A man, when he wishes, is the master of his fate.
JOSE FERRER I was drawn to it much to my father's dismay. He wanted me to be a pianist like he was, but I ha...
MIGUEL FERRER I've played the drums for so long, I can't imagine saying goodbye to it.
MIGUEL FERRER I feel like I am playing well. Obviously, I am not as confident as I would be on clay. But I want to...
DAVID FERRER We did really well. We were undefeated again.
ANTHONY FERRER Tennis doesn't owe me anything. Tennis is one of the fairest sports. It's given me so many e...
DAVID FERRER Winning a Grand Slam is not something I'll think about.
DAVID FERRER We were given clear concrete tools. The course did a great job demystifying the art of fiction writi...
MIGUEL FERRER This was a concealed explosive device that was left on piles of LPG tanks. This was purely to sow te...
RAYMUNDO FERRER My dad won an Oscar in 1951 with an un-Anglicized name, the first Hispanic to ever win an Oscar, and...
MIGUEL FERRER I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, but I think as I became more comfortable and knowled...
MIGUEL FERRER His serve is lethal, ... When it's on, it's really tough to contest.
DAVID FERRER It definitely does make things more complicated. We know everything about each other. But once you g...
DAVID FERRER I felt a little bit tired today, both mentally and physically but I fought for every ball,
DAVID FERRER I knew I could come back at him,
DAVID FERRER I tried to put him under pressure in the closing games because I thought the pressure of trying to w...
DAVID FERRER And I'll be the first, ... to commend Mayor Bloomberg for not only recognizing that, but for making ...
FERNANDO FERRER I don't want to say we hit a slump, but our design wasn't what the game required. Maybe it tried to ...
ANTHONY FERRER We talk all the time,
FERNANDO FERRER I was a musician and did moderately well at that. I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, bu...
MIGUEL FERRER This city is becoming unaffordable for working and middle class people.
FERNANDO FERRER I proudly accept the nomination of the Democratic Party to be mayor,
FERNANDO FERRER I forgot to say this before,
FERNANDO FERRER We need to address the root causes of poverty by creating more affordable housing, by streamlining t...
FERNANDO FERRER Mike Bloomberg's worst nightmare _ Democrats together, and the beginning of the end of his administr...
FERNANDO FERRER You've said to the press, we're taking our future in our own hands. This is our city and we're gonna...
FERNANDO FERRER The road has been long, my friends, but this journey has been worth it, ... And we're almost there, ...
FERNANDO FERRER our time is now.
FERNANDO FERRER The road has been long, my friends, but this journey has been worth it. And we're almost there, beca...
FERNANDO FERRER This year, we went back to simplifying everything and we stuck with one basic strategy.
ANTHONY FERRER This other New York, defined by a shrinking middle class and the expanding poverty of those at the b...
FERNANDO FERRER Mike Bloomberg has had four years to make some changes, and New Yorkers haven't seen much besides sk...
FERNANDO FERRER Oh, well, I did a call-in, yes, at 11:30 p.m. I'm sorry. I forgot about that. It was so late.
FERNANDO FERRER We are eager to campaign with President Clinton and just working out the timing,
FERNANDO FERRER The horse went over backward once and came down. He got his left foot out of the stirrup but he coul...
JOE FERRER It comes down to two debates. It's too bad that for the last six or seven weeks, since I became the ...
FERNANDO FERRER out of the gutter.
FERNANDO FERRER For too many New Yorkers, somebody pulled out the treads in the ladder, somebody closed the door and...
FERNANDO FERRER We're here in Harlem. Mike Bloomberg's campaign posters could make it here. Where's Mike?
FERNANDO FERRER Every musician liked Peggy Lee, but not the general public.
MEL FERRER I think villainy just comes naturally to me. I get to work it out naturally so I can be a nice perso...
MIGUEL FERRER He had a minor hairline fracture that healed real fast and some strained ligaments. It just healed f...
JOE FERRER Let me simply say that I'd be proud to have 1199's endorsement,
FREDDY FERRER We can do better than a mayor who cuts sweetheart deals with developers at a time of a crisis in aff...
