I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.

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!

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

I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.

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

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

God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.