John Lennon Quotes

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

John Lennon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980

Topics

LeaderReflectionPeopleSocietyTry

I was kind of a nerdy, geeky type. And I loved math. People teased me about it. I felt pretty much like an outcast.

Jennifer Doudna

PeopleMeLovedKindPrettyNerdy

Falling head over heels in love with women was a habit I thought I'd thoroughly grown out of in middle school, when a group of about five girls and I color-coordinated our outfits and spent weekends and even some weeknights sprawled out in each others bedrooms.

Jenna Wortham

LoveWomenHabitSchoolThoughtOut

The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me.

Michael J. Fox

CharacterOpportunityAngryPeople

What Obama is saying is simple: The United States has become Too Big To Fail.

John Podhoretz

SimpleSayingBecomeFailBigToo

What the right-wing in the United States tries to do is undermine the press.

Stephen Colbert

UnitedPressUnited StatesUndermine

You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

ChildrenWorldLearnYouRightYour

I played around with the idea of touring with a soul revue, with Smokey Robinson, Sam Moore, Darlene Love, people like that.

Steven Van Zandt

LoveSoulPeopleIdeaLikeAround

My parents didn't feel that they had any choice but to leave the Dominican Republic. They did, however, choose to become Americans, and they lived American values every day.

Tom Perez

DayParentsAmericanChooseChoice

When it's all said and done, jazz with a capital J is where I'm coming from. Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk - that's what I really studied when I was a teenager and what really fueled my passion.

Jose James

PassionHolidaySaidDoneJazzMonk

You've just got to do the best that you can.

Drew Barrymore

BestYouGotJust

Symbols are important. It depends on how they're used.

Chirlane McCray

ImportantSymbolsUsedHowDepends

Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring.

Claire Danes

LoveHistoryArtIdeasThinking

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