The wit and wisdom of Madonna

Whether the subject has been sex, politics or religion, Madonna has never been afraid of sticking her oar in. Her fondness for stirring up controversy and unbreakable self-confidence have given journalists plenty of tasty quotations to get their teeth into over the years.

DS takes a look back at some of Madonna's most famous, funny and controversial utterances.

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Madonna On Sex

• "My p***y is the temple of learning."



• "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."



• "We lie right next to each other with our BlackBerrys under our pillows. It's not unromantic, it's practical."
(On what goes on in the Ritchie bedroom.)


• "I think I have a d**k in my brain. I don't need to have one between my legs. It would be like having a third leg."

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Madonna On Men

• "I'm a romantic. I believe in true love and, you know, finding your soul-mate and all of those things, but I just don't know about the whole marriage thing. I mean, what's the point of it really?"
(Speaking to CNN's Larry King - someone should have warned Guy!)


• "Maybe I'm a gay man in a woman's body."



• "Why did God create men? Because vibrators can't mow the lawn."



• "Strong women love big hickies."

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Madonna Being Controversial

• "Crucifixes are sexy because there's a naked man on them!"



• "If you don't like my attitude, then you can f**k off. Just go to Texas and you can suck George Bush's d**k."
(Madonna onstage at the Coachella music festival.)


• "Most priests are gay."

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Madonna Being Weird

• "I love Cadbury's Fruit And Nut, Crunchies and Maltesers, but my absolute favourite is a Cadbury's Creme Egg. They are totally deadly but so delicious."



• "I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII's knights in another life, riding through a great forest."



• "You can't go to London and not start drinking Guinness, and I have been known to eat fried fish and French fries. When in Rome, right?"

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Madonna On Madonna

• "I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive."



• "I wanted to make people happy. I wanted to be famous. I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard and my dream came true."



• "I live for meeting with men in suits. I love them because I know they had a really boring week and I walk in there with my orange velvet leggings and drop popcorn in my cleavage and then fish it out and eat it."

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Madonna On Her Critics

• "The ones that said I was talentless, that I was chubby, that I couldn't sing, that I was a one-hit wonder. They pushed me to be better, and I am grateful for their resistance."
(Madonna at her recent induction into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame.)


• "Better to live one year as a tiger than a hundred as a sheep."



• "Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion."

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