Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.

Human dignity is more precious than prestige.

I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools.

If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must die, O let us nobly die.

We are like trees. We wear all colors naturally.

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

It's when you are down that you learn about your faults.

If we must die, O let us nobly die.

Adventure-seasoned and storm-buffeted, I shun all signs of anchorage, because The zest of life exceeds the bound of laws.

And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.

A Guardian is only as strong as its Muse.

A flower falls even though we love it. A weed grows even though we don't love it.

In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.

We should not be borrowing money from the Chinese to bail out the Greeks. What's coming next? Intergalactic bailouts?

The continuous war between the reactionary and the progressive forces determine the degree of mankind's happiness.

By the time we made "Abbey Road", John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself.

Changes made by management today make no improvement.

I Wish I Could Give You A Taste Of The Burning Fire Of Love. There Is A Fire Blazing Inside Of Me. If I Cry About It, Or If I Don’t, The Fire Is At Work, Night And Day.

As a general rule, I tend to collaborate with artists whose work I admire.

It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.