“It's difficult to explain love. You want to explain water? You need a book for it. There are many different ways to explain what water is. Love is big, it's very big. I know that I have tons of it. But maybe we don't want to open up so much, and we think, maybe we don't have so much, but yes, you know that you have tons of love. We all do. Through that love we can connect, we can heal each other, we can make people, all of us, happy, joyful, and make a better world.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantNeedsBookDifferentBigsDifficultWaterLove IsLove YouHealDifferent WaysJoyful Author:Yoko Ono
“Some people are saying there's going to be a third World War. I hope not. I really think this is a time that people can start to mend things by negotiations, dealings. We know about dealings, don't we? We have brilliant lawyers. Why don't we have brilliant lawyers standing up and working for peace?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWarStandingThirdsBrilliantLawyerWar Of The WorldsWorld War INegotiationThird WorldDealingsThird World War Author:Yoko Ono
“I think something that's very important for us to communicate is usually very simple. Like breathing: Breathing is very simple. You don't do a dissonant 9th harmony or something in breathing. You just breathe, you know. I think that's how it is with very important messages.” ThinkingKnowsImportantSimpleMessagesHarmonyCommunicateBreatheBreathing Author:Yoko Ono
“When you go on a stage, before you go on a stage you're really scared and you're really frightened. You don't know what to do. "Why did I say yes to this?" But once you're on the stage you think, "Okay."” ThinkingKnowsStageGoes OnOkayScaredFrightened Author:Yoko Ono
“There's nothing bad about feminism. We have to help each other, because there's a lot of women in the world who are suffering because the fact is we're not equal. It's as plain as that. It's still a men's world. I don't know. We'll go on with it.” KnowsMenWorldStillsFactsHelpingSufferingFeminismGoes OnEqualHelping Each Other Author:Yoko Ono
“Perhaps one feels more pain when parents are there. It's like when you're hungry, you know, it's worse to get a symbol of a cheeseburger than no cheeseburger at all. It doesn't do you any good, you know.” KnowsFeelsPainParentHungrySymbolsCheeseburger Author:Yoko Ono
“Basically there are two types of people in the world: people who are confident because they know they have the ability to create, and then people who have been demoralised, who have no confidence in themselves because they have been told they have no creative ability, but must just take orders. The Establishment likes people who take no responsibility and cannot respect themselves.” PeopleKnowsWorldHas BeensTwoOrderAbilityResponsibilityCreativeTypeLikesEstablishmentNo Confidence Author:Yoko Ono
“We are very lucky really, because we can create our own reality, John [Lennon] and me, but we know the important thing is to communicate with other people.” PeopleKnowsImportantRealityLuckyImportant ThingsCommunicateLennon Author:Yoko Ono
“It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.” KnowsLongImportantEndsLife IsDifficultHonestPositionBeing HonestInsecure Author:Yoko Ono
“Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.” PeopleKnowsStoriesWrittenDogObjectsPressesWeeping Author:Yoko Ono
“Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.” KnowsHumansRaceRiskIncrediblesHuman RaceFracking Author:Yoko Ono
“I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me.” KnowsHurtStageNervousKnow MeHurt Me Author:Yoko Ono
“I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'” KnowsWantProjectsFinishedSymphonyUnfinishedSchubertUnfinished Work Author:Yoko Ono
“Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.” KnowsLife IsPleaseScaryScary Things Author:Yoko Ono
“Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.” KnowsBookCarefulBe Careful Author:Yoko Ono
“Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.” KnowsImportantLife IsPrivate Life Author:Yoko Ono
“In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?” ThinkingKnowsWayWarEnjoyPoliticianVietnamAnti WarCopVietnam WarBannerMachismoAnti Vietnam War Author:Yoko Ono
“In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory.” PeopleKnowsWantKindStillsArtistCoursesRocksFieldsJazzPopsTerritoryProtectiveAvant Garde Author:Yoko Ono
“Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.” KnowsHumansDifferentSometimesHuman BeingsEmotionGladDifferent Emotions Author:Yoko Ono
“The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.” PeopleKnowsWantWarTogetherSimplePowerfulIndustryCritical Author:Yoko Ono
“When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.” PeopleKnowsBigsSpeakGunMy FriendsCarefulCorporationsFrightenedBe CarefulSpeaks OutBig Corporations Author:Yoko Ono
“When I'm putting some communication out on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, I think that it's helping me, my brain, you know, because it's always somehow stimulated by people who are sending things to me. And it works both ways. It's great. My brain is very happy about it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayHelpingBrainCommunicationVery HappyInstagram Author:Yoko Ono
“You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.” KnowsFeelsHumansWholeUniverseRaceHappenedPlanetsHuman Race Author:Yoko Ono
“You know harmony only exists in music-isn't that amazing? I think that if you see earth from very far away, the color is blue. That is very interesting because blue is the color of communication.” IfsThinkingKnowsEarthInterestingColorCommunicationHarmonyBlueFar AwayVery Interesting Author:Yoko Ono
“Rather than deal with problems in relationships, I've always moved on. That's why I'm one of the very few survivors as a woman, you know.” KnowsProblemDealsRelationshipMovedSurvivorMoved OnRelationship Problem Author:Yoko Ono
“We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayHumansTogetherBeautifulRaceGrowing UpGrowingFindingsHuman RaceWiserDoomsday Author:Yoko Ono
“Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.” IfsKnowsWayCoursesScaredTruth Comes Out Author:Yoko Ono
