It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass.
Our opponent [Cory Aquino] does not put on any make up. She does not have her fingernails manicured. You know gays. They are for beauty. Filipinos who like beauty, love and God are for Marcos.
I get my fingers in all our pies. Before you know it, your little fingers including all your toes are in all the pies.
They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.
I am my little people's star and slave. When I go out into the barrios, I get dressed because I know my little people want to see a star. Other presidents' wives have gone to the barrios wearing house dresses and slippers. That's not what people want to see. People want someone they can love, someone to set an example.
The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit.
They need a role model. They need a star!
The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.
I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act.
I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble.
We practically own everything in the Philippines.
God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
Why should people be afraid that we use a few small pellets of uranium at the nuclear power plant in Bataan? Don't they know that we're surrounded by uranium? We have the world's fourth largest deposits of uranium. Yes, we're all radioactive -- must be the reason why we have so many faith healers!
My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.
You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda.
More than life, I value vindication. When you are at peace with the truth and you know that you are on the side of the right and God is on your side, you are not afraid of anything, including jail.
The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.
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.
My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling them that we did not steal from the Filipino people.
The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.
Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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