"It’s a consciousness thing. There are different levels of being and one continues to evolve. The people who are apathetic will not be that way forever. Life is a constant state of evolution. The universe will always see to it that everyone grows."

"Education, nutrition, environment, money — these are simple, important things that make life complete. The economic numbers alone don’t translate into the nation’s progress."

"You can quote me on this. Politics is really messy. All I want to do is just to save water."

"It is the constitutional right of every Filipino to a clean and healthy environment. It was a dream and a promise we had for the country and it is unfortunate that business interests have in fact run the day."

"What I’m doing is life. You need to sustain life. Maybe from that comes a deeper and more enlightened perception of what is needed to sustain life, and the role of the environment in the sustenance of life."

"If we kill our land, our water, our air for whatever reason, you kill life. For me, you kill the constitutional right of a Filipino, which is the right to a clean and healthy environment. Here it is forces of greed and selfishness that threaten life. I see the government as the only institution that’s in the position to curtail the forces of greed and selfishness. It’s the role of government to do that."

"The damage was urgent and I needed to act with urgency."

"I’m not a politician. That’s not who I am."

"I support him because he believes in helping people. He’s sincere about that. He really is. It’s in his heart. I admire him for that. We agree on a lot of things. I told him give me one year, maybe two years. I’ll make a difference. If I don’t I’ll leave. He said okay."

"Each open pit is a financial liability for government for life," Lopez told a media briefing. "It kills the economic potential of the place."

"It's the mandate of the mining law that you should not do anything which puts at risk the lives of present and future generations."

"If you killed the Environment, you kill everything."

"I’m going to do the right thing and let the dice fall where it may."

"One of the biggest mistakes of humanity is to foolishly think we are these physical bodies and life ends when this physical body deteriorates."

"Life is what you make of it. The experience of life is how you see it."

"We’re not small! We should believe we can fly."

"I believe that through care of the environment and good marketing, communities can get out of poverty very quickly."

"I don't like suffering and I don't like injustice."

"We want to revive the spirit of the MMFF and moviegoing. And it’s happening. I see people lining up in the cinemas. That made me emotional. There are so many digital platforms now. With a monthly subscription, you and your family can watch a lot of movies. But the act of going to theaters and bonding with your family is still different. That’s something I hope we all still get to experience."

"Dubbed the "Star for All Seasons" in the Philippine entertainment industry, not merely for branding purposes, Vilma Santos remains unparalleled with her extensive filmography of hundreds of top-billed movies. Through these films, she paved the way for future generations of leading ladies and actresses in our country."

"Vilma Santos is undeniably the longest-reigning movie queen of Philippine cinema, having broken all the conventional rules of longevity, relevance, and staying power."

"Her movies have always been characterized by both commercial and critical appeal. In her more daring roles, she's delivered challenging, original, and controversial work. Always grippingly entertaining but animatedly provocative, her performance are far too important to be ignored."

"I was never afraid to reinvent myself and to keep learning. Just because you win Best Actress doesn’t mean you’re the best. You’re only as good as your last film — and after that, there’s always someone better than you."

"While it’s natural for members to have differing opinions, a sign of a functioning democracy, it’s important that these differences be resolved swiftly and in accordance with proper parliamentary procedures."

"A party I would like to gatecrash as an uninvited guest is one that’s thrown by Richard Gere. I will muster enough guts and tell him that it’s been my longtime dream to do a movie with him."

"It’s all about having the right mindset. If I encounter negative comments, especially those that are relentless, I just say the people behind these are not happy people. Criticizing others has become their outlet. I just take pity on them. They’re just jealous because I’m happy and content. That’s not my problem anymore, it’s theirs."

"Every moment is sacred."

"It’s really about learning to prioritize. So far, I’ve been doing what I want to do. I went back to studying piano, giving recitals—things I had given up for a long time."

"I like being able to play with colors, choosing which shades to use. I find it relaxes me, but the easiest thing is just going to my center, and breathing in and breathing out."

"I think I’m the perfect example of someone who lives in the moment."

"The whole experience really changed the way I looked at life and death. And the way I look at family and everything, they are like precious gifts. And it’s a second life, so you will really appreciate it more. Now, I know what salvation really means."

"The first thing I thought of was my family. I thought, will I ever see them again? All I could do was pray and surrender them to God."

"Gratitude is a virtue because we choose to celebrate rather than to resent."

"She spent money. No question about that...She is a world-class spender. She is a world-class shopper."

"I seem to be able to only see the positive things in life and the beautiful things in life and when I see, for instance, garbage or ugliness, then I turn my back or I seem to be able to skip it."

"It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately people think of beauty as luxury, beauty as frivolity, ... or extravagance. Beauty is a discipline, beauty is art, is harmony, in the ideological sense and in the theological sense, beauty is God and love made real. And the ultimate reach in this world is beauty."

"We never had such a violation of human rights. In fact, we have had no human rights case here in the Philippines, even to this day."

"When you reach a certain level of leadership, people cannot be neutral with you. They either love, love, love you, or hate, hate, hate you."

"It so coincided that Marcos had money. After the Bretton Woods agreement he started buying gold from Fort Knox. Three thousand tons, then 4,000 tons. I have documents for these: 7,000 tons. Marcos was so smart. He had it all. It's funny; America didn't understand him."

"Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty."

"They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes."

"I would have to ask the public to choose between a culture of hate or a culture of love. I am sure our poor will pick the latter. With the Marcos assets, we could regain this value of sharing love with one another."

"My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling them that we did not steal from the Filipino people."

"I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act."

"I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back."

"Ferdinand had foresight and unbelievable luck. His success actually bordered on fiction."

"I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance."

"Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry — not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me."

"President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics."