Quotes by Imelda Marcos

“I did NOT have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.”

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

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

“It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. ...”

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

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

“People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?”

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

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

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

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

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

“My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all...”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Diligence, hard work, foresight, entrepreneurship and God's blessing.”

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

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