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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/our-society-is-run-by-insane-people-for-insane-objectives-i-think-we-re-being-run-by-maniacs-246769" class="qlink">Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.... I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> What Can I Tell You about Myself which You Have Not Already Found Out from Those Who Do Not Lie? in The Beatles Anthology (2000)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/our-society-is-run-by-insane-people-for-insane-objectives-i-think-we-re-being-run-by-maniacs-246769',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Four-society-is-run-by-insane-people-for-insane-objectives-i-think-we-re-being-run-by-maniacs-246769&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Our+society+is+run+by+insane+people+for+insane+objectives....+I+think+we%27re+being+run+by+maniacs+...+%28John+Lennon%29+%23...&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Four-society-is-run-by-insane-people-for-insane-objectives-i-think-we-re-being-run-by-maniacs-246769',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/our-society-is-run-by-insane-people-for-insane-objectives-i-think-we-re-being-run-by-maniacs-246769" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/well-i-just-want-him-to-grow-up-happy-that-s-the-main-thing-246770" class="qlink">Well, I just want him to grow up happy. That's the main thing.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Talking about his son, Julian Lennon, in Ticket to Ride : Inside the Beatles' 1964 Tour That Changed the World (2003) by Larry Kane</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/well-i-just-want-him-to-grow-up-happy-that-s-the-main-thing-246770',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fwell-i-just-want-him-to-grow-up-happy-that-s-the-main-thing-246770&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Well%2C+I+just+want+him+to+grow+up+happy.+That%27s+the+main+thing.+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fwell-i-just-want-him-to-grow-up-happy-that-s-the-main-thing-246770',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/well-i-just-want-him-to-grow-up-happy-that-s-the-main-thing-246770" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/before-elvis-there-was-nothing-246771" class="qlink">Before Elvis there was nothing.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Elvis Is Everywhere in The New York Times (16 August 2007)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/before-elvis-there-was-nothing-246771',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fbefore-elvis-there-was-nothing-246771&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Before+Elvis+there+was+nothing.+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fbefore-elvis-there-was-nothing-246771',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/before-elvis-there-was-nothing-246771" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/you-have-to-be-laughs-you-might-get-shot-246772" class="qlink">You have to be! (Laughs) You might get shot!</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Responding to a reporter question during The Beatles Australian tour of if they were aware of everything going on around them. [1]</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/you-have-to-be-laughs-you-might-get-shot-246772',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fyou-have-to-be-laughs-you-might-get-shot-246772&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=You+have+to+be%21+%28Laughs%29+You+might+get+shot%21+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fyou-have-to-be-laughs-you-might-get-shot-246772',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/you-have-to-be-laughs-you-might-get-shot-246772" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/part-of-me-suspects-that-i-m-a-loser-and-the-other-part-of-me-thinks-i-m-god-almighty-246773" class="qlink">Part of me suspects that I'm a loser and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> About the song I'm a Loser; sometimes misquoted as Half of me thinks I am a loser, the other half thinks I am God Almighty. - Playboy interview (1980)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/part-of-me-suspects-that-i-m-a-loser-and-the-other-part-of-me-thinks-i-m-god-almighty-246773',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fpart-of-me-suspects-that-i-m-a-loser-and-the-other-part-of-me-thinks-i-m-god-almighty-246773&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Part+of+me+suspects+that+I%27m+a+loser+and+the+other+part+of+me+thinks+I%27m+God+Almighty.+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fpart-of-me-suspects-that-i-m-a-loser-and-the-other-part-of-me-thinks-i-m-god-almighty-246773',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/part-of-me-suspects-that-i-m-a-loser-and-the-other-part-of-me-thinks-i-m-god-almighty-246773" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/it-s-better-to-fade-away-like-an-old-soldier-than-to-burn-out-i-don-t-appreciate-worship-of-dead-246774" class="qlink">It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out. I don't appreciate worship of dead Sid Vicious or of dead James Dean or of dead John Wayne. It's the same thing. Making Sid Vicious a hero, Jim Morrison — it's garbage to me. I worship the people who survive. Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Playboy interview (1980)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/it-s-better-to-fade-away-like-an-old-soldier-than-to-burn-out-i-don-t-appreciate-worship-of-dead-246774',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fit-s-better-to-fade-away-like-an-old-soldier-than-to-burn-out-i-don-t-appreciate-worship-of-dead-246774&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=It%27s+better+to+fade+away+like+an+old+soldier+than+to+burn+out.+I+don%27t+appreciate+worship+of...+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fit-s-better-to-fade-away-like-an-old-soldier-than-to-burn-out-i-don-t-appreciate-worship-of-dead-246774',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/it-s-better-to-fade-away-like-an-old-soldier-than-to-burn-out-i-don-t-appreciate-worship-of-dead-246774" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-go-to-restaurants-and-the-groups-always-play-yesterday-i-even-signed-a-guy-s-violin-in-spain-246775" class="qlink">I go to restaurants and the groups always play Yesterday. I even signed a guy's violin in Spain after he played us Yesterday. He couldn't understand that I didn't write the song. But I guess he couldn't have gone from table to table playing I Am The Walrus.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> On the song Yesterday, written by Paul McCartney - Playboy interview (1980)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-go-to-restaurants-and-the-groups-always-play-yesterday-i-even-signed-a-guy-s-violin-in-spain-246775',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fi-go-to-restaurants-and-the-groups-always-play-yesterday-i-even-signed-a-guy-s-violin-in-spain-246775&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=I+go+to+restaurants+and+the+groups+always+play+Yesterday.+I+even+signed+a+guy%27s+violin+in+Spain...+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fi-go-to-restaurants-and-the-groups-always-play-yesterday-i-even-signed-a-guy-s-violin-in-spain-246775',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-go-to-restaurants-and-the-groups-always-play-yesterday-i-even-signed-a-guy-s-violin-in-spain-246775" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/everything-is-as-important-as-everything-else-246776" class="qlink">Everything is as important as everything else.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> On influences, p. 8 - The Beatles Anthology (2000)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/everything-is-as-important-as-everything-else-246776',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Feverything-is-as-important-as-everything-else-246776&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Everything+is+as+important+as+everything+else.+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Feverything-is-as-important-as-everything-else-246776',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/everything-is-as-important-as-everything-else-246776" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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