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> [I think the 'Just say no' mentality is so crazed. I saw a thing in a women's magazine the other day. 'He smokes cannabis, what am I to do? He laughs it off when I try to tell him, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/i-think-the-just-say-no-mentality-is-so-crazed-i-saw-a-thing-in-a/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

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> [I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It's when you're in jail you really become a criminal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/i-support-decriminalisation-people-are-smoking-pot-anyway-and-to-make/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

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## Other authors on Cannabis

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eddie-obeng-31398.jpg) Harry J. Anslinger 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cannabis/harry-j-anslinger/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terence-mckenna-89395.jpg) Terence McKenna 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cannabis/terence-mckenna/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cannabis/carl-sagan/)
- [Jack Herer 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cannabis/jack-herer/)

## More by Paul McCartney

> [Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/many-years-ago-i-was-fishing-and-as-i-was-reeling-in-the-poor-fish-i/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [Hamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/hamburg-totally-wrecked-us-i-remember-getting-home-to-england-and-my/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [The thing you must remember is that I'm the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/the-thing-you-must-remember-is-that-i-m-the-number-one-john-lennon/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [He's (Ringo Starr) not even the best drummer in the Beatles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/he-s-ringo-starr-not-even-the-best-drummer-in-the-beatles/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/i-never-really-got-on-that-well-with-yoko-anyway-strangely-enough-i/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/i-think-a-domestic-situation-can-change-you-and-your-attitudes-i/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [Domesticity is the enemy of art. I don't know if that's true. You can write good happy songs. So, I don't think it's necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/domesticity-is-the-enemy-of-art-i-don-t-know-if-that-s-true-you-can/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/we-can-work-it-out-life-is-very-short-and-there-s-no-time-for-fussing/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/i-am-quite-happy-that-the-beatles-came-and-went-there-is-even-a-sort/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/buy-buy-says-the-sign-in-the-shop-window-why-why-says-the-junk-in-the/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/my-dad-bless-him-was-a-musician-and-his-dad-had-thought-that-his/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/i-can-t-manage-without-homeopathy-in-fact-i-never-go-anywhere-without/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [Live a little be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/live-a-little-be-a-gypsy-get-around-get-your-feet-up-off-the-ground/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [“Paul: 'After recording sessions, at two or three in the morning, we'd be careering through the villages on the way to Weybridge, shouting 'weyhey'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/paul-after-recording-sessions-at-two-or-three-in-the-morning-we-d-be/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

> [We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/we-live-in-hope-of-deliverance-from-the-darkness-that-surrounds-us/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

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