Imelda Marcos Quotes

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
Imelda Marcos

Funny, Three, Shoes

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

Dad, Love, Girl

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

God, Beautiful, Looking

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.
Imelda Marcos

Love, Time, Great

I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
Imelda Marcos

Life, Beauty, God

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

Beauty, Tell, Wants

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.
Imelda Marcos

Win, After, Lose

I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.
Imelda Marcos

Mother, Sleep, Humanity

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
Imelda Marcos

Respect, Down, Poor

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
Imelda Marcos

Fight, Self, Goes

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.
Imelda Marcos

Beauty, Beautiful, Poor

If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.
Imelda Marcos

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

Hate, Ugliness, Allergic

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
Imelda Marcos

Thinking, Different, Logical

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

Human, Born, Nobility

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

Beauty, Bad, Ugly

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

Love, Great, Positive

Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
Imelda Marcos

Hell, Place, Bible

I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
Imelda Marcos

Here, Accident, Lady

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

Tired, Here, Listening

If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.
Imelda Marcos

Rich, Wealth, Aware

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

Problems, Both, Star

I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.
Imelda Marcos

Peace, War, Islam

The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.
Imelda Marcos

Change, Great, Father

We practically own everything in the Philippines.
Imelda Marcos

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Type: Celebrity

Born: July 1, 1929

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