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

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

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

The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit.

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

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

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

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.

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

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

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