1. "I will step down the stage, but not from my presidency... My term does not end until next year."

–President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during the 2009 State of the Nation address

2. "Long after I'm dead, the video will continue to live on."

–Katrina Halili on the sex video scandal (TIME and the New York Times quoted her statement after her infamous sex scandal)

3. "Ginoong Pangulo, ang tinutukoy ko po ay si Dr. Hayden Kho who is a pervert of the highest kind, a predator who has no conscience nor respect for women… If you ask me, wala sa tamang pag-iisip ang taong ito, and according to the Medical Act, this doctor can also be punished for insanity. Buwang itong doktor na ito. Baliw Mr. President."

–Bong Revilla in a privilege speech entitled A Doctor's Perversity, at the Philippine Senate on May 19, 2009

4. "I can draw!"

–Carlo J. Caparas on the National Artist Awards controversy

5. "I'm not crossdressing. I'm not a man wearing women's clothes. I'm a woman wearing women's clothes."

–BB Gandanghari