Quoted phrases part 5

Youth offers the promise of happiness but life offers the realities of grief. -- The Rescue

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that. -- Albus Dumbledore of Harry Potter 1

...the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them. - Albus Dumbledore of Harry Potter 1

In this country (Philippines), there are only 3 ways up: You go into politics, you go into show business, or you go abroad. -- A Book of Dreams

Dad, I think my head is messed up... Some guy completely blew at me (for nearly having herself hit by a taxi), but it felt like he said he loves me. He was screaming at me but it sounded like a sweet whisper. What's wrong with me? -- Seducing Mr. Perfect

It should have taught you that sometimes love has no threshold. -- Sweet Revenge by Nora Roberts

If she'd wanted where desire could never exist, she could overcome it. -- Sweet Revenge

It's too late to take back what was said, and a waste of time to regret it. -- Sweet Revenge

Where she gave friendship, she gave herself with it completely, with no limitations, and therefore she gave it carefully. -- Sweet Revenge

When a man had spent most of his life with women, he recognized the right one. -- Sweet Revenge

Adrianne: When the motive is only money or acquisition, even diamonds can be resisted. Philip: When the motive is revenge,it should be resisted... Revenge clouds the mind so that you can't think coolly. Passions of any kind lead to mistakes. Adrianne: I have only one passion... I've had twenty years to cultivate it, channel it. Not all passions are hot and dangerous, Philip. Some are ice cold. -- Sweet Revenge

It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. -- Albus Dumbledore of Harry Potter 2

Fame is a fickle friend... Remember that. -- Gilderoy Lockhart of Harry Potter 2

Life is full of storms... What makes you a man is what you do, when that storm comes. -- The Count of Monte Cristo

The culture we have does not make the people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. -- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

But sometimes, real life is stranger than fiction. -- Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita


Morrie: What's the question? Mitch: Remember the book of Job? Morrie: From the bible? Mitch: Right. Job is a good man, but God makes him suffer. To test his faith. Morrie: I remember. Mitch: Takes away everything he has... What do you think about that? Morrie: I think, (smiling) God overdid it. -- Tuesdays with Morrie

... and think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course. -- Kahlil Gibran

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin-skinned people. -- Richard Armour

Kaya siguro namigay ng konsensya ang Diyos, alam niyang hindi sa lahat ng oras eh gumagana ang utak ng tao. -- ABNKKBSNPLAko?! by Bob Ong




We don't have any money to sleep! -- Dumb and Dumber

Choose a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life. -- Luiz The Painter by Elizabeth McBride

Ayoko. Hindi kasi tulad ng horror movies na nawawala sa isip pagkapatay ng TV, medyo nakakapraning ang horror books dahil matagal itong nangungupahan sa imahinasyon. -- Stainless Langgonisa by Bob Ong

Persons are persons no matter how small. -- Horton Hears a Who!

Kiddo... There's more to life than watching other people live it.... Hey, I think that its great that you are so good at your job. I am just a little worried as to why? -- Sara's boss from Hitch

No matter what, no matter when, no matter who, any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet. Just needs the right broom. -- Alex Hitchens from Hitch

Hey, if you are stupid enough to cheat, then the world should know he's dumb enough to get caught. -- Sara from Hitch

Playing passim is what we do, we die so that we live! -- Oppusum (Heather) from Over The Hedge

Easy, easy. Don't worry. That is just a human being, and they are just as scared of us as we are of them. -- Raccoon (RJ) from Over The Hedge

... And do you think they have enough? Well, they don't. For humans, enough is never enough! And what do they do with the stuff they don't eat? They put it in gleaming silver cans (garbage cans) just for us. -- RJ from Over The Hedge

Mababa rin ang tingin niya (dayuhan) sa mga Filipina... Pinoy daw mismo ang nagsabi sa kanyang pakawala ang mga babae dito at mag-eenjoy siya... Professional at kilala ko pa pala ang nagkwento sa kanya. As*hole. -- Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino? by Bob Ong

Sabi naman sa cybertambayan.com, jologs ka rin kung nakiuso ka, o naging pamilyar sa kung ano ang "in" sa isang partikular na panahon. -- Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?

