Don't be a drag. Just be a queen.

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.

live your eyeliner, breathe your lipstick, and kill for each other -Lady Gaga via twitter

Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

Love is the new denim or black

Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.

In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.

My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

Rejoice and love yourself today 'Cause baby, you were born this way.

Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid.

If you are only focused on the Money... You risk completely overlooking the People.

Don't underestimate the things that I will do.

I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975.

Travel spoils you for regular life.

We do not live in a revolutionary time. People are not prepared to contest power.

There's no money back guarantee on future happiness.

True teachers of enlightenment are hard to find. The popular ones, of course, usually aren't enlightened because how could they be? They just tell people what they want to hear.

You young people with your twittering and your creating of content. Or what is it - queefing? I don't know what you young people are calling it.

The conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession.

The father is the sun, the mother is the moon and the light they mutually shed on their kids makes them bright stars against a very dark night.