FREDDY FERRER I may win or lose this election, but I'll speak for those who can't speak for themselves and I will ...
FREDDY FERRER That's the most important thing: juxtaposing our positive vision for the city against Mike Bloomberg...
FERNANDO FERRER We will not, therefore, lose our time praying to an imaginary god for things which our own exertions...
FRANCISCO FERRER You can write 'little beast' if you want, but my name is David Ferrer.
DAVID FERRER I always try and do my best and put out the best and find the best in me, as well. But I'm not t...
DAVID FERRER Enough people came out to vote against the establishment. If they think they've won, they haven't. T...
JOE FERRER The issues we're talking about tonight were here two years ago, four years ago, six years ago. And t...
JOE FERRER It's very bad timing. He had some great horses running at Saratoga. I want to cry every time I think...
JOE FERRER This could be a concealed explosive device without metallic parts. The apparent intention was to inj...
RAYMUNDO FERRER The second goal affected us a lot. The players were very deflated when they came into the dressing r...
LORENZO SERRA FERRER The situation is bringing us down, but I am sure we will resolve it soon.
LORENZO SERRA FERRER I'm always looking to the future and what will next be on the horizon.
JOSE ANDRES It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the fiel...
JOSE RIZAL The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the vote...
JOSE MARTI Happiness is always a coincidence.
JOSE BERGAMIN He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.
JOSE RIZAL Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmon...
JOSE MARTI For me, your real age is not the age on your ID. That's just a date when you were born.
JOSE MOURINHO Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while inju...
JOSE RIZAL Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our ...
JOSE MARTI Pimenton gets its intense flavor because it is dried over wood smoke. You can try hot, sweet or bitt...
JOSE ANDRES If I had to give one piece of advice to a budding entrepreneur, I would say: 'Aim big.'
JOSE FERREIRA Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they recei...
JOSE MARTI The Spaniard is gallant and patriotic, and sacrifices everything, in favorable moments, for his coun...
JOSE RIZAL The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserv...
JOSE SERRANO Stop pretending there's anything wrong with businesspeople hiring diligent laborers who will wor...
JOSE FERREIRA I mix mayonnaise, ketchup and brandy and a little bit of mustard. This is a heck of a good sauce for...
JOSE ANDRES The actions we took in the aftermath of 9/11 were harsh but necessary and effective. These steps wer...
JOSE RODRIGUEZ Whenever I'm talking about relationships, it's always at least three things. It's my rel...
JOSE JAMES In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do n...
JOSE SARAMAGO We protest against unjust criticism but we accept unarmed applause.
JOSE NAROSKY Let those who desire a secure homeland conquer it. Let those who do not conquer it live under the wh...
JOSE MARTI Charm is a product of the unexpected.
JOSE MARTI Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.
JOSE MARTI Look at our farmers' markets today, bursting with heritage breeds and heirloom varieties, foods ...
JOSE ANDRES The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we mus...
JOSE MOURINHO I cannot bet my life on it, because I was not involved, that Alex Rodriguez ever used steroids. But ...
JOSE CANSECO As God has not made anything useless in this world, as all beings fulfill obligations or a role in t...
JOSE RIZAL The President also talked at length about how well the American economy is doing. Apparently, he got...
JOSE SERRANO He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for hi...
JOSE MARTI I may be what my enemies desire me to be, yet never an accusation are they able to hurl against me w...
JOSE RIZAL We young Filipinos are trying to make over a nation and must not halt in our march, but from time to...
JOSE RIZAL What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a ...
JOSE SARAMAGO One thing that makes me very happy is to see the growing activism among chefs in America. Chefs like...
JOSE ANDRES Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.
JOSE MOURINHO The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 met...
JOSE MOURINHO Wealth brings with it refinement, the spirit of conservation, while poverty inspires adventurous ide...
JOSE RIZAL I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a...
JOSE CARRERAS I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound.
JOSE CARRERAS Americans, they have an incredible operatic tradition: the Metropolitan Opera House is - if not the ...
