Porfirio Quotes & Sayings

I don't speak Spanish, and I get so much crap for it. Oddly enough, it was the first language I learned, but somehow I lost it throughout the years. I can understand pieces of it, but I don't speak it. I need to speak it. I want to teach my kids Spanish. — Ryan Guzman

Christianity has a hunter's instinct for finding out all those who by one means or another may be driven to despair -although only a part of mankind is capable of such despair. Christianity lies in wait for such as those and pursues them — Friedrich Nietzsche

The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself. — Sophie Swetchine

I will risk everything to avoid being bored. — Porfirio Rubirosa

Nothing ever happens in Mexico until it happens. — Porfirio Diaz

Porfirio Rubirosa. — Junot Diaz

It was better that a little blood should be shed that much blood should be saved. The blood that was shed was bad blood; the blood that was saved was good blood. — Porfirio Diaz

Poor Mexico. So far from God and so close to the United States. — Porfirio Diaz

If they'd had proof of what he'd tried to do, Porfirio wouldn't have lived long enough to die in an explosion. — Richelle Mead

In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is. — Idris Elba

What argufies pride and ambition? Soon or late death will take us in tow: Each bullet has got its commission, And when our time's come we must go. — Porfirio Diaz

The only things that interested me were sports, girls, adventures, celebrities - in short, life. — Porfirio Rubirosa

The balancing feedback loop that should keep the system state at an acceptable level is overwhelmed by a reinforcing feedback loop heading downhill. The lower the perceived system state, the lower the desired state. The lower the desired state, the less discrepancy, and the less corrective action is taken. The less corrective action, the lower the system state. If this loop is allowed to run unchecked, it can lead to a continuous degradation in the system's performance. — Donella H. Meadows