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, people are starting to understand this.

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

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.

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

I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile.

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 uranium? We have the world's fourth largest deposits of uranium. Yes, we're all radioactive -- must be the reason why we have so many faith healers!