Anak Tagalog Quotes

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

#2. 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 #Quote by F. Sionil Jose

#3. I'm in love with you Coreen. Your name is embedded in my soul. Ang laking problema, hindi ba? Kaya sana mabaliw ka lang rin sakin para wala na tayong problem. So, I'm sorry, hindi kita iiwasan. Hindi kita lalayuan. I will forever be the pest in your life until you decide to love me back. #Quote by Jonaxx

#4. Tagalog sounds like boiling water. #Quote by Jim Paredes

#5. There's more to life than love. #Quote by Ramon Bautista

#6. 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. #Quote by F. Sionil Jose

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

#8. Krakatoa, spelled "Krakatau" in Indonesian, is a volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. It is also the name of an island group made up of what is left of a larger island, consisting of three volcanic peaks that were destroyed by the catastrophic 1883 eruption. This explosive force was equivalent to 100,000 Hiroshima sized atomic bombs. It was the loudest sound ever heard in modern history and could be heard up to 3,000 miles away. At that time, the explosion caused huge tsunamis which killed more than 36,000 people and sent out shock waves that were recorded worldwide for almost a week. Years later in 1927, "Anak Krakatau" a new island mountain formed in its place and is again the location of volcanic activity. It is considered a part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire. #Quote by Hank Bracker

#9. 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. #Quote by Danabelle Gutierrez

#10. She curses under her breath. It must be Tagalog because I catch, "mga lalaki," the phrase for "men," somewhere in there.

"Hey," I start to protest. "We're not all - "

"Stop," Mia cuts me off. "Don't make it about you. Just listen. #Quote by Randy Ribay

#11. I speak Cantonese, and I speak Tagalog. #Quote by Reggie Lee

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

#13. 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). #Quote by David B. Givens

#14. You may not speak Tagalog or know as much as you would like about the Philippines, but if we'd stayed, you wouldn't have had all the opportunities that you've had here. #Quote by Randy Ribay