?WE?RE being condemned left and right. It?s very painful for us.? ?Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman, after he was accused of mauling other players at the Valley Golf and Country Club in Antipolo City.

?Paborito naming kainin 3M pizza (3M Pizza is our favorite).? ?
Attorney Felisberto Verano, Jr., ?Alabang Boys? counsel, alleging that the suspects? guards suggested the alleged P3 million bribe try with these code words.

?Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.? ? United States President Barack Obama at his inauguration.

?It is very obvious that the main problem of the country is moral decadence. This is the root cause of the density of power, corruption problem.? ? Chief Justice Reynato Puno, citing the need for a moral force amid talks of a plot to unseat him.

?We are dealing here with an organized syndicate that from day one was created to exploit human nature and weak links in the legal, regulatory and enforcement framework of our banking and financial system.? ? Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Nestor Espenilla, Jr. on the beleaguered Legacy Group.

?They want to kill me, but these people can?t kill me.? ? First Gentleman Mike Arroyo at the St. Luke?s Medical Center, as calls mounted for him to testify regarding the World Bank scandal.

?Despite America?s economic challenges, the US Congress voted to correct a historic wrong and incorporate the lump-sum benefit for our veterans.? ? GMA on the US Congress? passing of the $787 stimulus bill that included a provision recognizing the military service of Filipino veterans of World War II, granting them a total of $198 million in benefits.

?Maybe I?ll go abroad in the future, but not now. I want to work in Baguio, give back something.? ? Ibaloi farm girl Jovie Ann Decoyna, 24, a graduate of Baguio Central University who topped the nursing licensure examinations with a score of 98 percent.

?The world embraced Edsa I in 1986. The world tolerated Edsa II in 2001. The world will not forgive an Edsa III, but it will instead condemn the Philippines as a country whose political system is hopelessly unstable.? ? GMA on the 23rd anniversary of the Edsa revolt. The President ascended into power when Edsa II ousted then President Joseph Estrada.

?I don?t understand why the President is not here. Everyone should be here and give respect.? ? Former president Fidel V. Ramos on GMA?s no-show during the Edsa rites.

?I am very excited and I can?t sleep! This is my homecoming concert and I am looking forward to (singing for) all the Filipinos who have been waiting so patiently for Journey to perform live in Manila.? ? Journey?s Filipino frontman Arnel Pineda on the eve of the band?s big Manila concert.

?Society has an obligation to transmit a message that if you commit a crime, you must pay for it. They haven?t owned up to their sin. Why were they freed when they have yet to ask for forgiveness?? ?
Kris Aquino on Malacañang?s decision to free the last 10 remaining soldiers convicted of the August 21, 1983 murder of her father, Sen. Benigno ?Ninoy? Aquino, Jr.

?We are ready. There will be full automation nationwide.? ?Commission on Elections Chair Jose Melo

?It was so painful to have seen him suffer so much. But then, I?m thankful that the misery is finally over.? ? Maxene Magalona on the death of her father, rapper Francis Magalona at the age of 44 from leukemia.

?They reaffirmed their commitment to the long-standing US-Philippine alliance, including the VFA which remains critical to the bilateral relationship and our strategic interests.? ? Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, reading from a White House statement after US President Barack Obama made a surprise call to GMA.

?If he wanted to rape me, why would he carry me out using the main entrance?? ? Suzette Nicolas, known as ?Nicole,? the alleged rape victim of US serviceman Daniel Smith as she recanted her previous charges.

?Tapusin muna namin si Delta, sir, kasi naiirita na si Bigote sa kanya [We?ll finish off Delta first, sir, because Bigote is already irked with him].? ? Senior Superintendent Cezar Mancao, claiming that ?Delta? was missing publicist Bubby Dacer and ?Bigote? was former President Joseph Estrada.

?I have absolutely nothing to do with the Dacer-Corbito case.? ?Former President Joseph Estrada, denying that he ordered the double murder of the publicist and his driver.

