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

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.

They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.

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.

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.

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

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

I am beyond logic and rationality.

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

I could've loved you but the line is too long and your passiveness is endless.

If Everything’s a Rush, Nothing Is

Through the dark and stormy night Faith beholds a feeble light Up the blackness streaking Knowing God's own time is best In a patient hope I rest For the full day-breaking!

Man is not made for defeat.

High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air.

In the traditional Ikebana things always have to be asymmetrical, because in this they look more natural and balanced.

But we survived, didn’t we? That makes it an adventure. If you get killed it’s a tragedy.

I never met a person from whom I did not learn something.

I have never met anyone who wanted to save the world without my financial support.

Sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led.