songs ever since."
Those songs were ballads, which Acheron never played. God-smack, Sex Pistols, TSOL, Judas Priest, but not ...
"Is that ... " Urian physically cringed before he spat out the name, "Julio Iglesias?"
"Enrique."
Urian grimaced in horror. "I didn't even know he knew any mellow shit. Dear gods ... is he ill?"
"I don't know. In nine thousand years, I've never seen him like this before."
Urian shuddered. "I'm beginning to get scared. This has to be a sign of the Apocalypse. If he breaks out into Air Supply, I say we sneeak up on him, drag him outside and beat the holy shit out of him. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Jose Enrique's strength is that he's very strong — Kevin Keegan

It's an honor, indeed I'm glad, to join in giving a warm reception to a book that has given me many delightful moments. — Enrique Vila-Matas

I'm not driving to be a popular president. — Enrique Pena Nieto

For lunch, Tsipis led them to Hassadar's most exclusive locale - the official dining room of the Count's Residence, overlooking the Square. The remarkable spread which the staff laid on hinted that Miles had sent down a few urgent behind-the-scenes instructions for the care and feeding of his . . . gardener. Mark confirmed this after dessert when Kareen led Enrique and the widow off to see the garden and fountain in the Residence's inner courtyard, and he and Tsipis lingered over the exquisite vintage of Vorkosigan estate-bottled wine usually reserved for visits from Emperor Gregor. — Lois McMaster Bujold

I'm so proud of who I am and where I come from and who my father is. — Enrique Iglesias

In school, kids never really looked at me a different way because I think it was a different generation; they didnt really know who my father was. — Enrique Iglesias

The United States is already Mexico's largest trading partner. — Enrique Pena Nieto

If I'm the president, I will call in all the different political opinions to come together and to make one front to the benefit of Mexico. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Pemex becomes a productive company of the state, but it will have competition and can make associations with the private sector. — Enrique Pena Nieto

It's the one thing we can all relate to no matter what religion, what color, what nationality: we can all relate to sex and love. — Enrique Iglesias

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me. — Enrique Iglesias

I will be the government of increasing economic growth and creating jobs. Take it from me that that's the main issue. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Public space is for living, doing business, kissing, and playing. Its value can't be measured with economics or mathematics; it must be felt with the soul. — Enrique Penalosa

Mexico has acquired unique experience during its integration into global value chains, especially in the automotive industry. — Enrique Pena Nieto

The power of music in Spanish is so strong, that I couldn't stay away from it any longer. — Enrique Iglesias

I think when you slow Enrique [Iglesias] down and really listen to what he's saying, it's an explosion of bad taste. — Bridget Everett

I've worked a lot during the night. But I don't sleep in the day either. — Enrique Iglesias

I always respect a woman. — Enrique Iglesias

I believe the state needs to control hydrocarbons. — Enrique Pena Nieto

One person cannot change the world. But you can become the world for someone. A warm, bright, and peaceful world. If everyone can be such a world to one person, one will become ten people, and then a hundred. The world will be full of happy people then. — Enrique Iglesias

As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by an anxiety that knows no irony, and I must wait until the next day to rediscover the blend of anguish and humor that characterizes my writing and that generates my style. — Enrique Vila-Matas

Ah, 'The Departed' is really good. — Enrique Pena Nieto

If we're going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere. — Enrique Penalosa

What Mexico City cannot do and my country cannot do is to allow us to be intimidated, the authorities to be intimidated, by organized crime. — Enrique Pena Nieto

One symbol of lack of democracy is to have cars parked on the sidewalk. — Enrique Penalosa

Politics and more politics - that's how you work towards the building of agreements. — Enrique Pena Nieto

In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity. — Enrique Pena Nieto

The Backstreet Boys ... they really do have good music! — Enrique Iglesias

I don't sleep much. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I'm a bit of an insomniac but, when I fall asleep, I don't ever want to wake up. — Enrique Iglesias

Once every 12 years there is a unique opportunity to reinforce the bonds between Mexico and the United States, when our presidential election cycles coincide. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Uh, Alex," Enrique laughs. "There's a trick-or-treater here to see you. — Simone Elkeles

It was good, it was bad. But it was real, and that's all you have. — Enrique Iglesias

Charles's old ally Don Enrique, King of Castile, also died before taking sides, and his son, Juan I, though heavily pressed by Charles V to support Clement, preferred to maintain "neutrality," saying that, while faithful to the French alliance, he could not go against the conscience of his subjects. Common people, nobility, clerics, learned men, he wrote, were all Urbanist. "What government, O wise prince," he pointedly inquired of Charles, "has ever succeeded in triumphing over public conscience supported by reason? What punishments are available to subjugate a free soul? — Barbara W. Tuchman

