| Quote | Author |
| Among individuals as among nations, the respect for the rights of others is peace. | Benito Juarez, Mexican President |
| I went to Mexico because it has a magic that does not have any other country in the world... | Chavela Vargas |
| the heart of Mexico sits in the rain not caring to seek shelter, a blanket of geranium pink drawn up over his silent mouth. | Denise Levertov (Five Poems from Mexico) |
| I would rather die standing than live on my knees! | Emiliano Zapata |
| THE CACTUS towers, straight and tall, Through fallow fields of chapparal; And here and there, in paths apart, A dusky peon guides his cart, And yokes of oxen journey slow, In Mexico. | Evaleen Stein (In Mexico (poem)) |
| A land of lutes and witching tones, Of silver, onyx, opal stones; A lazy land, wherein all seems Enchanted into endless dreams; And never any need they know, In Mexico, | Evaleen Stein (In Mexico - poem) |
| When twilight falls, more near and clear The tender southern skies appear, And down green slopes of blooming limes Come cascades of cathedral chimes; And prayerful figures worship low, In Mexico. | Evaleen Stein (In Mexico - poem) |
| In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico, death can be found in many things. | Gael Garcia Bernal |
| DARK on the gold west, Mexico hung inscrutable like a curtain of heavy velvet Before a lighted shrine. Black on the west All Mexico stood up from the Gulf, Colossal, perpendicular, superb; Mexico secretly veined with metals, Mexico preoccupied with volcanoes, palm forests, Deserts, cities, jungles, Plantations of coffee and maguey, Unknown valleys, hills of iron, Orchids. | Grace Hazard Conkling (April in the Huasteca) |
| In Mexico we have a word for sushi: Bait | Jose Simon |
| Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun it. | Luis Barrag (Smithsonian Nov 80) |
| A caballo dado, no le veas el colmillo [Don't look a gift horse in the mouth] | Mexican Proverb |
| Al que madruga, Dios lo ayuda [He who gets up early, God will help - or, The early bird gets the worm] | Mexican Proverb |
| Donde fuego hubo cenizas quedan [Where fire has been, ashes remain] | Mexican Proverb |
| En boca cerrada, no entran moscas [Flies don't enter closed mouths - or, Silence is Golden] | Mexican Proverb |
| Nadie tropieza dos veces con la misma piedra [ No one trips over the same stone twice, or Learn from your errors ] | Mexican Proverb |
| No hay mal que por bien no venga [ There is nothing bad that does not bring something good ] | Mexican Proverb |
| No le pidas peras al olmo [ Don't expect pears from an elm tree ] | Mexican Proverb |
| If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time. | Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet and Writer (Andr) |
| My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood. | Salma Hayek |
| I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do. | Salma Hayek |
| Barriga llena, corazon contenta (full belly, happy heart) | Spanish Proverb |
| Del dicho al hecho hay un buen trecho. [ There's a long stretch between word and deed ] | Spanish Proverb |
| El que busca encuentra. [ He who seeks, finds ] | Spanish Proverb |
| Imposible solo existe en el mundo de los incapaces. [ Impossible only exists in the world of the inept ] | Spanish Proverb |
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