I shall be honored to go to jail. Under a dictatorship, the detention cell is a place of honor.

A true teacher does not terrorize ignorant students, because a true teacher knows that it is his job to cure ignorance.

I eat death threats for breakfast!

Handbags, I don't at all like them because they occupy my hands. My hands always have to be ready in case I need to slap somebody.

When someone told me, 'Ang ganda mo' I answered 'Sana ikaw rin.'

I will jump headfirst from a helicopter in Luneta if Estrada gets removed from power.

Life is a consequence of our moral choices.

Since we all know that death is inevitable, I don't really see the difference between dying now and dying a decade later. So if I'm threatened with assassination, I welcome it!

The Dalai Lama has taught me that the best way to live life is to try and avoid desire. Desire is really the basic source of unhappiness.

Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care.

What makes me angry is when people know what is right but have, over the years, attuned themselves to the fact that what they're doing, stealing money from government, is acceptable.

I'm convinced that everything I do will have a better outcome than the person who failed at it before me, because it’s the only reality I choose to accept.

I think it's great when dramatic actors do lighter, funny roles.

I used to get down on myself a lot if I missed a shot, and it would just break my focus. But now I stay mentally tough and try to just forget about that play and keep on going.

The Life of Christ determines everything about us.

Men only know if you tell them. Even though you probably want them to just know, they won't.

Evolution is a mistake. Humans are a mistake. We've destroyed our planet.

I had no fun. My family was too serious.

HERE ARE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, CROWLEY. And suddenly he knew. He hated that. They could just as easily have told him, they didn't suddenly have to drop chilly knowledge straight into his brain.

Intelligent people discuss ideas. Fools discuss how people should behave.

Style to me is incidental. The British are very adept at creating it for its own sake, but the best style is incidental. John Coltrane had a style but it was totally incidental to what he was.