Self Tagalog Quotes & Sayings

To call it yearning would be like calling the ocean water. — R.A. Nelson

Yo-yo (Tagalog for "come back") evolved from a Philippine hunting tool made from a softball-size stone tied to a length of plant vine or a leather thong which enabled throwers to retrieve the weapon with a simple flick of the wrist (Hoffman 1996). The modern yo-yo thus has a great deal of physics, prehistory, and hunting lore encoded in its maple, beech, or plastic form (see below, Neuro-notes III). — David B. Givens

Don't say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals 'fine choice. — Jessica Hagedorn The Gangster Of Love

There's more to life than love. — Ramon Bautista

The percent likelihood of a society becoming physically violent if it is physically affectionate towards its infants and tolerant of premarital sexual behavior is 2 percent. The probability of this relationship occurring by chance is 125,000 to one. I am not aware of any other developmental variable that has such a high degree of predictive validity. — James W. Prescott

For her, this was one of the happiest things on earth--to be in love with someone who is more in love with you. — Marione Ashley

[T]he courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior ... The mere fact that a school is black does not mean that it is the product of an unconstitutional violation. — Clarence Thomas

Tagalog sounds like boiling water. — Jim Paredes

Ask often, be content of little, reward always. — Nuno Oliveira

What we have most to fear is failure of the heart. — Sonia Johnson

Quickest way to build trust: Keep promises you make, don't over-promise. Over-deliver, don't under-deliver. If you say you'll do something, make sure you do but if things then run late or go wrong, tell your client at the earliest opportunity — Phil Harding

Perhaps that is because you mistake death for justice, and they are not the same thing at all. — R.L. LaFevers

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

What do you want, Alvaro?
- Kristine
Ikaw. Marry me.
- Alvaro — Martha Cecilia

A soldier fought better when he knew that he was not only needed, but appreciated back home. There were few things as degrading to man than to come home to the people you served, only to be shunned and reviled by them. — Evan Currie

I believe that music is God's voice. — Brian Wilson

The challenge has been, we make policy in the world of politics. — Kevin McCarthy

My tongue was handed down to me
by datus and katipuneros. The truth is
my mouth is a battlefield that
you wouldn't know how to fight in. — Danabelle Gutierrez

Boondocks' is simply the Tagalog word for mountains. — Sharyn McCrumb

In Tagalog, we call undocumented people 'TNT,' which means tago ng tago, which means 'hiding and hiding.' So that's literally what undocumented means in Tagalog. And that kind of tells you how Filipinos think of this issue, and really any culture, right? — Jose Antonio Vargas

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

A man with an immense capacity for the enjoyment of existence. — Ayn Rand

My dad is an ob-gyn - he's retired now - and he wanted to come to the States to make a better life, for opportunity. My mom said that, on the plane ride here, I did not want to speak a word of English - I spoke Tagalog. And then, after the first day of school, I didn't want to speak anything but English. — Reggie Lee

I would get records by Earl Scruggs ... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to play that way. I persevered. There was a book written by Pete Seeger, who showed you some basic strumming and some basic picking ... And I kind of worked out my own style of playing. — Steve Martin

I won't be affected by your charm nor I will trap you into marriage. I've been there once, never again.
- Kristine — Martha Cecilia

Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies. — Thomas Friedman

How many times have you said to yourself, at least I have, "Ahh ... I don't care, I don't really want to live anymore", without even thinking about the meaning of it. — Paulo Coelho

I speak Cantonese, and I speak Tagalog. — Reggie Lee