"I really had a chip on my..." - Quote by John Lennon
I really had a chip on my shoulder, ... and it still comes out every now and then.
More by John Lennon
“If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim!”
“For a long time I wasn't listening to music, to the rock and roll stuff on the radio, because it would cause me to get sweaty. It would bring back memories I didn't want to know about, or I would get that feeling that I'm not alive 'cause I'm not making it. And if it was good, I hated it 'cause I wasn't doing it. And if it was bad, I was furious 'cause I could've done it better.”
“Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are great examples of fantastic nonviolents who died violently. I can never work that out. We're pacifists, but I'm not sure what it means when you're such a pacifist that you get shot. I can never understand that.”
More on Character
“Generally speaking, people who know me will tell you that my public persona is not that different from my private persona.”
“Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.”
“Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty.”