"I am the light. I am the star."

"The world is a stage, and we are all actors. We have to play our roles well."

"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 re…"

"I live for beauty, for art, for love."

"I always say, one of the greatest mistakes of my life is that I didn't get married to a king. Because then I could have been a queen and I could have done so much more for my country."