From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

The only way love can last a lifetime is if it's unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

Being in a band is about making the band the priority.

It was as though I had one map inside my head and it led to the man who was waiting for me. Someone who was alone - maybe even more alone - than I was.

I think that I'm very old fashioned in terms of my film references and what appeals to me, in a way with camera moves and a depth of color to bring things to it.

Love is a collection of moments where you were really there with somebody. A child, a lover, a friend, yourself.

The Alps are a simple folk, living on a diet of old shoes. And the Lord Alps those who alp themselves.

It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one.

Father said conflict develops the character