She's (Hermoine's) got the measure of Crouch better than you have, Ron. If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

One may be a free man and yet be bound tighter than a slave. Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. -- Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Mr. Incredible: Its not a graduation! It's skipping from 3rd grade to 4th! Mrs. Incredible: It's a ceremony. Mr. Incredible: It's psychotic! They keep on making ways to celebrate mediocrity! -- The Incridibles

Meron rin pala tayong "Trick or Treat". Minsan nakakatawa na ang mga negosyante sa pagpipilit nilang amerikahin ang Pilipinas. -- Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?

Miserable being must find another miserable being. Then he's happy. -- The Lady and The Tramp

Maybe... the absence of a sign is a SIGN! -- Serendipity

I find anybody's pain funny. Except my own. -- Flushed Away

Kailangan mong mag-isip ng tuwid. Kailangan mong huwag umiyak. Walang magagawa ang mga luha, lalo na at hindi ka lumuluha ng ginto. -- My Lovely Bride

You thought you can escape fear by coming to dreamland? But fear exists in the one place that you can never escape, your mind. -- Sharkboy and Lavagirl

Kung hindi totoo and destiny, pangit ang lahat ng bagay dito sa mundo. Baka lahat ng tao, nagsuicide na, kasi wala silang maaasahang magandang mangyayari sa buhay nila. -- The Egotist

Always the same... We can't resist showing off when we get together. -- Arthur Weasley of Harry Potter 4

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. -- Brom from Eragon

Astrology was nonsense, mind candy for fools. -- The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Shieldon







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Quoted phrases part 4

Nobody hates history, they hate their own histories. -- Robert Langdon from The DaVinci Code

Fear is a sensible response to unfamiliar situation. -- Donkey of Shrek

For in its innermost depths, youth is lonelier than old age. -- The Diary of a Young Girl

People use to think that I was a monster... and for a long time... I believed them. But after a while, you'll learn to ignore the names that people call you and you just, trust yourself. -- Shrek of Shrek 3

The invitation specified that the attire for men was "Coat & Tie/Barong Tagalog," While, "Women should dress appropriately." That's a cool way of putting it, don't you think? It's like saying; guys never know what to wear, so we have to instruct them. The women will know what to do. -- Twisted by Jessica Zafra

There are all kinds of courage... It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but just as much to stand up to your friends. -- Dumbledore of Harry Potter 1

Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this Dumbledore. -- Voldemort of Harry Potter 6

To one as young as you, I'm sure it seems incredible, but not to Nicolas and Perenelle, it really is like going to bed after a very, Very long day. After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. -- Dumbledore of Harry Potter 1

Anyway, my mom always said, things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end. It's not always in the way we expect it to. -- Luna Lovegood of Harry Potter 5

Rules are meant for guys. -- Don't Stand Too Close To a Naked Man by Tim Allen

It's the only way the public can make sense out of such a heinous crime. They want to believe that only a crazy person could do such obscene things to another human being, and only a crazy person could derive pleasure in the killing of innocents. A good number of them are crazy, but some aren't. Evil does exist. -- Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time. -- The Alchemist

I was attracted by the lights. Later, I learned that fame feeds the mind and the ego, but not the heart and the spirit. -- My Only Star by Sheena Rose

Solitude was strange. It was also dangerous. -- A Book of Dreams

Luis was not ashamed to accept (the money). He was struck by the discovery that shame is a luxury. An alien commodity no longer available to persons like himself. -- A Book of Dreams

... And when every time I read those two words... I become overwhelmed with dysphoria. I know it's natural to be sad, but not because of the words HE DIES, but because of the life we saw before those two words. -- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

You know what chance is? For some people who are willing to try, it is building a bridge of fate for your love. -- My Sassy Girl

