Western culture Quote by Merlin Mann

“If I were John Lennon And my feelings for you grew, I'd have left The Beatles To spend all my time with you”

— Lisa Swerling

“We believe you should throw out your Blackberry and go pick some actual blackberries.”

— Jonathan Adler

John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on history those…

— Lester Bangs

“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see…. — John Lennon”

— Miguel Ruiz

Beatles was 20th-century folksong in the framework of capitalism; they couldn't do anything different if they wanted to communicate within that framework.

— Yoko Ono

“The world was hard and fierce, but it also contained tomato sandwiches, and if that didn’t make it a world worth living in, your…

— Ursula Vernon

I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick…

— David Bowie

“But the Beatles turned out to be one of the things you couldn’t avoid, like alcohol, or death.”

— Elif Batuman

“I would think if you were going to quote Whitman you'd go for something not taken from Leaves Of Grass. Especially if you're going…

— Leah Clifford

“This had seemed a safe choice, since to be against the Beatles (late-middle period) is to be against life.”

— Martin Amis

“There is a notion gaining credence that the free market breaks down national barriers, and that corporate globalization's ultimate destination is a hippie paradise…

— Arundhati Roy

“I stand to inherit a lot from my father, including high cholesterol and diabetes. Oh, and maybe a few Beatles records. Actually, the first…

— Jarod Kintz