Quotes from Madonna Ciccone

I hope my child will be a good Catholic like me.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

Set your goals high and go far. Don't put off tomorrow what you can do today.

Say hello to your life.

I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.

Sometimes you want to go for a walk and you don't want to be watched. You just want to be anonymous and blend in. Especially when I travel, I feel that way, because I can't really go out and see a city the way other people can and I miss out on a lot.

I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But I'm not a big fan of rules. And yet, we cannot live in a world without order.

Power without guilt, love without doubt.

Power is a great aphrodisiac and I am a very powerful person

A good relationship is a competition of generosity.

I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.

With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.

I tend to write during the day so I can see my children at night. But if my kids aren't with me and I have a chunk of time when I'm a single woman living in my house for a miraculous week, I will get to write at different hours.

If you have children, you know you're responsible for somebody. You realize you are being imitated; your belief systems and priorities have a direct influence on these children, who are like flowers in a garden.

If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym.

One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.

I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little.

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

It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.

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 do not support Hamas! I support human dignity and respect! I support sharing! I support Peace! #ceasefire

With every breath, I'm deeper in you.