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

I do not have 3,000 pairs of shoes, I have 1,060. — Imelda Marcos

If the shoe fits, buy it. — Imelda Marcos

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

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

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

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

The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit. — Imelda Marcos

They need a role model. They need a star! — Imelda Marcos

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

Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life. — Imelda Marcos

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become. — Imelda Marcos

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. — Imelda Marcos

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity. — Imelda Marcos

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

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

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

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

I get my fingers in all our pies. Before you know it, your little fingers including all your toes are in all the pies. — Imelda Marcos

You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth–she’s Elizabeth the Second. There’s only one Imelda. — Imelda Marcos

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

My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble. — Imelda Marcos

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

What’s wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love? — Imelda Marcos

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

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

God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven. — Imelda Marcos

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