The best Quotes by Richard Rodriguez

The American Dream is an impossible affirmation of possibility. And maybe native-born Americans don't have it anymore. Maybe it has run through their fingers.

But one does not forget by trying to forget. One only remembers.

Education is that human process of feeding your mind with ideas that it never had before, or information you never had.

Of course, San Diego chooses not to regard the two cities as one. Talk about alter ego: Tijuana was created by the lust of San Diego. Everything that was illegal in San Diego was permitted in Tijuana.

In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy white time. Brown was like the skinny or fat kids left over after the team captains chose sides. You take the rest - my cue to wander away to the sidelines, to wander away.

So many of my friends tell me they're not religious. I'm like, "Of course you're religious. You watch Oprah Winfrey, don't you?"

Mexico is a country of family values.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's - if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.

Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.

One of the flaws in the American dream is that there isn't as much of a safety net as you may get in other countries.

There are 320 million American dreams. Go get yours!

The American dream was more like a nightmare.

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.

Never say goodbye, because goodbye means going away - and going away means forgetting.

Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Its so hard to forget someone, who gave you so much to remember.

Giving a child an education is by far one of the most important investments we can make.

It's wrong to think that an educational system could work without conveying values!

A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

Los Angeles is like San Diego's older, uglier sister that has herpes.

It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving! If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter.

San Diego was fantastic. I think there's something about San Diego that is quite different than Los Angeles.

San Diego is the best city in the world.

I haven't had a drink in thirteen years, but occasionally I'm tempted to have one beer. The problem is that if I have that one beer, I wake up in Tijuana four days later with a tattoo and a sore ass.

That crystal that your partner brought me... it sold faster than ten-dollar ass in TJ.

If you believe in what you do, you are immortal. The day that you don't believe it, the day you're taking other people's opinion, you better go to Tijuana.

They say money can't buy happiness. But it can book your flight to Tijuana - which is kinda the same.

Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates.

I love Sacramento. I consider this home.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento I will pump up Sacramento.

Around 1988 in Sacramento, it was a time of a real good growth spurt. I mean, people were buying houses, and new developments were coming about.

When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.

For Americans of the Greatest Generation that fought World War II and of the Silent Generation that came of age in the 1950s, the great moral and ideological cause was the Cold War. It gave purpose and clarity to our politics and foreign policy, and our lives.

In the 1950s in Columbia, South Carolina, it was considered OK for kids to play with weird things. We could go to the hardware store and buy 100 feet of dynamite fuse.

I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines.

Becky Feder: "Daddy! Where is it taking them?"
Marcus Higgins: "Hell."
Lenny Feder: "Higgins. Don't say that."
Marcus Higgins: "Oh I'm sorry. Not Hell... Mexico."

A tortilla is either corn or wheat. But a corn tortilla folded and filled is a taco, whereas a filled wheat tortilla is a burrito. Deep fry a burrito, it's a chimichanga. Toast a tortilla, it's a tostada. Roll it, it's an enchilada.

This weekend, millions of Americans will celebrate Cinco de Mayo and pay tribute to the rich history and courage of the Mexican people. This day of pride and celebration for Mexican Americans has been embraced by Americans of all backgrounds as a tribute to our deep historical, cultural and economic ties to Mexico. It is an opportunity to recognize the many ways in which Mexican Americans enrich the country with their culture.

Erin: "I didn't go to Mexico to watch you get sh-t-faced for four days."
Kemper: "That's what you do in Mexico!"