JOSE CARRERAS If I can do concert recitals, adapting the repertoire to my needs, then no problem, that's good ...
JOSE CARRERAS If you are burned, you are naturally anxious to see what your face looks like as soon as they take t...
JOSE CARRERAS It is important to be passionate, but it is also important to combine the heart and the head. I have...
JOSE CARRERAS Certain things give you another perspective in life.
JOSE CARRERAS When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say...
JOSE CARRERAS Yes, you must have the courage of being free.
JOSE CARRERAS Music isn't only a profession.
JOSE CARRERAS I am a little nervous with strangers. But I'm not tight inside. I think I am impulsive.
JOSE CARRERAS If a man becomes more mature due to certain episodes in his life, it gives him the opportunity to lo...
JOSE CARRERAS What originates everything are the emotions, the feelings, what we call soul. Then the brain command...
JOSE CARRERAS At first we got along real well. Now... it's pretty much just a professional relationship.
JOSE CARRERAS The voice is like a man, like ourselves: we all feel melancholic about what we have lost, the things...
JOSE CARRERAS Yes, thanks to God... my life has a goal, much more important than my artistic activities, that is t...
JOSE CARRERAS I've always said that music is like literature.
JOSE CARRERAS Even out of severe difficulty, some positive things come.
JOSE CARRERAS It is not easy for me to sing consonants, and I am sorry if I don't sing the 'S'.
JOSE CARRERAS I love good food but I follow strict rules the days I perform.
JOSE CARRERAS I am always living very good moments.
JOSE CARRERAS The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukemia.
JOSE CARRERAS I am extraordinarily lucky, I was born in a family of strong moral values, and in my life I was able...
JOSE CARRERAS When I sing, I want people to think only about the tenor and only about the music.
JOSE CARRERAS I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and ...
JOSE CARRERAS There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.
JOSE RIZAL Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, ...
JOSE MARTI The youth is the hope of our future.
JOSE RIZAL The modernity of yesterday is the tradition of today, and the modernity of today will be tradition t...
JOSE ANDRES The divine flame of thought is inextinguishable in the Filipino people, and somehow or other it will...
JOSE RIZAL Soy sauce and seaweed go really well with potato chips.
JOSE ANDRES I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results ...
JOSE MOURINHO I prefer natural hardwood lump charcoal - the other stuff makes your food taste like Goodyear tires.
JOSE ANDRES Without a doubt, one of my favorite American ingredients is blue crabs, a true delicacy! And a great...
JOSE ANDRES Tony La Russa was quoted as saying that I was using steroids back then, and I was talking about it i...
JOSE CANSECO If you have some potatoes, green beans and cauliflower, you have a heck of a dish that can feed an e...
JOSE ANDRES One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.
JOSE MARTI Education has always produced an incredible amount of data; that's always been obvious to me. Bu...
JOSE FERREIRA Chefs are at the end of a long chain of individuals who work hard to feed people. Farmers, beekeeper...
JOSE ANDRES In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.
JOSE BERGAMIN I've been a cook all my life, but I am still learning to be a good chef. I'm always learning...
JOSE ANDRES Science is based on the possibility of objectivity, on the possibility of different people checking ...
JOSE PADILHA The cheapest gadget - and you don't even have to spend a dime - is chopsticks from a Chinese res...
JOSE ANDRES Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land...
JOSE SARAMAGO Our brain, our body, craves fat. We cannot help it. That's why a kid will eat a hot dog quicker ...
JOSE ANDRES I don't recommend steroids for everyone, and I don't recommend growth hormones for everyone....
JOSE CANSECO If the Philippines secure their independence after heroic and stubborn conflicts, they can rest assu...
JOSE RIZAL We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the pe...
JOSE MARTI Like many parents after a long family holiday, I usually welcome the moment when my kids head back t...
JOSE ANDRES We knew that if the photos of CIA officers conducting authorized EIT (enhanced interrogation techniq...
JOSE RODRIGUEZ The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its kno...
JOSE RIZAL I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion.
JOSE ANDRES The Philippine races, like all the Malays, do not succumb before the foreigner, like the Australians...
