“ I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life. ”

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

“ Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty. ”

“ My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers. ”

“ I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude. ”

“ I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food. ”

“ The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival. ”

“ I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. ”

“ 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. ”

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