52 Quotes by Cristina Saralegui

If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you.

I came to this country when I was 12 years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.

People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.

I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I’m still standing.

I’m very, very Spanish. I have fat cheeks on both ends. I’m sitting on my Spanish part. And it’s my heart, the way I am, the way I speak. It has nothing to do with the way I look.

For me, the American promise isn’t just an idea or a theory – it’s my life story.

To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It’s a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.

Like most Latinas, I’m not afraid to speak my mind.

I’ll never retire from working; I’ll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.