The crying woman scared me so much that I felt my heart pound, and Tia Olga as if reading my mind said, '"She is a sinner." I asked Tia about sin and why it made the woman cry so much. But all she said to me was, "Life will give you the answer." -- The Memories of Ana Calderon

He got thinking about how ridiculous the whole concept of human communication was - what a monstrous, absurd overkill was necessary to achieve even a little. -- Cujo by Stephen King

Some people were uncomfortable with silence. Considering it a void that needed to be filled. -- The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

...But I was too young to know how to love her. -- The Little Prince

No one is ever satisfied where he is. -- The Little Prince

Hadn't somebody said that perfect paranoia and perfect awareness were the same thing? -- Firestarter by Stephen King



God loves to make a man break a vow. It keeps him (I guess it means man), properly humble about his place in the world and his sense of self-control. -- Firestarter

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Quoted phrases part 3

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. -- Diogenes Laertius

There was death at its beginning as there would be death again at its end... All she knew, when she opened her eyes, was that the world was somehow altered. -- The Horse Whisperer

Listen to the force, eliminate fear. Remember, your focus determines your reality. -- Star Wars (episode 1)

Levi: Hindi lahat ng kaya mong gawin dapat mong gawin. Borris: Mas mabuti 'yon kesa hindi mo magawa ang dapat mong gawin. -- Captain Barbell

Every temptation is an opportunity to do good. Character development always involves choice, and temptation provides that opportunity. -- The Purpose - Driven Life

God teaches us love by putting some unlovely people around us. It takes no character to love people who are lovely and loving to you. -- The Purpose - Driven Life

A little sin is like being a little pregnant. It will eventually show itself. -- The Purpose - Driven Life

The prince was curious about what the word "tame" meant. To the fox, it meant an act too often neglected. -- The Little Prince

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. It is the time you've spent for her that makes her important, men have forgotten this truth. -- The Little Prince

Maiintindihan nya raw kung mahihirap ang magnanakaw. Pero sa bansa natin, mga mayayaman ang malilikot ang kamay... mga edukado, titulado at nasa gobyerno. -- Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?

... It hadn't felt like real crying. It was almost like watching herself cry. -- The Horse Whisperer

I always like walking in the rain so no one can see me crying. -- Charlie Chaplin

Sanity calms but madness is more interesting. -- Bertrand Russel

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us. -- Virginia Satir

A true friend is someone who knows you're a good egg, even if you're a little cracked. -- Humpty Dumpty

I like dead End signs... I think they're kind... they at least have the decency to let you know you're going nowhere. -- Bugs Bunny

Love is rarer that genius itself and friendship is rarer still. -- Charle Peguy

It is called criminal punishment. Besides, proximity to the arts is cleansing to the soul. -- Highschool Musical 1

We are opted to be cruel in order to be kind. -- Math D Professor

I guess that's all forever is, one long trail of nows. -- Nicholas Evans

Good triumphs over evil - only if good fights. -- Bob Ong

Fear isn't a flaw... It's a safety mechanism. -- Heartbreaker

Lucas: My differences just get me beat up. Zoc: And why is that? Lucas: I... don't know. Some humans prefer to clobber people they don't understand. Zoc: Like you prefer to clobber ANTS. -- The Ant Bully

Ironhide: Why are we fighting to save the humans? There a primitive, violent race. Optimus: Where we so different? There are young species. They have much to learn. But I've seen goodness in them. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.. We can not let the humans pay for our mistakes. -- Transformers

Dad: That's how it is. You can't change nature. Remi: Change... is ... nature Dad. The part of weakened influence. And it all starts when we decide. -- Ratatouille

Misunderstanding breeds distrust. -- The Da Vinci Code

At first they only exchanged pleasantries. But women are the sisters of Cain and she was jealous... Men are, for that matter, also brothers of Cain, and know how to lie and to evade. -- Noli Me Tangere

I am sad that I don't have Kelly. But I am grateful that she was with me on that island. Right now, I don't know what to do, but to keep breathing... who knows what the next tide would bring. -- Cast Away

