Bebelelo Quotes & Sayings

The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity. — Nick Joaquin

Ouch. Do you mind? This is a silk-wool blend. You'll wrinkle it." "It's about to be shredded." She seethes up at me, eyes shooting sparks. "You just totally threw our business out there." "I told them not to talk about it." Her nose wrinkles. "Which means they'll be talking about it even more." "No, they won't." "Yes, we will," Rye calls. I point at him. "Start practicing your Running Man. — Kristen Callihan

No matter how bad your past is, you still don't want it erased. — Paul Aertker

You know, Sanger, Barnum may have said that it matters not what is said about you so long as it is said, but I am eloquent enough to knock that theory into a cocked hat should I be required to do so. — Val Andrews

When I came here [to Malaysia] I heard that there is a problem with the concept of pluralism whereby pluralism is understood in a very narrow way, which I think is wrong. This is not to diminish your sense of truth in what you believe but to acknowledge the fact that we live in a world where we need to deal with pluralism. It's a fact. — Tariq Ramadan

A rise of 5C would be a temperature the world has not seen for 30 to 50 million years. We've been around only 100,000 years as human beings. We don't know what that's like. — Nicholas Stern

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. — Marcel Proust

Either you can have life or you can be remembered in history — Osho

Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible. — Robin Ince

Church, delivered this message to his troops at the outbreak of war: "Remember that the German people are the chosen of God. On me, on me as German Emperor, the Spirit of God has descended. I am His weapon. His sword and His visor. . . . Death to cowards and unbelievers! — Joseph Loconte

Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy. — Carlos Mesa

People come to Paris, to the capital, to give their lives a sense of belonging, of an almost mythical participation in society. — Marguerite Duras

If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names. — Elaine Gill

What kinds of truths were being hidden? Were there lying turnips? Were there lying leeks? — Timur Vermes

Physical reality does not require that we be pleased with its mechanism; we must see the implications of a theory for what they are and not for what we would like them to be. — Kevin Michel