Imelda Marcos
Imelda Marcos
Imelda Romuáldez Marcosis the widow of the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th president. She served as First Lady from 1965 to 1986 during the dictatorship of her husband. She remains one of the richest politicians in the Philippines through her collection of clothing, artwork, and jewelry, along with money in offshore bank accounts under the pseudonym "Jane Ryan". As a result, she has been called a kleptocrat by her critics who accuse her of plunder...
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth2 July 1929
CityManila, Philippines
Imelda Marcos quotes about
I think it is incredible the way it has shaped up in the last few years. India has the courage to show the world what it has pulled off and many can learn from its achievements.
I think that's a very kinky issue with the panties and bras. That's the thing that they will display: shoes, panties and bras.
Don't look too healthy or they'll send you to Washington to testify.
I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.
Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
I am beyond logic and rationality.
People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.
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.
They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.
It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass.
Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life.
My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become