I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.

Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.

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.

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

“‘Nouveau riche’ is better than ‘no riche.’”