You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.

Everything government touches turns to crap.

Fondest memory of being a Beatle: Having three brothers.

My soul is that of a drummer.... I didn't do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.

The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That's all they'll ever be.

Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.

I'm on my feet and I'm doing what I love to do, and I'm in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on.

Well, I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice.

Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.

Ringo: 'I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education.

We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter.

Man must strive and in striving he must err.

We have to be successful at the cutting-edge industries of the future like Twitter. But we also have always been a country that makes stuff.

I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.

For valuing your own suffering sets on it the gold of a sun of pride. Suffering a lot can originate the illusion of being the Chosen of Pain.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

Do not slip into writing for the mind and the mind alone. In other words, do not play merely upon our ability to reason. And do not focus only on visuals. Write for the whole person.

Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny.

It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.

I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing, and seeing how far I can go.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.