Peaches Geldof Quotes

Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.

I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to the rink, they make costumes for you. Your parents sit around and watch admiringly while you skate. You don't have to think about anything but skating. You're just plain spoiled.

My cousin once told me, 'You're tall, you're handsome - and you're gonna have to apologize for it the rest of your life.' He imparted that information to me.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.

I was probably spoilt, if I'm being totally honest.

I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.

I am not as crazy as people think.

I never wanted anyone to think that I would use my family name to get me anywhere.

The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.

I think I'm pretty misunderstood, because I'm not just about football.

When people talk about my business, my life, I'm really private. Maybe someone thinks I'm arrogant or something, but it's just me.

Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.

How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was vice president of the United States. Treat me differently.'

The very men to whom the whole country looks to set an example …to accept … the personal inconvenience, are doing exactly the reverse …. They are cackling like wet hens to hold their special privilege.

I was coddled, and there is a permissiveness that sometimes goes on with people who are successful as actors.

People begin to resent the rich only when they conclude that the system is rigged.

No matter how different a career path we choose from our parents, people will always say we wouldn't have gotten there if it hadn't been for our name. And in the end, there's no way to tell if that's true or not. Maybe it's not the worst thing for people not to see you coming. If people want to underestimate me, I'm fine with that.

I just don't want to give anybody a reason to label me as something I'm not.

For me, I've never really thought of myself as labeled as a shooter or whatever. People can say whatever they want.

I'm a normal person. I don't see where people come off saying I'm crazy.

No one needs to treat you like a star kid in the industry, but you do get pointed at... people assume you get everything on a silver platter, but that's not true.

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

I don't have an image of myself, when I'm walking down the street, like I'm a rock star or something. I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that but in the end I'm just a person. I really don't live like a rock star, economically or socially. I still live a pretty simple life beside the traveling aspect of it.