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

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

We practically own everything in the Philippines.

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

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

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

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.