
John Lennon, in "Instant Karma!" (written 27 January 1970)
Lyrics
Source: My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
John Lennon, in "Instant Karma!" (written 27 January 1970)
Lyrics
“Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.”
Source: Live Your Dreams
John Lennon, in "Instant Karma!" (written 27 January 1970)
Lyrics
Context: Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Everyone you meet Why in the world are we here?
Surely not to live in pain and fear
Why on Earth are you there
When you're everywhere
Gonna get your share Well, we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah, we all shine on
C'mon and on and on, on, on
Chi ni hatarakeba kado ga tatsu. Jō ni saosaseba nagasareru. Iji o tōseba kyūkutsu da. Tokaku ni hito no yo wa suminikui.
草枕 Kusamakura, 1906.
Source At the Jazz Corner of the World, Blue Note, 1959.
“To accomplish great things we must live as though we had never to die.”
Pour exécuter de grandes choses, il faut vivre comme si on ne devait jamais mourir.
Quoted in Queers in History: The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Historical Gays (2009), by Keith Stern, p. 466.
Variant: In order to achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 172.
“Throw up whatever's making you sick, Darren," he said, "then get your behind back in here.”
Source: A Living Nightmare
“If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.”