When you're writing for a celebrity, sometimes you really feel the need for a cocktail to keep yourself inebriated. So just imagine my uncontrollable laughter when I found this list of Top 20 Most Unforgettable Movie Lines from QTV's "Ang Pinaka", while researching material for one of our celebrity endorsers. I never realized the literary power and "stickiness" of campy Filipino movie lines until I read this list.

I don't think even the greatest foreign movies could compare to these Filipino movie lines. Even the immortal line from Gone with the Wind ("Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn....") which is considered by many to be the best in Hollywood, doesn't come close enough to Cherie Gil's rhetoric. And that's considering that although many of these lines came from Filipino classics, most didn't exactly come from the greatest reel of Filipino masterpieces.

1. "You're nothing but a second-rate, trying hard copycat!"
- Cherie Gil, Bituing Walang Ningning (1985)

2. ""Para kang karinderyang bukas sa lahat ng gustong kumain."
- Vilma Santos, Palimos ng Pag-ibig (1985)

3. "Walang himala! Ang himala ay nasa puso ng tao! Nasa puso nating lahat!"
- Nora Aunor, Himala (1982)

4. "My brother is not a pig! My brother is not a pig! Ang kapatid ko ay tao, hindi baboy damo!"
- Nora Aunor, Minsa'y Isang Gamugamo (1976)

5. "Once, twice, thrice, gaano ba kadalas ang minsan?"
- Hilda Koronel, Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (1982)

6. "Ayoko ng tinatapakan ako, ayoko ng masikip, ayoko ng mabaho, ayoko ng walang tubig, ayoko ng walang pagkain, ayoko ng putik""
- Maricel Soriano, Kaya Kong Abutin ang Langit (1984)

7. "Hayop... Hayuuup... Hayuuupppp!"
- Nora Aunor, Ina Ka Ng Anak Mo (1979)

8. "Trabaho lang ito, walang personalan."
- Rudy Fernandez, Markang Bungo (1991)

9. "Si Val! Si Val! Puro na lang si Val! Si Val na walang malay!"
- Vilma Santos, Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig (1987)

10. "Ikaw pala. Ikaw pala ang sinasabi ng asawa ko na asawa mo na asawa ng bayan!"
- Laurice Guillen, Nagalit ang Buwan sa Haba ng Gabi (1983)

11. "Akala mo lang wala.. pero meron!! meron!! meron!!"
- Carlo Aquino, Bata, Bata...Paano Ka Ginawa (1998)

12. "Gutay-gutay na ang katawan nyo... pati na ang kaluluwa nyo!"
- Sharon Cuneta- Pasan Ko ang Daigdig (1987)

13. "Sabel! This must be love!"
- Carmi Martin, Working Girls (1986)

14. FPJ: "Ang problema sa'yo maaga kang ipinanganak"
Sharon: "Ang problema naman sa'yo huli kang ipinanganak"
- Sharon Cuneta and Fernando Poe Jr., Kahit Konting Pagtingin (1990)

15. "Wala akong pakialam..ibalik mo sa akin si Jun-jun. Ibalik mo sa akin ang anak ko! Ibalik mo sa akin si Jun-jun. Ibalik mo ang...ahhhhh!"
- Vilma Santos, Paano Ba Ang Mangarap (1983)

16. "Kung saan, kailan, at paanong labanan, magpasabi ka lang. Hindi kita uurungan!"
- Sharon Cuneta, Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin (1984)

17. Alice: "Mamamatay ako, Ate, pag kinuha mo sa akin si Alex!"
Lorna: "Ipalilibing kita."
Alice: "Ate, please!"
Lorna: "Nung inagaw mo sa 'kin si... muntik na rin akong mamatay. Puwes, ikaw naman ngayon ang mamatay"
- Lorna Tolentino and Alice Dixson, Nagbabagang Luha (1988)

18. "Simple lang naman ang hinihingi ko. Kung hindi mo ako marespeto bilang asawa, respetuhin mo naman ako bilang kaibigan. Kung hindi naman, respetuhin mo ako bilang tao."
- Vilma Santos, Relasyon (1982)

19. Rene: "cheetaehhh....ganda lalake!"
Echo: "ulol! Sinungaling! Panget! Panget!"
- Rene Requiestas, Cheetaeh

20. "Kung hindi tayo kikilos sino ang kikilos? Kung hindi ngayon, kailan pa?"
- Vilma Santos, Sister Stella L. (1984)

Although I love the melodrama and popularity of the number one line, I still can't get over the ridiculously hilarious metaphor of Vilma Santos at number two.

Care to share your own favorites?