A biography for Imelda Marcoshasn’t been written yet.
“The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit.”
“I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.”
“People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?”
“Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.”
“The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.”
“They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.”
“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 did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.”
“I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.”
“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.”
“Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.”
“My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.”
“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.”
“It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.”
“I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.”
“Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.”
“I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.”
“I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.”
“When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.”
“The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.”