Nathaniel, who has failed as a writer, decides to commit suicide. He loads his revolver, places it at his side on his desk, and starts to write his letter of farewell. The letter lengthens, brightens, breathes, lives. It is the Masterpiece, the yearned-for Masterpiece! In order to publish it, Nathaniel does not commit suicide. — Enrique Anderson Imbert

Love is one of my main inspirations. — Enrique Iglesias

There are a great number of Mexicans who live every day worried about the lack of employment and opportunities. Those conditions also damage the image of Mexico abroad, and that is the Mexico that must be transformed. — Enrique Pena Nieto

It is not in vain that the strategic criterion of placing only short runs on the market prevails in order simultaneously to create a feeling of scarcity and avoid an appearance of uniformity, both of which encourage consumer demand. This is such a powerful criterion that it is not uncommon to discontinue production of a much-sought-after product, sometimes to the relative desperation of the shop staff, who were sure they could sell it. — Enrique Badia

I'm quite grounded. — Enrique Iglesias

Whenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption. — Enrique Pena Nieto

When I'm in love, I wake up happy. — Enrique Iglesias

Smile ... Expand HappinesS ... — Enrique Rocha

I believe immigration reform is a commitment of President Obama's government, especially since it gives him a chance to respond to the great demand expressed by U.S. Hispanic voters. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexico urgently needs a series of structural reforms that will detonate its true economic potential for once and generate more public welfare. — Enrique Pena Nieto

There are days that I wake up and I complain, and when I complain I pinch myself and say, 'that's for complaining.' Not many people can do what they really like in life. — Enrique Iglesias

First of all, I'm not a heartthrob. If you saw me in high school, you wouldn't say I'm a heartthrob. Having a hit song, the minute you're famous, you're a heartthrob. I know you don't believe me, but I honestly don't consider myself a heartthrob. — Enrique Iglesias

Children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a successful city for children, we will have a successful city for all people. — Enrique Penalosa

After Iguala, Mexico has to change. — Enrique Pena Nieto

[Doing a bilingual album] helped artistically because whenever I got bored of writing in English, I would write in Spanish. It's always cool when you have the choice. — Enrique Iglesias

To miniaturize is also to conceal. — Enrique Vila-Matas

I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically. — Enrique Iglesias

Mexico has lost its leadership, and a lot of that has to do with its poor performance and the lack of better results in our country. — Enrique Pena Nieto

You should do whatever language you feel is the perfect language for you to sing in and then try to strive to do the best. — Enrique Iglesias

It surprises me what the girls are capable of doing for me. — Enrique Iglesias

The importance of pedestrian public spaces cannot be measured, but most other important things in life cannot be measured either: Friendship, beauty, love and loyalty are examples. Parks and other pedestrian places are essential to a city's happiness. — Enrique Penalosa

Acting aggressively will allow our youth to aspire for better-paid jobs and find alternatives to criminality. — Enrique Pena Nieto

The route of expropriation, and especially in energy matters, is not what most promotes investment or generates greater confidence. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexico holds the fifth-largest shale gas reserve in the world, in addition to large deep-water oil reserves and a tremendous potential in renewable energy. — Enrique Pena Nieto

The one thing about music is that there are no rules. — Enrique Iglesias

If you can't,can't be yourself what are you living for? If you can't, can't be yourself you're gonna lose it all — Enrique Iglesias

I propose changing fear for hope. I propose changing Mexico. — Enrique Pena Nieto

I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where the problem of crime has increased. — Enrique Pena Nieto

After all, what are we, what is any one of us, if not a combination, particular and exact, of what we have done, what we have read, and what we have imagined? — Enrique Vila-Matas

The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people. — Enrique Iglesias

I have publicly talked about Mexico's need to open ourselves up to the participation of the private sector in the energy sector, however this doesn't mean privatizing state-run companies. — Enrique Pena Nieto

If we don't make sure that Mexico can offer potential investors more input, they'll stop coming to Mexico. They'll go to the United States or other places where it is more economically viable to carry out their projects. — Enrique Pena Nieto

When it grows dark, we always need someone. This thought, the product of anxiety, only comes to me in the evenings, just when I'm about to end my writerly explorations. — Enrique Vila-Matas

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens. — Enrique Pena Nieto