Imelda Marcos Famous Quotes & Sayings
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.

We practically own everything in the Philippines.

What's wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love?

In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.

I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.

God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.

The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.

I do not have 3,000 pairs of shoes, I have 1,060.

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

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

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.

President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.

It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass.

I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.

The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.

Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.

It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.

I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act.

I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.

They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance ... But the truth will prevail.

They need a role model. They need a star!

I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.

I get my fingers in all our pies. Before you know it, your little fingers including all your toes are in all the pies.