Sting Quotes - Page 2

Humans make the mistake of believing that it is their right to survive. Species die out on this planet all the time without anyone noticing. The planet will still be there, and we must lose this attitude of divine right, that something will save us.

I don't like singing before noon.

It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do.

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

I don't belong to a church or political party or a group of any kind. I feel that Amnesty International is the most civilized organization in history. Its currency is the written word. Its weapon is the letter; that's why I am a member. I believe in its non-violence; I believe in its effectiveness. Its dignity and its sense of commitment. Its focus on individuals and the concentration and tenacity with which they defend those imprisoned for their ideas has earned it the cautious respect of repressive governments throughout the world.

One of the rewards of success is freedom. the ability to do whatever you like.

If you love somebody, set them free.

My friends are Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and we're singing about mortality, getting older. It's an interesting time.

I went off to fight some battle that I'd invented inside me.

Intellectually I'm probably a Republican.

A gentleman will walk but never run.. it takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.. be yourself no matter what they say.

There's no religion but sex and music.

Without the voice of reason, every faith is its own curse.

If manners maketh the man as someone said, then he's the hero of the day.

Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could, for all those born beneath an angry star, lest we forget how fragile we are.

Every ripple on the ocean, every leaf on every tree, every sand dune in the desert, every power we never see.

It's a big enough umbrella, but it's always me that ends up getting wet.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

I never made promises lightly There may have been some that I've broken But I swear in the days still left We will walk in fields of gold

Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast.

I realize that nothing's as it seems.

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away, history will teach us nothing.

Takes more than combat boots to make a man.

Hell is full of high court judges.

Love is stronger than justice.