?I?m sorry, I was in the ladies? room.? ? Actress Gina Pareño, rushing back to the stage to receive the Best Supporting Actress Award for the film ?Serbis? during the 3rd Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong.

?The resolution of (Camarines Sur Representative Luis) Villafuerte is now in my hands, he turned it over to me. So I have decided to file it because it has 175 signatures already.? ? Speaker Prospero Nograles on his plan to file the draft resolution calling for a constituent assembly to change the Philippine Constitution.

?While I was waiting for the results, I was really already thinking that if I did not pass I would have to repeat it and earn more money [to pay] for tuition and other expenses for the review. I was just more worried about the effect my flunking would have on the people who expected so much from me.? ? Bar topnotcher Judy Lardizabal of San Sebastian Recoletos, the first from her school to top the exams.

?I have to squeeze the story dry or it will not see the light of day because you guys have reported everything to the world.? ?Journalist Nelly Sindayen, who passed away at the age of 59, to her colleagues from the wire agencies.

?I immediately went home and saw that the bathroom door was locked. I had the door opened and I found my wife bloodied, so I rushed her to the hospital.? ? TV anchor Ted Failon, whose wife Trina Etong was found shot in the head in the family?s home. Etong eventually died from her injury, while Failon was charged with obstruction of justice.

?If the evidence warrants, we will charge our policemen to teach them a lesson and to prevent them from committing the same mistake in the future.? ? Chief Superintendent Roberto Rosales, Metro Manila police chief, announcing an investigation into police ?overkill? during the Etong investigation.

?There will be no Ted Failon now, like there will be no Katrina now, or Kaye, if there was no Trina.? ? Broadcaster Ted Failon, on the day his wife was laid to rest. Failon would be cleared of charges and Etong?s death ruled a suicide.

?As what lawyers told me, once you?re acquitted of a case, and the acquittal is executory, holding you one minute longer is a violation of the law and of human rights.? ? Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, after Corporal Daniel Smith?s 2006 rape conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeals, leading to Smith?s departure from the Philippines.

?After this fight, Pacman will never be the same. Hey Pac, it?s over, so quit wishing on a four-leaf clover. You will be uncrowned, with your head down, on your chest, knowing that Ricky Hatton is the best. I hope you know, you have got to go, it?s going to be Hitman Hatton by TKO.? ? Floyd Mayweather, Sr., trainer of Ricky ?Hitman? Hatton, waxing poetic on his prediction regarding the Pacquiao-Hatton bout.

?I was surprised that this [victory] was so easy, but I?ve worked hard in training camp since the beginning of March.? ? Boxer Manny Pacquiao, after his TKO victory over Briton Ricky Hatton in the 2nd round of their Las Vegas bout.

?He?s unbelievable. He makes me look good. I?m the best trainer in the world because I have the best fighter in the world.? ? Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach

?I was like a tiger. [Miguel] Cotto just kept on running. It was a tough fight. I?m pretty sure the people in the Philippines are celebrating now and they?re very happy.? ? Boxer Manny Pacquiao after winning a title in his seventh weight division when referee Kenny Bayless stopped his fight with Cotto in the 12th round.

?Manny is the best fighter I ever fought.? ? Miguel Cotto, after the bout.

?He is the greatest fighter of his era, for sure, 100 percent.? ?
Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach, after the Cotto bout.

?We want Floyd!? ? The crowd in Las Vegas, calling on Pacquiao to fight recently unretired and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr., who claims that that he ? and not Pacquiao ? is the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.

?We have succeeded in detaining or at least slowing the spread of the virus precisely because the measures have been the correct ones.? ? World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan on the successful efforts to contain the A(H1N1) virus, also known as swine flu.

?That doesn?t happen at home at all. It?s very unnerving and also humbling.? ? ?American Idol? winner David Cook on his overwhelming reception by Filipinos on his visit here.

?The ban is intended for sitting presidents, so they will not use the vast resources to stay in power. I am not a sitting president. I am not seeking reelection, I am running again.? ? Ousted president Joseph Estrada, announcing his plans to run for the country?s top post in 2010.

