"It would be helpful from the start to dispose of one issue. Profit is an essential element of business. Without profit, i.e., sustainable long-term profitability, there is no business and, consequently, no peg on which to hang corporate social responsibility." (Vicente T. Villegas, Mapping the Future, PDI, 24 April 2006)
"It's easy to worry too much or feel critical of others today. Basically this is just a state of mind. Don't act when you feel this way. Wait until it passes. (Because it will.)" (Horoscope by Francis Drake, 24 April 2006)
"Patalsikin si Gloria!" (Maria Theresa Pangilinan, MassCom student, Cavite State University, 21 April 2006)
"The plight of a public school teacher in the country is a harsh one: ridiculously low salaries, heavy teaching and non-teaching load, crowded classrooms, a stifling bureaucracy, corruption at various levels, and the lack of opportunities for career and personal growth. Given such conditions, it is no surprise that there is an exodus of teachers even as domestic helpers and caregivers." (Jo Florendo Lontoc, A Situationer on Philippine Education, UP Forum Online)
"Ang indio, ang indio
malaking peligro-
Pabasa-basa ng libro,
Puputol ng ulo.
Sensura, sensura
Ang kailangan nila.
Meron nang nobena,
Hanap pa'y nobela.
(Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist)
"Bkt gnon?
mnsan la nlang
mgcryoso
d k p cnryso!
Mnsan k nlang mgmhl
d kp mhl ng taong
mhl mo
at hgt s lht
mnsn n lng mag-aral
d p ksma
s exm ung inaral mo!" (forwarded text message)
