“Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows...” — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Quote

“Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started.”

“However much a president wishes it, a national problem cannot be knocked out with a single punch. A president must work with the problem as much as against it, turn it into a solution if she can.”

“The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives.”

“What is it they want from the man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left when he's done with his work, what's any artist but the dregs of his work, the human shambles that follows it around?”

“I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it follows that I very rarely see my own.”

“To me, spirituality means 'no matter what.' One stays on the path, one commits to love, one does ones work; one follows one's dream; one shares, tries not to judge, no matter what.”