Quote

The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there.

Imelda Marcos

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Imelda Marcos
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: July 2
Diplomat
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Model
Politician
Singer
Socialite
City of Manila
Imelda
Steel Butterfly
Imelda Romuáldez
Jane Ryan
Imelda Romualdez
Imelda R. Marcos
Imelda Romualdez Marcos
Right
Strategic
East
Neither
West
Position
Rich
Poor
Left
Philippines

More quotes by Imelda Marcos

Image
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.
Imelda Marcos
Image
They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.
Imelda Marcos
Image
It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.
Imelda Marcos
Image
When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
Imelda Marcos
Image
I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.
Imelda Marcos
Image
I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
Imelda Marcos
Image
I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.
Imelda Marcos
Image
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
Image
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
Image
God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
Imelda Marcos
Image
It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass.
Imelda Marcos
Image
I am beyond logic and rationality.
Imelda Marcos
Image
You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda.
Imelda Marcos
Image
President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
Imelda Marcos
Image
They need a role model. They need a star!
Imelda Marcos
Image
I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
Imelda Marcos
Image
It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.
Imelda Marcos
Image
Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
Imelda Marcos
Image
I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
Imelda Marcos
Image
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.
Imelda Marcos