Justyne Gutierrez Quotes

Moreno, Morelos, Cantine, Gomez, Gutierrez, Villanousul, Ureta, Licon, Navarro, Iturbi; Jorge, Filomena, Nena, Manuel, Jose, Tomas, Ramona. This man walked and this man sang and this man had three wives; and this man died of this, and that of that, and the third from another thing, and the fourth was shot, and the fifth was stabbed and the sixth fell straight down dead; and the seventh drank deep and died dead, and the eighth died in love, and the ninth fell from him horse, and the tenth coughed blood, and the eleventh stopped his heart, and the twelfth used to laugh much, and the thirteenth was a dancing one, and the fourteenth was most beautiful of all, the fifteenth had ten children and the sixteenth is one of those children as is the seventeenth; and the eighteenth was Tomas and did well with his guitar; the next three cut maize in their fields, had three lovers each; the twenty-second was never loved; the twenty-third sold tortillas, patting and shaping them each at the curb before the Opera House with her little charcoal stove; and the twenty-fourth beat his wife and now she walks proudly in the town and is merry with new men and here he stands bewildered by this unfair thing, and the twenty-fifth drank several quarts of river with his lungs and was pulled forth in a net, and the twenty-sixth was a great thinker and his brain now sleeps like a burnt plum in his skull. ~ Ray Bradbury

But there is one thing that is privileged to be a paradoxical sign of God, in relation to which men are able to manifest their deepest commitment
our Neighbor. The sacrament of our Neighbor!'
Congar ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

Our devil has pale skin and blue eyes ~ Jose Angel Gutierrez

It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers. ~ Luis Gutierrez

The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

So where are they moving today? They're going to move to be meaner to immigrants in order to bring their conference together. ~ Luis Gutierrez

The government's rationale here is beautiful in its simplicity. American criminals have constitutional rights not because they are natural-born Americans but precisely because they are criminals. Deportations, however, are not part of the criminal justice system. "Removal proceedings," wrote the circuit judge in the Gutierrez-Berdin case, "are civil, not criminal, and the exclusionary rule does not generally apply to them." So the undocumented alien who kills a room full of Rotarians with an ax has a right to counsel, a phone call, and protection against improper searches. The alien caught crossing the street on his way to work has no rights at all. Strangest ~ Matt Taibbi

But the poor person does not exist as an inescapable fact of destiny. His or her existence is not politically neutral, and it is not ethically innocent. The poor are a by-product of the system in which we live and for which we are responsible. They are marginalized by our social and cultural world. They are the oppressed, exploited proletariat, robbed of the fruit of their labor and despoiled of their humanity. Hence the poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

Christendom is not primarily a mental construct. It is above all a fact, indeed the longest historical experience the Church has had. Hence the deep impact it has made on its life and thought. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

So true is this that if we do not respond to the demands of the present, because we do not know in advance whither we may be led, we are simply refusing to hear the call of Jesus Christ. We are refusing to open to him when he knocks on the door and invites us to sup with him. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

Nothing happens here in this building, in the House of Representatives, if there's no demand from outside the Capitol. ~ Luis Gutierrez

Decades from now, my grandchild is going to be a poet... And she's going to write about how she's a living testament to how her grandmother made love to hurricane and calmed the storm. ~ Danabelle Gutierrez

Man is saved if he opens himself to God and to others, even if he is not clearly aware that he is doing so. This is valid for Christians and non-Christians alike
for all people ... We can no longer speak properly of a profane world. A qualitative and intensive approach replaces a quantitative and extensive one. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

The theory of dependence will take the wrong path and lead to deception if the analysis is not put within the framework of the worldwide class struggle. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

Even through the smoke,
you are still the most beautiful thing
in this city and I, well, I am still
the last thing you'd save in a fire. ~ Danabelle Gutierrez

Did you tell them that you made love to the poet?
Did you tell them that our lovechild is an elegy? ~ Danabelle Gutierrez

you see, the thing is, I just don't know
how to write anything that doesn't
start with a lump in my throat.
And I really don't know how to write anything
that doesn't end with your hands on my neck. ~ Danabelle Gutierrez

If art is therapy, if art is to inspire, if art is a weapon, if it is a medicine to heal soul wounds, if it makes one not feel alone in his or her visions, or if it serves as transportation to a higher self, then that is where I aspire to live every day. ~ Rudy Gutierrez

So you say you love the poor? Name them. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

Be not only a good reader, hold a pen and bleed. ~ Leo Jaranilla Gutierrez

Cuba may be the only place in the world where you can be yourself and more than yourself at the same time ~ Pedro Juan Gutierrez

In the final analysis, poverty means death: lack of food and housing, the inability to attend properly to health and education needs, the exploitation of workers, permanent unemployment, the lack of respect for one's human dignity, and unjust limitations placed on personal freedom in the areas of self-expression, politics, and religion. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

The underlying part of any comprehensive immigration bill is family unit. ~ Luis Gutierrez

The greatest joy of the oppressed people, is enjoying his freedom while,
the greatest misfortune of the oppressors is to suffer for the joy of his people. ~ Miguel Angel Saez Gutierrez

Don't rush your healing, don't pretend to be okay when you're not and don't apologize for being broken. ~ Lizelle Gutierrez

Through the persons who explicitly accept his Word, the Lord reveals the world to itself. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

There is no assurance that people are willing to surrender their impressions even if you have presented them a moving case. ~ Gutierrez Mangansakan II

Love is to love and be loved ~ Miguel Angel Saez Gutierrez

I've never known love
that wasn't an animal waiting to devour. ~ Danabelle Gutierrez

The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year. ~ Luis Gutierrez

Mr. Speaker, Americans want, need, and rightfully expect Congress to protect them from the prying eyes of identity thieves and give them back control of their Social Security numbers and personal health information. ~ Luis Gutierrez

There is this kind of sense in the immigrant community, first we were going to do immigration reform, but then 9/11 happened. ~ Luis Gutierrez

And let us not forget the Social Security system. Recent studies show that undocumented workers sustain the Social Security system with a subsidy as much as $7 billion a year. Let me repeat that: $7 billion a year. ~ Luis Gutierrez

The next step has to be the necessary step. It's always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead of partisan politics. ~ Luis Gutierrez

It is so difficult to, day in and day out, hear these incredibly painful stories of the destructive nature of our broken immigration system. ~ Luis Gutierrez

You said: "Wait for the moon with me."
I stayed. I waited. The moon never came. ~ Danabelle Gutierrez

Love is not some kind of a game, it is special and should be taken care of because it's the only thing that accepts you for who you are. ~ Nathania Gutierrez

I have only one loyalty and that's to the immigrant community. ~ Luis Gutierrez

I think children have a degree of wisdom totally unknown by adults ~ Miguel Angel Saez Gutierrez

The complete encounter with the Lord will mark an end to history, but it will take place in history. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

because the tree keeps growing regardless if you're too tired to climb ~ Christopher Gutierrez

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise. ~ Gustavo Gutierrez

As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes. ~ Luis Gutierrez