It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass.

I did NOT have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

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

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

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

My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling them that we did not steal from the Filipino people.

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.

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

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

I am beyond logic and rationality.

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

Those who know me never doubt me..Those who doubt me, never knew me.

A deaf and dumb in the mist of morons is a renowed talkative among brains.

They were almost never alone, and now that they almost-practically were, he felt kind of frantic for her attention.

As soon as you stop wanting something you get it. I've found that to be absolutely axiomatic.

Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.

Food is the very heart of freedom. How can people be free if they can't feed themselves without getting sued for patent violations?

I owe my own fluency with language to Brooklyn. Everyone talked about everything, from the Dodgers to the revolution.

If you don’t tell people about your success, they probably won’t know about it.

Give me something to dance about and I'll dance it.

By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?