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 r….

I get my fingers in all our pies. Before you know it, your little fingers including all your toes are in all the pies..

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

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

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..

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

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

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….

The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in Manila and real development then. At last, peopl….

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..

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,….

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

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..

You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda..

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 Sa….

I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life..

It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the bo….

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

Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life..