John Gokongwei Quotes

I knew I could make it in Cebu, but I never thought I could make it in Manila.

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• Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.

  

  Larry Kramer
  • World
  • Man
  • Me

• I started as a teenager going up on commercials.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Up
  • Teenager
  • Going

• I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all.

  

  Jack Davenport
  • Thinking
  • Think
  • Control

• We never see ourselves as others see us.

  

  Oliver Hardy
  • Never
  • See
  • Others

• I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start.

  

  Dale Evans
  • Speak
  • Start
  • Blessings

• Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.

  

  Malcolm Forbes
  • Time
  • Right
  • Half

• He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.

  

  Quintus Ennius
  • Heart
  • Freedom
  • Clean

• I have always believed that what goes around comes around.

  

  Rajeev Shukla
  • Always
  • Around
  • Goes

• I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • Country
  • Happy
  • Rest

• We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Time
  • Country
  • Problems

• A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Up
  • Free
  • Giving

• I love the idea that movies, like 'Fast Times,' can be iconic and change people's lives in little, tiny ways.

  

  Taylor Negron
  • People
  • Like
  • Idea

• Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Blessed
  • Enemies
  • Brilliant

• I had the misfortune of being born in a horrendous situation.

  

  Ralph Baer
  • Born
  • Situation
  • Being

• Partisanship is not necessarily a bad thing. It leads to new leadership and new opportunities.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Bad
  • Leadership
  • Opportunities

• Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

  

  Edmond de Goncourt
  • Past
  • Present
  • Story

• When you see a merger between two giants in a declining industry, it can look like the financial version of a couple having a baby to save a marriage.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Marriage
  • Couple
  • Baby

• The sad thing is, I never wanted to be Princess Leia - I always wanted to be Han Solo!

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Never
  • Sad
  • Princess

• Eugenio Montale - born in Genoa in 1896, died in Milan, 1981 - is one of the twentieth-century Europeans who has spoken most meaningfully to American and British poets.

  

  Jonathan Galassi
  • American

• As he assumes the awesome responsibilities of the presidency, Donald Trump has inherited a world on fire and a U.S. military weakened by years of senseless budget cuts. I am encouraged that he recognizes these problems and has pledged to rebuild the military.

  

  John McCain
  • World
  • Military
  • Fire

• Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop.

  

  Lewis Carroll
  • Courtesy
  • Packs
  • Wallop

• I started singing one day along with my cousin, and I didn't take it too seriously. The people started telling me, 'Hey, you have a nice voice.' and I was like, 'Really?'

  

  Anthony Santos Aventura
  • People
  • Nice
  • Singing

• Right now, when it comes to making an album, we really want to give our fans just Linkin Park. We don't want to water it down with anything else or confuse it with anything else. Meteora is just us and that's where our focus has been. So hopefully the fans can enjoy that.

  

  Mike Shinoda Linkin Park
  • Fans
  • Album
  • Linkin Park

• I knew I could make it in Cebu, but I never thought I could make it in Manila.

  

  John Gokongwei