Quotes by Cuba A missile is a missile. It makes no great difference whether you are killed by a missile fired from the Soviet Union or from Cuba. Elie Abel cuba unions differences In Cuba they don't celebrate Halloween but my favorite moments have been trick-or-treating with my kids here in the U.S.: they really enjoy it. Erislandy Lara cuba halloween kids The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails. That is all. And in Cuba, in our America, they make much better cocktails. Federico Garcia Lorca cuba united-states america In Cuba and specifically in Havana there's a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected. Fernando Perez cuba unexpected energy It's true that in Cuba there are double standards, there's opportunism, and there is a lack of freedom in some ways. Fernando Perez double-standard cuba way There was a time when emigration from Cuba was a definitive separation. There were no visits. In the '80s, '90s, it was incredibly difficult. I'm not the only one interested in this as a filmmaker - other Cuban filmmakers have dealt with it, too, because it's such a part of our reality. Fernando Perez emigration cuba reality Condemn me, it does not matter: history will absolve me. Fidel Castro cuba matter doe I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba. Fidel Castro cuban-revolution castro cuba You Americans keep saying that Cuba is ninety miles from the United States. I say that the United States is ninety miles from Cuba and for us, that is worse. Fidel Castro ninety cuba united-states Cuba has the cleanest and most-educated prostitutes in the world. Fidel Castro cuba educated world Democracy's my idea. I do not agree with communists, my acts prove. Free press in Cuba - free ideas, freedom religion belief. Fidel Castro cuba democracy ideas North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity. Fidel Castro cuba humanity country One cat just leads to another." [Letter from Finca Vigia, Cuba, to his first wife, Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (1943).] Ernest Hemingway cuba cat wife Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status. Gerald Horne cuba united-states way I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy. Gloria Estefan cuba enjoy want [I would like to be] one of [the first pop singers to perform in a free Cuba]. I know the list is huge. And it would be hard to pull off -- I'd have a lump as big as a tostone [fried green plantain] in my throat. But oh my God, what a dream -- it would be the height of my personal and professional career. Gloria Estefan cuba careers dream I was born in Cuba but was made in the USA. Gustavo Perez Firmat cuba usa born In Cuba I have always understood harsh treatment of dissenting voices as stemming from a "siege situation" imposed upon it from outside. And I believe that to a certain extent that is true. Harold Pinter cuba voice believe Cuba is a wonderful country. What Castro’s done is superb. Helen Caldicott cuba done country I think it's wrong for North America in particular, the West in general to make a comparison between the economic situation in Cuba and the extraordinarily developed industrial complex of North America. Huey Newton cuba america thinking «1234567»