Quotes by Woody Guthrie

“Take it easy, but take it.”

“This machine kills fascists.”

“As I went walking I saw a sign thereAnd on the sign it said "No Trespassing."But on the other side it didn't say nothing,That side was made for you and me.This land is your land, this land is my la...”

“I know the police cause you troubleThey cause trouble everywhereBut when you die and go to heavenYou find no policeman there”

“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”

“Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just ...”

“You will never find peace with these fascistsYou'll never find friends such as weSo remember that valley of JaramaAnd the people that'll set that valley free.From this valley they say we are goingD...”

“Now as through this world I ramble I see lots of funny men Some rob you with a six gun Some with a fountain pen.”

“Now as through this world I ramble I see lots of funny men Some rob you with a six gun Some with a fountain pen.”

“This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ours, cause we don't...”

“Ever'body might be just one big soul, Well it looks that a-way to me. Everywhere that you look, in the day or night, That's where I'm a-gonna be, Ma, That's where I'm a-gonna be.Wherever little chi...”

“One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple By the Relief Office I saw my people — As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.”

“All you can write is what you see.”

“I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes I slept on the ground in the light of the moon On the edge of the city you'll see us and then We come with the dust and we go with the wind”

“I'm blowing, and just as wild and whirling as you are, and lots of times I've been picked up, throwed down, and picked up; but my eyes has been my camera taking pictures of the world and my songs h...”

“I'm gonna tell all you fascists, you may be surprisedPeople all over this world are getting organizedYou're bound to loseYou fascists are bound to lose Race hatred cannot stop us, this one thing I ...”

“I have hoped as many hopes and dreamed so many dreams, seen them swept aside by weather, and blown away by men, washed away in my own mistakes, that — I use to wonder if it wouldn't be better just ...”

“No matter how bad the wicked world has hurt you, in the long run, there is something gained, and it is all for the best … The note of hope is the only note that can help us or save us from falling ...”

“Let me be known as just the man that told you something you already knew.”

“Okemah was one of the singiest, square dancingest, drinkingest, yellingest, preachingest, walkingest, talkingest, laughingest, cryingest, shootingest, fist fightingest, bleedingest, gamblingest, gu...”