Ilokano Quotes & Sayings

A poem is a frozen moment
melted by each reader for themselves
to flow into the here and now. — Hilde Domin

I was born in an Ilokano village called Cabugawan. Most of the houses in it were roofed with thatch, pan-aw, a species of wild grass. — F. Sionil Jose

We will love her, protect her, all of us
Bisaya, Tagalog, Ilokano, so many islands, so many tribes
because if we act as one, we will be strong and so will she be. Alone you will fall prey to every marauder that passes by. I am not asking that you love Filipinas. I am asking that you do what is right, what is duty ...
-The Cripple — F. Sionil Jose

Did you know that they introduced the 15 percent flat tax on individual and corporate income in Iraq? Something that some politicians very much wanted to push in the United States without success but in Iraq they do it. — Juan Cole

I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad that I cannot write in my native Ilokano. History demanded this; if it isn't English I am using now, I would most probably be writing in Spanish like Rizal, or even German or Japanese. — F. Sionil Jose

If you are anticipating the worst while hoping for the best, you will get the worst. The things that happen to you are in direct accordance with the things wherein you place your faith. Believe you are licked - and you are. — Harold Sherman

I just want to know what I'm going to be freaking out about before I waste energy freaking out about the wrong things. Conservation of panic is important. — Mira Grant

Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. — Martin Luther King Jr.

SEE! I HAVE TIME. AT LAST, I HAVE TIME
Albert backed away nervously.
'And now that you have it, what are you going to do with it?' he said.
Death mounted his horse.
I AM GOING TO SPEND IT. — Terry Pratchett