976 Quotes by John Lennon

When they’ve tortured and scared you for 20 odd years, then they expect you to pick a career.

I don’t intend to be a performing flea any more. I was the dreamweaver, but although I’ll be around I don’t intend to be running at 20,000 miles an hour trying to prove myself. I don’t want to die at 40.

Don’t underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you’re happy, who cares what you do?

You can’t give a child too much love and if you love somebody, you can’t be with them enough. There’s no such thing.

You’d have to give people free rein to attack the local councils or to destroy the school authorities, like the students who break up the repression in the universities. It’s already happening, though people have got to get together more.

If there hadn’t been an Elvis, there wouldn’t have been the Beatles.

We had one thing in common – we were in love. But love is just a gift, and it doesn’t answer everything and it’s like a precious plant that you have to nurture and look after and all that.

There’s nothing new under the sun. All the roads lead to Rome. And people cannot provide it for you. I can’t wake you up. You can wake you up. I can’t cure you. You can cure you.

Control yourself. You’ll spurt.