Phil Ochs Quotes

"The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Ability, America, Americans, May, Old, World)

"The final story, the final chapter of western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Lies, Man)

"Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Reality, Rules)

"Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Girlfriend, America, Losing)

"It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Act, Reward, Struggle, Wrong)

"In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Beauty, Protest, Ugly)

"God isn't dead - he's just missing in action."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: God, Action)

"Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Life, Art, Religion, Morality, Absurdity, Defeat, World)

"And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Hope, America, Revolution, Lies)

"When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right."
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Society, Destruction, Right, Want)

"Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?"
- Phil Ochs
(Related: Liberalism)