"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 …"

"The world is full of beautiful things, and I want to share them with my people."

"I am not a dictator. I am a mother, and I take care of my children."

"I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance."

"I did NOT have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty."