Pregones Quotes & Sayings

Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968, I started to think, write, and travel as someone who felt himself to be directly involved in the renaissance of Palestinian life and politics. — Edward Said

Language is a labyrinth of paths. You approach from one side and know your way about; you approach the same place from another side and no longer know your way about. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating. — Robin Wright

Music is the journey. You never arrive in music; the work is never over. — Phil Woods

The Mayor spoke proudly. 'Yes, they will light it. I have no choice of living or dying, you see, sir, but - I do have a choice of how I do it. If I tell them not to fight, they will be sorry, but they will fight. If I tell them to fight, they will be glad, and I who am not a very brae man will have made them a little braver.' He smiled apologetically. 'You see, it is an easy thing to do, since the end for me is the same.'
Lanser said, If you say yes, we can tell them you said no. We can tell them you begged for your life.'
And Winter broke in angrily, 'They would know. You do not keep secrets. One of your men got out of hand one night and he said the flies had conquered the flypaper, and now the whole nation knows his words. They have made a song of it. The flies have conquered the flypaper. You do not keep secrets, Colonel. — John Steinbeck

You can't replicate walking 94 days through the wilderness by yourself with a really heavy pack until you do it. — Cheryl Strayed