Philippines Quotes - Page 3

• Mi madre creció en Filipinas y usaba aceite de coco. Siempre me lo pongo en el pelo, literalmente, el aceite de coco natural que se usa para cocinar. También lo uso para las cutículas y las zonas secas de la piel.

  Shay Mitchell

  Mamá, Aceite, Cabello

  Fuente: www.seventeen.com

  6 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• The Carlyle Group is the most politically connected investment firm in the world. The company has mastered the art of influence peddling on a global scale, hiring executives and consultants ranging from Republican power broker James Baker and former president George Herbert Walker Bush to foreign leaders like former British prime minister John Major and former Philippine president Fidel Ramos.

  William Hartung

  Art, Leader, President

  4 Copiar cita

• Si una vez estallaran las hostilidades entre Japón y Estados Unidos, no bastaría con que tomáramos Guam y Filipinas, ni siquiera Hawai y San Francisco. Para asegurar la victoria, tendríamos que marchar a Washington y dictar los términos de la paz en la Casa Blanca. Me pregunto si nuestros políticos, entre los que se esgrimen alegremente argumentos de sillón sobre la guerra en nombre de la política estatal, confían en el resultado final y están dispuestos a hacer los sacrificios necesarios.

  Isoroku Yamamoto

  War, Sacrifice, White

  "At Dawn We Slept". Book by Donald M Goldstein, Gordon Prange, and Katherine V. Dillon, 1981.

  60 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• El turismo es una industria crucial que podría emplear a millones de filipinos, tanto cualificados como no cualificados, a través de esas 7.107 islas de Filipinas. A partir de la proyección actual de 3,3 millones de llegadas de turistas en 2010, nuestro objetivo es llegar a atraer a 6 millones de turistas. En el proceso, esperamos crear 3 millones de puestos de trabajo en los próximos seis años.

  Benigno Aquino III

  Empleos, Islas, Años

  17 Copiar cita

• I would only spend a week or two in the Philippines, most probably the week during my birthday because I am planning to give away Christmas gifts to the poor people of General Santos just like what I did last year.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Motivación, Años, Dos

  4 Copiar cita

• Está Hezbolá, está Hamás, hay toda una serie de objetivos terroristas relacionados con Palestina e Israel de los que deberíamos ocuparnos. Y hay una gran cantidad de objetivos en Filipinas, Indonesia. Lo que sea, hay una serie de lugares donde hay objetivos con los que deberíamos tratar de lidiar.

  Lawrence Eagleburger

  Numbers, Israel, Names

  "Transcript: Lawrence Eagleburger on FNS". Interview With Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. August 19, 2002.

  52 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed from Corregidor to Australia for the purpose, as I understand it, of organizing the American offensive against Japan, a primary objective of which is the relief of the Philippines. I came through and I shall return.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Military, Japan, Break Through

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 21 Mar. 1942

  4 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• Filipinas estuvo con Estados Unidos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en la Guerra de Corea, en la Guerra de Vietnam y ahora en la guerra contra el terrorismo.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  War, Vietnam, World

  4 Copiar cita

• In 1995, we had evidence of the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden being in the Philippines, living in the Philippines. We had evidence of front organizations set up in the Philippines. And we uncovered evidence about, which would help the U.S. with - about the perpetuators of the World Trade Center bombing.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Brother, Law, Organization

  "Will World Economic Forum Actually Deal With Tough Issues?". "Diplomatic License" with Richard Roth, www.cnn.com. February 2, 2002.

  7 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.

  Denis Johnson

  Malaria, Three, Stories

  30 Copiar cita

• Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in the sense that it was the United States initial or baptismal experience in nation-building.

  Miguel Syjuco

  Powerful, Teaching, Iraq

  "Author Q&A: Miguel Syjuco revisits the Philippines' troubled past in Ilustrado". Interview with Brian Lynch, www.straight.com. October 28, 2010.

  4 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• Philippine President Joseph Estrada said he was saddened by the conviction. It's very unfortunate and what happened is saddening, ... If he really is innocent, then the day will come that his name will be cleared.

  Joseph Estrada

  Names, President, Innocent

  "Malaysia's Anwar found guilty on corruption charges". www.cnn.com. April 14, 1999.