?Sobrang pambababoy yung ginawa sa amin ni Doc Hayden, kaya dapat magbayad siya [Doc Hayden really disrespected us so he has to pay].? ? Actress Katrina Halili, on her plan to file charges against dermatologist Dr. Hayden Kho after a sex video, taken without her knowledge, was uploaded on the Internet, showing her having sex with Kho, as well as Kho with other women.

?I deeply regret what has happened because of my poor judgment? All I feel now is deep remorse. I know it?s too much to ask for forgiveness, but I hope someday people can learn to condemn the sin and not the sinner.? ? Hayden Kho in a television interview, apologizing for the sex video.

?My sister was killed because she had knowledge of her in-laws? illegal activities and not over marital trouble which I think is a shallow reason to kill her.? ? Actress Rochelle Barrameda after a steel barrel containing the alleged remains of her missing sister Ruby Rose Jimenez was recovered from the waters of Navotas.

?The spread of the virus is inevitable. That?s the meaning of the pandemic six (alert).? ? Department of Health epidemiologist Dr. Eric Tayag after the DoH declared an A(H1N1) outbreak in a Nueva Ecija village.

?I really feel like a part of me died. Those four words ? Michael Jackson is dead ? are a blow? It?s just starting to hit me now? I don?t know how long the pain would last.? ? Gary Valenciano, reacting to the death of pop icon Michael Jackson at the age of 50.

?If that is his image, then that will work well for us. It?s the drug traffickers who should fear him, not the public.? ? Dangerous Drugs Board chair Vicente ?Tito? Sotto, reacting to general outrage over the proposal to have Retired Major General Jovito Palparan sit in the DDB and plan out strategies to stop the drug trade. Palparan is called ?The Butcher? for his alleged rights abuses in counter-insurgency.

?Pinugutan na namin ang mahal mo [We have beheaded your loved one].??A text message sent by an Abu Sayyaf bandit to Rosalyn Toroy, wife of slain PFC Darylle Toroy, using the soldier?s own cellphone after 18 Marines were killed in combat on Basilan Island in August 2009.

?Is male identity then nothing other than a product of a special culture and the consequence of social circumstances?? ? German Cardinal Paul Josef Cortes in his address after being conferred a doctorate in Theology by the University of Sto. Tomas. Cortes has blamed ?gender mainstreaming? and ?radical feminism? for attacking biological manhood and insisting that ?sexual roles are learned.?

?Although the Philippines is not the largest of countries, it, using a phrase from boxing, punches above its weight in the international arena.? ? US President Barack Obama after a 30-minute meeting with GMA in Washington, DC.

?She would have wanted to thank each and everyone of you for all the prayers and your continued love and support. It was her wish for one another and for our country.? ? Senator Benigno ?Noynoy? Aquino III, after his mother, former President Corazon Aquino passed away at 76 after a lingering battle with cancer.

?Tita Cory, I know you can hear me. You have to go now. God has called you back home. We who are still here on earth are not yet ready to say goodbye. We will never meet a woman as great as you for a very long time.? ? Balanga Bishop Socrates Villegas at the Requiem Mass at the Manila Cathedral.

?Cory! Cory! Cory!? ? Crowds cheering as the funeral cortege passed them by.

?The Filipino people should tell them, ?Mahiya naman kayo [You should be ashamed of yourself].? ? Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani on the allegedly lavish dinners costing $20,000 that President Arroyo?s party had while in the United States.

?Whatever monies may have been spent for the appropriately ceremonious conduct of her official trip abroad are but a tiny fraction of the billions of pesos she has committed, and will continue to commit, to the alleviation of hunger and the amelioration of poverty in our country.? ? Presidential Spokesman Anthony Golez, defending the US dinners.

?It?s an insult to Manuel Conde. Can you compare Caparas? body of work to those of Conde and (the late National Artists for Cinema) Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal and Gerry de Leon?? ? Film Academy of the Philippines chair Leo Martinez, on the inclusion of director Carlo J. Caparas ? known for his massacre movies ? in the list of soon-to-be-named National Artists.

