Quotes About Gauchos

Gauchos are like cowboys in the United States.

Ninguno me hable de penas porque yo penando vivo y naides se muestre altivo aunque en el estribo esté, que suele quedarse a pie el gaucho más alvertido

Él nada gana en la paz y es el primero en la guerra; no lo perdonan si yerra, que no saben perdonar, porque el gaucho en esta tierra solo sirve pa votar.

Él nada gana en la paz y es el primero en la guerra; no le perdonan si yerra, que no saben perdonar, porque el gaucho en esta tierra sólo sirve pa votar.

At dinner the waiter wore white gloves and served a lump of burnt lamb that bounced on the plate. Spread over the restaurant wall was an immense canvas of gauchos herding cattle into an orange sunset. An old-fashioned blonde gave up on the lamb and sat painting her nails. An Indian came in drunk and drank through three jugs of wine. His eyes were glittering slits in the red leather shield of his face. The jugs were of green plastic in the shape of penguins.

Patagonia brings to mind, as we once wrote in a catalog introduction, "romantic visions of glaciers tumbling into fjords, jagged windswept peaks, gauchos and condors." Our intent was to make clothing for those rugged southern Andes/Cape Horn conditions. It's been a good name for us, and it can be pronounced in every language.

Argentina is amazing.