If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.
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Banksy115 quotes“If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.”
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When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.
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BanksyBanksy Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
BanksyBanksy Keep your coins, I want change.
BanksyBanksy If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel.
BanksyBanksy Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot
BanksyBanksy If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
BanksyBanksy People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it’s more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.
BanksyBanksy I don’t think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.
BanksyBanksy If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn’t matter how great you were, it’ll always take an unfunny drunk with climbing skills to make people notice you.
BanksyBanksy There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
BanksyBanksy Live as a villain, die as a hero
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BanksyBanksy Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
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From our community writers
Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery
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What are you talking about? Wait a minute, you’re getting out of the zone.’ People hate when people cross lines.
Jay-ZJay-Z Being that I’m a tropical black man I don’t get to see much snow. When I see snow I go crazy. That’s why they call me Sasquatch. There’s no Sasquatch found in the snow so I had to go back to my Sasquatchian roots.
Shaquille O'NealShaquille O'Neal Baseball didn’t really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
Joe DiMaggioJoe DiMaggio They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at – Elysian Fields!
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
Sabrina CarpenterSabrina Carpenter If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
Harold WilsonHarold Wilson Just to get inside my personality that everybody doesn’t really get to see – my off-the-court interests and the way I act. It’s just me.
Kyrie IrvingKyrie Irving Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.
Angela DuckworthAngela Duckworth