Airports Quote by Mohsin Hamid

“The hustle and bustle everywhere, so many carriages and cabs at a dash, Europeans, Chinese, and natives, each dressed after their own fashion, fruit…

— José Rizal

“Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. They live side by side. The rich live…

— Arlene J. Chai

It was in the sugar hacienda in Negros, Panay and in Central Luzon where I saw the injustices heaped upon the sugar workers, particularly…

— F. Sionil Jose

All the fabulous and fearless writers gathered here, whether they are living in Manila, the US, or elsewhere in the ever-growing Philippine diaspora, have…

— Jessica Hagedorn

Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. A constant reminder to the rich that there…

— Arlene J. Chai

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

— Imelda Marcos

The waterfront in Manila is really popular and somewhere I enjoyed visiting.

— Hardwell

There is so much more to the Philippines than just Manila. The beauty is in the neighboring islands.

— Pia Wurtzbach

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

— Imelda Marcos

Manila is like a small New York. Nothing works, and everybody's out to get the better of you.

— Brigitte Nielsen

There's such a huge diaspora of Filipino workers around the world and I want to help tell their story.

— Pia Wurtzbach

Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies…

— Abel Ferrara