?What?s the sense of having a committee if it would be bypassed in the end?? ? National Artist Eddie Romero, criticizing Malacañang?s addition of Caparas, among others, to the original list of National Artist-elects.

?I?m not being conceited. I just want to point out the truth. The past winners are not well-known. Di nila mapapalutang ang award na ito. Ngayon lang ulit napapag-usapan (They can?t make this award shine. It?s only now that it?s being talked again).? ? Malacañang-chosen National Artist Carlo J. Caparas, on the criticisms against his getting the NA award.

?I accept the call of the people and the advice of my parents. I accept the responsibility to continue and lead the fight of our country. I will run for president in the coming elections.? ? Sen. Benigno ?Noynoy? Aquino III, announcing his candidacy for the 2010 elections.

?In my experience this is the worst that I have seen.? ? Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro after authorities attempt to grapple with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Ondoy, which would ultimately leave 337 people dead.

?We can?t just blame this on the rain. We know this is the worst deluge in 40 years. We know there is climate change happening, there is no debate about that.? ? Greenpeace campaigner Mark Dia on the devastation of Typhoon Ondoy.

?Game na.? ? TV host Edu Manzano, after being named the vice presidential candidate for Lakas-Kampi-CMD?s Gilbert Teodoro.

?For the past two years, my immediate family and I have been hunted and haunted by certain factions of the American killing machine because of my defiance against their war mongering because of my book.? ? Marlene Aguilar, author of the book ?Warriors of Heaven,? whose fugitive son, Jason Ivler has been accused in the shooting death of Renato Victor Ebarle Jr., in 2009 and Nestor Ponce in 2004.

?But you can?t convict somebody with one circumstantial evidence? ? Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Raul Gonzalez, on the backhoe and other evidence found at the scene of the Maguindanao massacre pointing to the Ampatuans as the main suspects.

?We can?t call him an animal because I have pets and they are tame. No, he is a monster. They are monsters.? ? Esmael Mangudadatu, Buluan vice mayor on the Ampatuans, who allegedly killed and mutilated his wife and killed a total of 57 people, including 30 journalists.

?When he found that some were still alive, Andal Jr. [Ampatuan] would come close and shoot them again. He was reportedly checking on every one.? ? Senior Superintendent Ericson Velasquez, chief inspector of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on the Maguindanao killings.

?The proclamation itself and four other reports and situationers have not shown an iota of actual rebellion by public rising and taking arms against the government to remove allegiance therefrom.? ? Cagayan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez, filing a motion indicating Congress? stand that Proclamation 1959?which declared martial law in Magundanao ? was unconstitutional. Martial law in Maguindanao was lifted on December 12.

?Homosexuality is not a counterculture. It is part of the diversity of Philippine culture. Homosexuals are part of the Filipino family and unavoidably must be part of our politics,? Commission on Human Rights chair Leila De Lima, commenting on the Comelec?s rejection of Ang Ladlad?s bid to participate in the party-list elections on grounds of ?immorality? and for being ?inimical to the interest of the youth.?

?I?m ashamed, I?m ashamed that those who stood up on the holy ground of Edsa could compromise with evil and waltz with criminals,? Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas during a Mass celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Edsa Shrine, in reference to President Arroyo?s close ties with the Ampatuans, the main suspects in the Maguindanao massacre.

?Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes and sizes. We are one great tapestry. Each person has a hidden hero within, you just have to look inside you and search it in your heart, and be the hero to the next one in need. So to each and every person inside this theater and for those who are watching at home, the hero in you is waiting to be unleashed. Serve, serve well, serve others above yourself and be happy to serve. As I always tell my co-volunteers? you are the change that you dream as I am the change that I dream and collectively we are the change that this world needs to be.? ? Efren Peñaflorida, in his acceptance speech after being named 2009 CNN Hero of the Year in ceremonies at Hollywood?s Kodak Theater. He was honored for his founding of Dynamic Teen Company, which started a ?pushcart classroom? that brings education and health to children of the streets. ?