Giving Quotes by John Lennon

If somebody gives me a joint, I might smoke it, but I don't go after it.

— John Lennon

All I want is the truth, just give me some truth

— John Lennon

How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?

— John Lennon

I'll give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind

— John Lennon

Life is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make,…

— John Lennon

We must always remember to thank the CIA and the Army for LSD. That's what people forget… They invented LSD to control…

— John Lennon

We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?

— John Lennon

Why should The Beatles give more? Didn't they give everything on God's earth for ten years? Didn't they give themselves?

— John Lennon

You can't give a child too much love and if you love somebody, you can't be with them enough. There's no such…

— John Lennon

I'm always proud and pleased when people do my songs. It gives me pleasure that they even attempt them, because a lot…

— John Lennon

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. If you were going to give Rock 'n' Roll…

— John Lennon

I wanted to give five solid years of being there all the time (with Sean). I hadn't seen my first son Julian…

— John Lennon

I think it's false, shallow, to be giving to others when your own need is great. The idea is not to comfort…

— John Lennon

I enjoyed it when football crowds in the early days would sing 'All together now' - that was another one. I was…

— John Lennon

That radicalism (of the '70s) was phony, really, because it was out of guilt. I'd always felt guilty that I made money,…

— John Lennon

It's pretty hard when you are Caesar and everyone is saying how wonderful you are and they are giving you all the…

— John Lennon

Yoko [Ono] was showing me some of these Haiku in the original. The difference between them and Long fellow is immense. Instead…

— John Lennon

I don't bother so much about the others' songs. For instance, I don't give a damn about how 'Something' is doing in…

— John Lennon

Where do people get off saying the Beatles should give $200,000,000 to South America? You know, America has poured billions into places…

— John Lennon

It just was a gradual development over the years. I mean last year was 'all you need is love.' This year, it's…

— John Lennon

In Hamburg the waiters always had Preludin - and various other pills, but I remember Preludin because it was such a big…

— John Lennon

Now, in the sixties we were naive, like children. Everybody went back to their rooms and said 'We didn't get a wonderful…

— John Lennon

I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have…

— John Lennon

You'd have to give people free rein to attack the local councils or to destroy the school authorities, like the students who…

— John Lennon