91 Quotes by Imelda Marcos

Don't look too healthy or they'll send you to Washington to testify.

It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately people think of beauty as luxury, beauty as frivolity, ... or extravagance. Beauty is a discipline, beauty is art, is harmony, in the ideological sense and in the theological sense, beauty is God and love made real. And the ultimate reach in this world is beauty.

They need a role model. They need a star!

More than life, I value vindication. When you are at peace with the truth and you know that you are on the side of the right and God is on your side, you are not afraid of anything, including jail.

The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.

President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.

Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.

I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.

I am my little people's star and slave. When I go out into the barrios, I get dressed because I know my little people want to see a star. Other presidents' wives have gone to the barrios wearing house dresses and slippers. That's not what people want to see. People want someone they can love, someone to set an example.