Trinidadians Speaking Quotes & Sayings

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I was in the underground until I left Germany. — Klaus Fuchs

The sigh of History rises over ruins, not over landscapes, and in the Antilles there are few ruins to sigh over, apart from the ruins of sugar estates and abandoned forts. — Derek Walcott

Don't wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you. — Karl Lagerfeld

Everything has changed now. The world has changed. It surprises me to be on the forefront. I've lost all dignity! I give interviews! I make movies! I'm amazed at myself. — Giovanna Cau

Heads of France lead from a palace, and traditionally they retire to a cloud. — Rosecrans Baldwin

I start off my morning with an Acai berry smoothie. I blend the Acai berries with kefir, blueberries, protein powder and peanut butter. I like this first thing in the morning because it's light on my stomach. — Charity Shea

This was where she discovered that intelligence, this wonderful gift, grows in silence, not in noise. It was here too that she learnt that a human mind, a truly human mind, is nurtured over time, with hard work and discipline. — Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera

The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. — Thomas Traherne

There are some scary statistics out there: one in five kids aged 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation or approach via the Internet. — Mark Kennedy

...fame is something other people hand you, while success is what you define for yourself. — Jennifer Mason-Black

I've realized that no problem is as hopeless as it first may seem, I've learned how to live day to day and show others how to do the same, and most of all, I've learned how to just be. — Jessie Pavelka

Things fall apart, it's scientific. — David Byrne

Trinidadians love speaking their own English; it's full of poetic forms and can be playful and lyrical and comical. Trinidadians are verbal acrobats, and I love being on the island just to hear the people speak. — Monique Roffey