Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

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 do not have 3,000 pairs of shoes, I have 1,060.

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

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 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.

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