Metro Manila Film Festival Quotes

#1. Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#2. You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for a comedian. It increases the tension in a good way and adds contrast like a curveball complements the fastball of a good pitcher.

Franklyn Ajaye

#3. The life and passion of a person leave an imprint on the ether of a place. Love does not remain within the heart, it flows out to build secret tabernacles in a landscape.

John O'Donohue

#4. One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort; "one comes for life. Buon giorno! Buon giorno!

E. M. Forster

#5. Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.

Anthony Browne

#6. If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them.

William Hazlitt

#7. Some people fear seeing or feeling anything about which there is no general agreement. For others, it is thrilling to be aware of innuendo, shading, complexity.

Deena Metzger

#8. Th' embroid'ry of poetic dreams.

William Cowper

#9. I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Tom Hanks

#10. Trade-offs require clear choices, yet in a world of powerful forces, it is often easier to compromise than to make difficult choices. By

Bharat Anand