Imelda Marcos
Former First Lady and erstwhile powerful political figure in the Philippines.
I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance.
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.
It so coincided that Marcos had money. After the Bretton Woods agreement he started buying gold from Fort Knox. Three thousand tons, then 4,000 tons. I have documents for these: 7,000 tons. Marcos was so smart. He had it all. It's funny; America didn't understand him.
When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
She spent money. No question about that...She is a world-class spender. She is a world-class shopper.
A cunning child with a remarkable gift for both self-delusion and self-preservation. Marcos, who turned 75 last week, always maintained her childlike sense of entitlement, despite the harsh realities of life.
I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act.
Diligence, hard work, foresight, entrepreneurship and God's blessing.
Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry — not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.
I've always maintained that the only things to uphold are the good, the true and the beautiful. We have to reject what's ugly.
The best compliment I ever got in my life came from Chairman Mao of China. When I went there, at a time when nobody wanted to touch China with a 10-foot pole, Mao told me that I'm beautiful because I'm a natural, and he said natural is perfection. So, no character assassination can diminish me and my perfection.
Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
I'm the Imelda Marcos of sunglasses.
I would have to ask the public to choose between a culture of hate or a culture of love. I am sure our poor will pick the latter. With the Marcos assets, we could regain this value of sharing love with one another.
The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.
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.
President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile.
They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.