Madonna quotes

" I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams. " # Freedom # Power # Hope

" Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. " # Poverty and The Poor # Pleasure # self-esteem

" Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion. " # Opinions

" I always thought of losing my virginity as a career move. " # Virginity

" I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God. " # Fame # Happiness # God

" I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this. " # Names # Life and Living # Love

" How could I have been anything else but what I am, having been named Madonna. I would either have ended up a nun or this. " # Names

" I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against. " # Rebellion

" Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book. " # Sexuality # Books - Reading # Truth

" Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment. " # Catholicism # Religion # Pain