  10 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• Before September 11, we were fighting terrorism in our southwestern Philippines, and it was a lonely fight. However, we were able to contain it now in one island in that part of the Philippines. But after September 11, and after the creation of the global coalition against terrorism, now we have allies, and I believe now it will easier with allies.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Lonely, Believe, Fighting

  "Interview With Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; Will World Economic Forum Actually Deal With Tough Issues?". www.cnn.com. February 2, 2002.

  4 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• Todos los fabulosos e intrépidos escritores aquí reunidos, ya vivan en Manila, en Estados Unidos o en cualquier otro lugar de la siempre creciente diáspora filipina, sienten una profunda conexión y un amor perdurable por esta alocada y embriagadora ciudad. No hay nada igual en el mundo, y ellos lo saben.

  Jessica Hagedorn

  Locos, Ciudades, Intrépidos

  10 Copiar cita

• I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance and one night late it came to me this way. We could not leave (the Philippines) to themselves-they were unfit for self-government-and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was. There was nothing left for us to do but take them all and educate the Filipinos, and uplift and Christianize them.

  William McKinley

  Uplifting, Night, Light

  68 Copiar cita

• La paz en Oriente Medio es de capital importancia para Filipinas, debido a la presencia de unos 2 millones de compatriotas nuestros que trabajan en esa región.

  Benigno Aquino III

  Middle East, Prime, Importance

  6 Copiar cita

• Filipinas posee vastos yacimientos minerales aún sin explotar. Posee uno de los mayores yacimientos del mundo de oro, níquel, cobre y cromita. Mediante una minería responsable, pretendemos generar más ingresos con la extracción de estos recursos.

  Benigno Aquino III

  Minería de uranio, oro, mundo

  12 Copiar cita

• During my visit to the Philippines, I wanted in a particular way to meet with young people, to listen to you and to talk to you. I want to express the love and the hopes of the Church for you. And I want to encourage you as Christian citizens of this country to offer yourselves passionately and honestly to the great work of renewing your society and helping to build a better world.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Country, People

  4 Copiar cita

• I've learned 2 things about tv. It's always easier with vodka & SOME OF THE BEST SINGERS ARE FROM THE PHILIPPINES

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Tvs, Singers, I've Learned

  Twitter post from Aug 5, 2010

  6 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• There is no way the Americans are going to be able to carry out a full scale war against Iraq and at the same time maintain the same kind of pressure on the Al Qaeda network in countries as diverse as Indonesia, Philippines, and Pakistan, as well as in Europe.

  Ahmed Rashid

  País, Guerra, Europa

  Fuente: progressive.org

  4 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• I don't think I'll ever meet the perfect woman. I might have to get me one of them mail order women. You can do that: you send away to the Philippines, and they send you a wife. The only thing is, once you're on their mailing list, they keep sending you a relative a month whether you want it or not.

  Adam Ferrara

  Divertido, Humor, Pensamiento

  6 Copiar cita

• I sincerely hope that the incoming Congress will be alive, as it should be, to the importance of our foreign trade and of encouraging it in every way feasible. The possibility of increasing this trade in the Orient, in the Philippines, and in South America is known to everyone who has given the matter attention.

  William Howard Taft

  America, Attention, Alive

  William Howard Taft, David Henry Burton (2004). "Obras completas de William Howard Taft: Discursos presidenciales y documentos de estado"

  10 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• Conseguí espacio en la Base Aérea de Travis, volví a las Islas Filipinas y me propuse conocer al único director de casting estadounidense de Filipinas. Me puse en marcha.

  R. Lee Ermey

  Running, Space, Islands

  "Biografía/ Citas personales". www.imdb.com.

  8 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente

• Our challenge is much more pervasive than it would be if we were just facing one enemy in one place. [Instead there is] the Middle East, Iraq, North Korea, Iran. There's a relatively long list that we believe are linked to the al Qaeda network in the Philippines, in Indonesia and in Yemen and other places. That makes it very clear that this is a global network.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Iran, Korea

  6 Copiar cita

• Tomemos el Sudeste Asiático. Los últimos 20 ó 30 años han sido lo que se llama el "milagro asiático": rápido crecimiento económico, sociedad industrial. Está sucediendo en todas partes, con una excepción, ¿cuál? Filipinas es el que no puede crecer, que EE.UU. ha estado dirigiendo durante 100 años. ¿Hay alguna correlación? ¿Has leído sobre ello? Me viene a la mente, al menos.

  Noam Chomsky

  Running, Years, Miracle

  Fuente: www.truth-out.org

  4 Copiar cita

  Mostrar fuente