Guatemalans Quotes & Sayings

More than half of Guatemalans are pureblooded Indians, descendants of the proud Maya-Quiche tribes. In their mist-shrouded villages, the Indians worship the corn god and the rain god, only vaguely concerned with the political entity known as Guatemala. — Stephen Kinzer

Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing. — Joyce Carol Oates

Land ownership in Guatemala is more unequal than anywhere else in Latin America. Roughly 90 percent of Guatemalan farms are too small to support a family. A tiny group of Guatemalans owns a third of the country's arable land; more than 300,000 landless peasants must scrounge a living as best they can. — Stephen Kinzer

I think I'm less anonymous than I was. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

Academic disciplines are subject to being overtaken by attacks of "knowingness"- a state of mind and soul that prevents shudders of awe and makes one immune to enthusiasm. — Richard Rorty

Even if it remained for 10 more years, it is not the commission that will solve the justice situation, it is us, the Guatemalans, who must see if we truly want to fix our institutions, strengthen them and move forward. — Otto Perez Molina

chefs, the Guatemalans, sometimes — Jonathan Kellerman

It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required to get used to eating less. In other words, if you can get past day three of a fitness regimen, things improve. — Martha Beck

The bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe. — Eugene J. Martin

The natural growth of your inner life will lead you slowly and with time to other insights ... Everything is a gestation and then bringing forth. — Rainer Maria Rilke