Quotes from John Lennon

News conference in Chicago, where he apologized for the above statement, which was accepted by the Vatican. (11 August 1966)

I'll probably be popped off by some loony.

I don't stand back and judge - I do.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

Once the new power has taken over they have to establish a new status quo just to keep the factories and trains running.

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

I want to be with my best friend. My best friend, my wife. Who could ask for anything more?

Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

Imagine ... Imagine no religion.

Imagine there's no heaven... it's easy if you try.

We're all God. I'm not a god or the God, but we're all God and we're all potentially divine - and potentially evil.

I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.

Love means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes.

Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.

I am going into an unknown future, but I'm still all here, and still while there's life, there's hope.