Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) Quotes
Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
Quotes to Explore
-
Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals raised to satisfy people's desire for eggs, meat, and milk makes it impossible for us to raise them all on small, free-range farms.
-
The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.
-
Nothing ever goes away.
-
Desire is the very essence of man.
-
My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
-
It's cool because football, as much as it gives, it takes away a lot, too.
-
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
-
An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
-
I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.
-
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
-
My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
-
I think, 'Scott Pilgrim,' it was something where the general audience didn't necessarily understand straight away what it was.
-
In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.
-
All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.
-
Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.
-
Peer pressure plays a huge role in people's desire to get married.
-
Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
-
Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
-
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
-
What if she figures out you're not very smart?
-
Why do I run? It's the best form of exercise. It's totally the core of being in shape. I really feel so good - anytime after the first mile. You start fantasying. You start thinking about things.
-
If you've been in the art world for more than eight years, you realize another generation is making the exact same work as the previous generation - but treating it like it's never been done before. It becomes very cyclical very quickly.
-
Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
