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

I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.

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.

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

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

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.