I wonder if Lies (a girl) has real faith in herself, and not only what has been thrust upon her? -- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone, are guilty of the war. Oh no, the little men is just as guilty, otherwise the peoples of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! -- The Diary of a Young Girl

People will adore and love you for all the things you've done for them, but will hate you for a single mistake. That's the irony of life. -- Spiderman 3

I'm about to cross the line but I realized that some lines should not be crossed. The world is ours for the taking but we can't have everything. -- Confessions of a tired Patintero player

Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein

Hope is a good thing and good things never die. -- Lord of the Rings


If you understand everything, you must be misinformed. --Japanese proverb


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Quoted phrases part 2

Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it. -- The Purpose - Driven Life

That is what direction is all about, bridging the gap. -- Drumline

Alam ko kung nagsisinungaling ang tao dahil ganun ako. -- Mr. Villain of Captain Barbell

Ngayon, kung makukulong ako dahil sa pagiging isang ama, tatanggapin ko. -- Maala-ala Mo Kaya

Challenge is the space between what is and what can be. -- Kris Aquino of Deal or No Deal

Terms don't define our lives. Our lives define our terms. -- Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris

Wala na ata. Wala nang pasko. -- Bagyong Reming Victim

...ang karamihan nang tao ay walang pakialam, ang karamihan ng politiko ay walang utak, at yung ibang may utak... walang puso. -- Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ang mga Pilipino? by Bob Ong

Do you see a theme emerging? Women like flowers; men like food! -- Boy Meets Girl

Storm: Being angry can help you survive. Nightcrawler: So can faith. -- X2 Xmen United

Repetition is the mother of character and skill. -- The Purpose - Driven Life

It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take notice of this except his fellow human being. This is true even if his song is surpassingly beautiful. Other men may be in raptures at this skill, but the rest of creation is, by and large, unmoved. -- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke

Most of us are naturally inclined to struggle against the restrictions our friends and family impose upon us, but if we are so unfortunate as to lose a loved one, what a difference then! Then the restriction becomes a sacred trust. -- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell

Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful. -- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell

(Victor Neri): HIndi naman sa nakikialam noh, pero, may problema ba? Baka makatulong ako. Charming: Sa dami po ng problema ko, pati Diyos ko hindi na ako matulungan. -- Bakekang

The real woman does not want to be equal but different. -- The satire of Federico Mangahas

There is a saying that, paper is more patient than man. -- Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl

This is the beginning of the end (talking about the war)... Everyone was saying... But the British Prime Minister said, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Do you see the difference? -- Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl

The firm has two cats, one for the warehouse and one for the attic. Now it occasionally happen that the two cats met; and the result was always a terrific fight. The aggressor was always the warehouse cat yet it was always the attic cat who managed to win - just like among nations. --The Diary of A Young Girl

Even now, I believe that for the most part, love is about choice. It's about putting down the poison and the dagger and making your own happy ending... most of the time. But sometimes, despite all your best intentions, fate wins anyway. -- Grey's Anatomy

One need not put up with unpleasant things. There are remedies after all. -- A Book of Dreams by Christina Pantoja Hidalgo

A cheat by any tongue would smell just as foul. -- Shakespeare

If you dwell on all the bad things in life you'll miss all the good things! -- Just My Luck

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but not about his or her own. -- The Alchemist

Mangarap ka at abutin mo ito. Wag mo sisihin ang sira mong pamilya, palpak mong syota, pilay mong tuta, o mga lumilipad na ipis...Kung may pagkukulang sayo ang mga magulang mo, pwede kang manisi at magrebelde... tumigil sa pag-aaral, mag drugs ka, magpakulay ng buhok sa kilikili... Sa bandang huli, ikaw din ang biktima... Rebeldeng walang napatunayan at bait sa sarili. -- Bakit Blaliktad Magbasa nga Libro ang Pilipino?


There is a certain desperate loneliness of two parallel lines that will never meet within the same plane. -- Anonymous



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