In Cuba, despite having lived through the most difficult times, there has never been a neo liberal adjustment.

The future of Cuba is one earned by a country that has resisted for over 50 years against the most powerful empire on Earth. The resilience of its people made this triumph materialize.

There is no one more talkative than Cubans, Cubans express their feelings, there's nobody more rebellious and revolutionary than a Cuban and I say that without chauvinism.

In Cuba we had the most ferocious form of capitalism for 60 years. It dominated every sphere of life.

To apply communism is an aspiration, in fact it has never been applied anywhere, it is really still a utopia.

Today China is a first world economy, in terms of development. The U.S. may still be in first in GDP but it is a broken economy in reality.

Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].

The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships.

Cubans are a people who suffered from capitalism in the cruelest way, in the social order, the economic order and the political order.

Under communism, no one would be living in marginal conditions as they do under capitalism today and where the greatest part of humanity lives.

In Cuba we are building a socialist society and we could say we are on the verge of a communist society which is hard to achieve, very hard to achieve, but is a longing worth fighting for.

I'm the way the truth and the life. Only through me you will go to the father.

Being with her is my survival

If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.'

Don't believe everything you hear, don't believe everything you read and only believe half of what you see

Hell of a thing when a man's got good health, plenty of money and absolutely nothing to do.

Why are we importing all these highbrow plays like 'Amadeus'? I could have told you Mozart was a jerk for nothing.

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

In any high stress situation you are going to default to your level of training...period.

Bacon improved things dramatically.

School reports were always pretty bad - I never ever did my homework. I always turned up for lessons as I liked my teachers but my report said I didn't try very hard.