Our opponent [Cory Aquino] does not put on any make up. She does not have her fingernails manicured. You know gays. They are for beauty. Filipinos who like beauty, love and God are for Marcos.

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

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

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

I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.

They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.