I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. Imelda Marcos More Quotes by Imelda Marcos More Quotes From Imelda Marcos I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. Imelda Marcos fashion witty funny 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. Imelda Marcos real beautiful art They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes. Imelda Marcos skeletons shoes beautiful 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 garbage-disposal stupid funny 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 great-love gratitude shoes Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. Imelda Marcos survival fighting self 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 stars beautiful looks 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 prosperity rich wealth 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 dollars dresses I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back. Imelda Marcos fathers-day daughter girl I am beyond logic and rationality. Imelda Marcos rationality logic Win or lose, we go shopping after the election. Imelda Marcos shopping politics winning 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. Imelda Marcos opponents gay doe 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. Imelda Marcos country book thinking I do not have 3,000 pairs of shoes, I have 1,060. Imelda Marcos pair-of-shoes pairs shoes Why should people be afraid that we use a few small pellets of uranium at the nuclear power plant in Bataan? Don't they know that we're surrounded by uranium? We have the world's fourth largest deposits of uranium. Yes, we're all radioactive -- must be the reason why we have so many faith healers! Imelda Marcos nuclear use people In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance. Imelda Marcos beauty-and-love extravagance world When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers. Imelda Marcos holding-on politics kings 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. Imelda Marcos philippines real people It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass. Imelda Marcos important dresses class
