Shockingly Cocky Quotes: No. 3

"We're more popular than Jesus now."
-- John Lennon

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sarah nemoat 2-26-2008

you've got this "cocky quote" all wrong. john lennon was saying it disparagingly - he thought it sad that modern age had made "stars" more present in peoples minds than their spirituality, boneheads.

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G3M1N1at 10-08-2008

Yea I do remember that I agree with you they twisted this quote

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Dacheranat 10-08-2008

People should realize by now that they're twisting at least like... half of these, out of context.

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spinnerglordat 2-26-2008

@sarah nemo:

Here's John Lennon's full quote, as it appeared in the Evening Standard (London), March 4, 1966:

"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."

If that's not the sine qua non of cockiness, then we're as big boneheads as you have judged us to be without you taking in the full context of his quote yourself.

Hugs,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spinner Editor

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snpal21at 2-26-2008

who is he?

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cheyanneat 7-12-2008

R u serious? u dont know who john lennon is?? He is a rock legend!!!!!

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vrbabls2at 10-08-2008

What he is, is overated

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SIXXat 10-08-2008

WHO IS HE? Bet ya don't know who God is either. A 5 year old would even know who John Lennon is. And while I think his quote was just a little uh ... well hell his quote about the Beatles wasn't as bad as everyone wanted to make it out to be. Geeeeeez, I mean you ARE talking about the Beatles after all .....

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Darrylat 10-08-2008

The Beatles were really overrated.. only liked Strawberry Fields Forever and Let It Be and that was not due to the original versions, but Across The Universe. On the other hand, John Lennon by himself pretty cool! Additionally, this quote really goes down in history. Nobody will ever forget it, It reated mega controversy, and furthermore The Beatles as much records as they sold will never be bigger than JESUS?? like come on guy, it's JESUS... as comments above prove... everyone knows of him. John Lennon.. not really. (especially those of a younger generation)

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mollyat 10-08-2008

My 8 year old son knew who John Lennon was when he was like 4!! Jeez, read up. You don't need to like him but at least know who he was and what he stood for.

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Asheat 2-28-2008

Why is it not surprising that the same person who said Avril Lavigne is a "sexi punk," doesn't know who John Lennon is.

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TSrocks995at 8-11-2008

I agree. the beatles were, are and always will be one of the best rock bands of all time.

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charlie6385at 2-28-2008

The outrage that came towards the Beatles when John Lennon said this makes me surprised it wasn't #1.

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Beccaat 2-28-2008

did you SERIOUSLY ask who John Lennon was? One of the four members of the Beatles? Got shot by a guy who was convinced that the book "Catcher in the Rye" told him to kill famous people? He has his own special memorial thingie in Central Park. That man is my hero.

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