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.

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

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

It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.

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

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

They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.