nakakabilib din pa minsan minsan itong si Imelda. iba talaga ang angking katalinuhan ng lolang itech. sana nga lang magising na sya sa realidad ng buhay. eto nga pala ang nakalap kong “quotable quotes ni mareng imelda!
” I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.”
“It’s the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose. “
“We practically own everything in the Philippines. “
“Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.”
“People say I’m extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage? “
“Win or lose, we go shopping after the election. “
“I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes; I had one thousand and sixty. “
“Never dress down for the poor. They won’t respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars. “
“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. “
“I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it’s so petty.”
“When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers. “
“They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness , would settle down on my system. “
“Doesn’t the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defense, anything goes. “
“I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I’m not linear in thinking, I’m not very logical. “
“If you know how much you’ve got, you probably haven’t got much. “
“I’m like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive… not really rob. It’s done with a smile.”
“Daig ko pa si Cinderella.”
“Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry — not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.” — explaining that her jewelry were gifts from her husband, children and “even the dog,”
“I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use ‘Imeldific’ to mean ostentatious extravagance.”
“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!”
“I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.”
“My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble.”
“Bakit mayroong mga Pilipino na naninira kay Presidente at kay First Lady? Hindi ba nila alam na kami ang Tatay at Nanay ng Bayang Pilipino? Kung kamote ang Tatay at kung kamote ang Nanay, kamote ang Pilipino! Ang kamote ay hindi nag-aanak ng kamatis.”
“In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.”
“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.”
“What’s wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love?”
“I hate ugliness. You know I’m allergic to ugliness.”
“Sometimes you have smart relatives who can make it. My dear, there are always people who are just a little faster, more brilliant, and more aggressive.”
“If the government will not allow my human heart to beat with love, then I have no more reason to live.”
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