Madonna Ciccone Quotes

I believe what I practice has to do with something deeper than religion, that it embodies all religions, including Judaism. And Christianity. And Islam.

I've been practicing yoga very seriously for a little over a year and I believe that helped my voice and affected my singing.

I'm not crazy about how sort of homogenized pop music become. It used to be much more diverse. Maybe it's just what's played on the radio sounds very much the same.

Sexism - you can't be sexy and intelligent. It's not allowed.

I have great respect for Sean Penn. It's like most relationships that fail. It's not one thing, it's many thing that go on over a period of time.

For me, it's either you're part of creation or you're part of destruction. It's inexplicable; it's like breathing, and I can't imagine not doing it.

I feel like everything I do makes people feel really uncomfortable.

I would like to see the Pope wearing my T-shirt.

I like to be provocative.

Children always think they did something wrong when their parents disappear.

No Separation! We all bleed the same color! #ceasefire #peaceinthemiddleeast #livingforlove

I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.

Acknowledge World Aids Day! Do what you can to help save lives! #livingforlove

I don't think evil is sexy! I don't think being cruel and mean and hurting other people is sexy! ... Although I have been quite attracted to some very bad boys!

Who needs the sun, when the rain is so full of life?

I think they probably got it on, Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

I cheat on my books a lot, which is not a good thing because it's good to stick with one book and get to the end of it, but I'm a book philanderer.

In our house we don't use words like "despise" and 'hate,' we say "strongly dislike."

If you have to ask for something more than once or twice, it wasn't yours in the first place. And that's hard to accept when you love someone.

We go hard or we go home we gon' do this all night long! #werk

I must confess that I am usually drawn to sadness, and loneliness has never been a stranger to me. But love tried to welcome me, but my soul drew back, guilty of lust and sin.

I'm obsessed with clowns and what they represent and the idea that clowns are supposed to make you laugh, but inevitably they're hiding something. That's how I look at my life.

There's a certain satisfaction in a little bit of pain.

My daughter has a problem picking things up in her room. So if you leave your clothes on the floor, so if you leave your clothes on the floor, they're gone when you come home.

You only see what your eyes want to see. How can life be what you want it to be?

Nothing really matters; love is all we need.

Harder is Better! Post work out! Foot in the Ice Bath. A girl has to make a living! #hardcandytoronto. #addictedtosweat

Beauty is where you find it.

Its better to live a goat than 100 sheep.

I've slept with Prince.

My father had to go to work, I used to think he was a jerk. I didn't know his heart was broken, and not another word was spoken.

Jean-Baptiste Mondino: "She's John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the same time".

And I'll remember the love that you gave me, now that I am standing on my own, I'll remember the way that you changed me, I'll remember.

I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.

If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end.

If I'm smart then I'll run away, but I'm not so I guess I'll stay

Britney Spears became my talisman. I became obsessed with wearing Britney T-shirts. I felt it would bring me luck. And it did.

At a time when political correctness is valued over honesty I would also like to say right on motherfuckers!

Do I have to change my name, will it get me far? Should I lose some weight, am I gonna be a star?

You're frozen when your heart's not open.

It takes a Real man to fill my shoes.

People think they will wake up one day and I'll be gone. But I'm never going away.

My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.

Truth is never far behind.

It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit.

I am rich and famous. I have a talented and gorgeous husband and two beautiful children. I could go on.

Beauty's where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.

Do everything you're told. Be a good cheerleader. And never, never say, 'It's not so bad.' Say 'You are almost there!' And say it a lot.

Education is not a luxury, it is a basic human right.

Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?