JOSE RIZAL I am an austere president.
JOSE MUJICA America gave me the opportunity to open successful restaurants, start a TV show, and write books. I ...
JOSE ANDRES We should all be involved in the avant-garde as long as we look toward the past.
JOSE ANDRES Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great i...
JOSE MARTI A lot of jobs today are being automated; what happens when you extend that concept to very important...
JOSE PADILHA Pretty soon we'll have robots in our society, you're going to have a lot of automated proces...
JOSE PADILHA Romesco with asparagus is simple and brilliant.
JOSE ANDRES China will consider herself fortunate if she succeeds in keeping herself intact and is not dismember...
JOSE RIZAL There now exists a factor which was formerly lacking - the spirit of the nation has been aroused, an...
JOSE RIZAL Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough sta...
JOSE MARTI But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give enco...
JOSE MARTI An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-pre...
JOSE MARTI I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies ...
JOSE SARAMAGO I had already developed inherited back problems. I had degenerative disk disease, a form of scoliosi...
JOSE CANSECO I think a lot of times we think of music as being different from other art forms. You would never as...
JOSE JAMES Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winnin...
JOSE MOURINHO Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't beli...
JOSE MOURINHO Venture capitalists buy minority positions in young companies they think will grow quickly; buy-out ...
JOSE FERREIRA I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how ...
JOSE SARAMAGO I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.
JOSE CANSECO When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game, ...
JOSE ANDRES A cocktail can be made by the bartender. But the cocktail also can be made by the chef.
JOSE ANDRES My mother and I were born in Mieres, Asturias, the most beautiful region you'll ever see in Euro...
JOSE ANDRES We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.
JOSE MARTI Everyone should wake up and have a fresh-squeezed orange every day. By having a fresh glass of orang...
JOSE ANDRES No one ceases to be a man, no one forfeits his rights to civilization merely by being more or less u...
JOSE RIZAL Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions and the doctrines...
JOSE SARAMAGO In America, diner food or roadside barbecue is the best road food, but I am not a fan of eating whil...
JOSE ANDRES People naturally want to know about what happened, about my leukemia. They ask the same questions ag...
JOSE CARRERAS There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.
JOSE BERGAMIN The batteries are gradually becoming charged, and if the prudence of the government does not provide...
JOSE RIZAL I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. ...
JOSE RIZAL Experience has everywhere shown us, and especially in the Philippines, that the classes which are be...
JOSE RIZAL I'm going to try to be a better guy, a better man, better husband.
JOSE REYES Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligen...
JOSE MOURINHO Many venture capitalists say they're looking for the next big idea. But they aren't, really;...
JOSE FERREIRA Of what use are all the codes in the world, if by means of confidential reports, if for trifling rea...
JOSE RIZAL Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the s...
JOSE RIZAL If you are in Brazil and you grew up in a right-wing dictatorship, you think Marxism is liberating. ...
JOSE PADILHA History does not record in its annals any lasting domination exercised by one people over another, o...
JOSE RIZAL I'm a man that's unique to the world. That's kind of the star I was born under - on the ...
JOSE JAMES I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more ...
JOSE ANDRES As chefs, we work with organizations like Oxfam to enrich their projects with culinary tools, recipe...
JOSE ANDRES American cooking is one of the unknown cuisines in America.
JOSE ANDRES Owners, the way they blackballed me from baseball, the way they used me, in a sense, and then the wa...
JOSE CANSECO We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize i...
JOSE SERRANO Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spani...
JOSE RIZAL You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made.
JOSE BERGAMIN Kind of the sad thing is that - it's still true - a lot of jazz people just listen to jazz, and ...
JOSE JAMES If you look at our world, it's a world of critique.
JOSE CANSECO It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendu...
JOSE SARAMAGO I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those t...
JOSE MOURINHO I am Jose Mourinho and I don't change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects.
JOSE MOURINHO Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.
JOSE PADILHA The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.
JOSE BERGAMIN Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows, and necessity is the resultant of physical ...
JOSE RIZAL