Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I…

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.

— Imelda Marcos

The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

I am my little people's star and slave. When I go out into the barrios, I get dressed because I know my…

— Imelda Marcos

Nouveau riche is better than no riche.

— Imelda Marcos

Why should people be afraid that we use a few small pellets of uranium at the nuclear power plant in Bataan? Don't…

— Imelda Marcos

It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some…

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

You don't became old when u smoke u die young.............

— Imelda Marcos

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows…

— Imelda Marcos

In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for…

— Imelda Marcos

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

— Imelda Marcos

I am beyond logic and rationality.

— Imelda Marcos