Quotes from Yoko Ono

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.

I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.

I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

I often wish my mother had died so that at least I could get some people's sympathy. But there she was, a perfectly beautiful mother.

My life was pretty rough.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

What a beautiful future it will be! Don't worry about life being boring. It will never be.

You're filled with so much life. Is there any reason why all of us are not full of life?

My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.

Life with another person is always difficult.

Life keeps getting better. If anything, you start to carry a certain pride in having survived all those years.

Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way And play the game of life with your heart?

I don't have a goal. I don't limit myself to a goal.

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.

The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it.

I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.

This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.

If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.

Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.

When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.

Next time you meet a 'foreigner', remember it's only like a window with a different shape to it and the person who's sitting inside is you.

I have to be pretty inclusive. I have to be pretty much inside of me rather than going out and finding out what people are doing. I don't have the time to. I just listen to my mind, in a way.