Imelda Marcos Quotes

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble.

The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit.

I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive ... not really rob. It's done with a smile.

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life.

I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.

If the shoe fits, buy it.

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.

You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda.

When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.

They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.

I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

I am beyond logic and rationality.

If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.

The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there.

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

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.