Quotes About Philippines

I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.

My first inkling of what the Commonwealth might really mean came only when I escaped the oddly British-tinged Asia I had known and went to live in the Philippines.

'Honor in the Dust' is less about the freedom of the Philippines than the soul of the United States.

The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests.

Apl, my bandmate, is from the Philippines. He came to America in 1989, and the first person he met was Will.i.am. And then, I met them when we were 17. Our common ground was music.

There are many beautiful and resource-rich areas all over the Philippines that are still undeveloped or under-developed. These areas offer opportunities for better master-planning and the emergence of better communities as well as cities.

My being in America and being adopted from the Philippines have given me motivation and drive as an artist.

When I go to the Philippines, I would like to take the time to express my gratitude by meeting with my Filipino fans first.

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

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

I see the Philippines one day as a developed country, one of the major economies of Asia - perhaps not in six years, but definitely in our lifetime.

The Philippines will have to once and for all abandon its full-spectrum dependence on America as a guarantor of its national security.

I love revisiting, actually. I went back to the Philippines. I've done three films in the Philippines.

I grew up in the Philippines and we had all this amazing fresh seafood, but uni was something that I was weirded out by. It wasn't until I was an adult that I was like, 'Let me just go ahead and try this.'

Well you know it's dangerous in politics, because especially in the Philippines there's a lot of killing in politics.

Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was a child.

There was a time in the mid-'50s when the Philippines was in the same league as Japan economically and academics-wise.

I believe this Emperador Distillers investment in Whyte & Mackay is good for the Philippines as a whole, not only beneficial to our business.

I'm from the Philippines and I moved to this country when I was 16.

When I see the discrepancy between kids in the Philippines and the U.S., I feel like I have to give them an opportunity.

I want the kids in the Philippines to compete with the world, with other kids out there, to have the opportunity. You never know, you might find the next Black Eyed Peas out there.

Apl is very humble, but he's humongous in the Philippines.

The Philippines is unfortunately not a football country - basketball is more popular.