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Quotes & Thinkers from Philippines
12 thinkers496 quotesTop field: Politics
"Makakapili ka ng lugar na uupuan mo, pero hindi mo mapipili ang taong uupo sa puwang sa tabi mo... Ganyan ang senaryo sa bus. Ganyan din sa pag-ibig... Lalong 'di mo kontrolado kung kelan siya bababa."
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Francis Escudero
Politics
b. 1969
"The President’s Budget: Towards Inclusive and Sustained Development"
356 quotes
Ferdinand Marcos
Politics
1917–1989
"Authority must be utilized by government to attain certain noble objective but this authority must be circumscribed."
25 quotes
Imelda Marcos
Politics
b. 1929
"The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people."
31 quotes
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David Medalla
Art
1942–2020
2 quotes
Rodrigo Duterte
Politics
b. 1945
"After being criticized by Australian ambassador Amanda Gorely and American ambassador Philip Goldberg: It would do well with the American ambassador and the Australian ambassador to shut their mouths."
27 quotes
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Epifanio de los Santos
Journalism
1871–1928
"Lazy geniuses! There are no such men. Laziness and genius never go hand in hand. Each excludes the other. Laziness is the best proof of the absence of genius."
44 quotes
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Isidro A. T. Savillo
Literature
b. 1959
"It is you who judges who you are. In this way, the judgment is accurate."
2 quotes
Benigno Aquino III
Politics
1960–2021
"If no one is corrupt, no one will be poor."
2 quotes
Diosdado Macapagal
Politics
1910–1997
"I have sat at the sumptuous tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware."
1 quotes
Manny Pacquiao
Politics
b. 1978
"I want to be the best fighter. I would like to fight in the biggest fights."
3 quotes
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Bob Ong
Literature
b. 1972
"Makakapili ka ng lugar na uupuan mo, pero hindi mo mapipili ang taong uupo sa puwang sa tabi mo... Ganyan ang senaryo sa bus. Ganyan din sa pag-ibig... Lalong 'di mo kontrolado kung kelan siya bababa."
1 quotes
Carlos P. Romulo
Politics
1899–1985
"To appreciate Christmas to the full, one must know how it feels to be deprived of its blessings"
2 quotes
Notable Quotes
"The President’s Budget: Towards Inclusive and Sustained Development"
— Francis Escudero, b. 1969View →
"• Increase of P15 million for the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos for the Hajj Travel Assistance and Endowment Administration Services;"
— Francis Escudero, b. 1969View →
"We must enlist the best and the brightest to serve in government, and pay them a salary equivalent to what they would earn in the private sector."
— Francis Escudero, b. 1969View →
"Our roads have become safety hazards in themselves. The government should step up in securing the well-being of motorists and the riding public by upgrading and regulating the country’s road infrastructures, which have been neglected for so long."
— Francis Escudero, b. 1969View →
"If we are shocked by reports about policemen owning prime properties then all the more should we be angered by the fact many police officers rent rooms no bigger than a pig pen."
— Francis Escudero, b. 1969View →