"There is no denying that we are..." - Quote by John Lennon
There is no denying that we are still living in the capitalist world. I think that in order to survive and to change the world, you have to take care of yourself first. You have to survive yourself.
More by John Lennon
“I'm a moldy moldy man I'm moldy thru and thru I'm a moldy moldy man You would not think it true I'm moldy til my eyeballs I'm moldy til my toe I will not dance I shyballs I'm such a humble Joe.”
“You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”
“From our earliest days in Liverpool, George and I on the one hand and Paul on the other had different musical tastes. Paul preferred 'pop type' music and we preferred what is now called 'underground'. This may have led to arguments, particularly between Paul and George, but the contrast in tastes, I'm sure, did more good than harm, musically speaking, and contributed to our success.”
More on Survival
“I absolutely believe the species, the planet and the Universe can't survive if we function on hate.”
“Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation.”
“The belly comes before the soul.”
More on Capitalism
“Capitalism will always survive, because socialism will be there to save it.”
“As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game.”
“By the aristocracy of finance must here be understood not merely the great loan promoters and speculators in public funds, in regard to whom it is immediately obvious that their interests coincide with the interests of the state power. All modern finance, the whole of the banking business, is interwoven in the closest fashion with public credit.”