When you’re gone and people remember you, what will they say about you? That you were happy, generous and kind? That you loved big? Or that you were the drunken singer in a rock band?

You really are a ray of sunshine, aren’t you?

Do you know how many people would give anything for what you have? Not the fame or wealth—the opportunity to wake up tomorrow healthy, pain free and with a future stretching out before them?

Look at the picture, Emma. Do you see his expression? He looks like he’s been waiting his whole life to find you and suddenly there you are.

Don’t leave me, Em. You’re my salvation.

Had the love been permanent, there won’t have been divorces after love marriages. Had the love been everlasting, there won’t have been bad blood in the family.

The spirits of children are remote and wise...

...when the public nerve is aroused, the most impressive capacity of man is his skill for lying.

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.

Whenever I see interesting names, I jot them down. I've found them in lots of different places: on the news, in the phone book, even on hotel registry lists.

Fear is danger to your body, but disgust is danger to your soul.

Material Girl is about having your own personal style, and my personal style reflects the brand's aesthetic.

Be mindful at all times of the following: the nature of the whole universe, the nature of the part that is me, the relation of the one to the other, the one so vast, the other so small.

If you're uncomfortable with your financial advisor, it's probably with good reason.

The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more interested in cooking food than eating food.