The commerce of India does not grow, nor does that of Portugal, or of Turkey; that but that of the protected countries does increase, as has been shown in the case of Spain, and can now be shown in that of Germany. – Henry Charles Carey
‘Hispanic’ is a reference to Hispania, the name by which Spain was known in the Roman period, and there has always been strong ambivalence toward Spain in its former colonies. – Ilan Stavans
Spanglish is the encounter: perhaps the word is marriage or divorce of English and Spanish, but also of Anglo and Hispanic civilizations – not only in the United States but in the entire continent and, perhaps, also in Spain. – Ilan Stavans
I’m not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw. – Johan Cruyff
I absolutely would not have liked playing in Spain or somewhere like that, so I was just gonna do it a year. Then I was gonna be done. – Jeremy Lin
The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain. – Carroll Quigley
Mum was always hard-working. She came over from Spain and bought her own council house. – Anton du Beke
Being Peruvian means to come from the farthest place possible to get to Europe. Peru is the land of the Incas. It was the capital of South America; it was where the Spanish founded their empire and took over the Inca Empire and made it into a colony of Spain. – Mario Testino
Never will the Anarchists in Spain be made to suffer as they have been and are in Russia. – Federica Montseny
I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels. – Guillermo Cabrera Infante
It is no secret to anyone that we are going to rule in the most delicate circumstances Spain has faced in 30 years. – Mariano Rajoy
Near Marseilles in the south of France, bouillabaisse is a cult food. In Toulouse and Carcassonne, the bean-based stew cassoulet is a cult food. Spain has paella and a number of others. Italy has so many, its cuisine is practically defined by them. – Nathan Myhrvold
We are a trading nation, and we are trading with Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland. – Mark Rutte
Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps. – Martha Gellhorn
I love getting to bounce around and explore so much. I love Scandinavia. I love Spain. It’s so mystical and romantic, yet it’s gritty. – Jason Mraz
There are hundreds of thousands of Scots who acknowledge English, Irish or Welsh parts of their very being. Lives and destinies are similarly intertwined in Catalonia and Spain, in Ukraine and Russia. – Michael Ignatieff
As ambassador, I am focused on expanding bilateral trade and investment between the United States and Spain. – James Costos
In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year. – Larry Elder
